Though Halsey’s ‘Lucky’ video was intended to pay homage to Britney Spears 2000 single, a recent post on Britney’s social media said she felt “harassed, violated and bullied” by the video.
Subsequently deleting the message and claiming that she never wrote it, the now 42-year old Spears wrote “Fake news !!! That was not me on my phone !!! I love Halsey and that’s why I deleted it !!!”
Halsey quoted the tweet and wrote: “and I love Britney!!!! I always have and always will you were the first person who ever made me realize what it means to feel inspired. And you continue to inspire me everyday (sic).”
The Gia Coppola-directed music video for Halsey’s new single features a troubled pop star – portrayed by the artist (born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane) and the young girl who respects her as an idol, and shows her removing her wig to reveal a shaved head, as she struggles with ill health and pop stardom.
Britney’s original message stated: “For obvious reasons I’m very upset about the Halsey video. I feel harassed, violated and bullied. I didn’t know an artist like her and someone I looked up to and admired would illustrate me in such an ignorant way by tailoring me as a superficial pop star with no heart or concern at all. I have my own health problems which is why I took down my IG account yesterday. I will definitely be putting it back up now to show I CARE. I’m speaking with my lawyers today to see what can be done on this matter. It feels illegal and down right cruel.”
Instead of an affront to Britney, Halsey’s lyrics referencing the shaved head appear to be directed at her own secret health battle, after the star recently revealed she had been diagnosed with lupus, rather than Britney’s infamous 2007 meltdown when she shaved off all of her hair.
Halsey’s lyrics include the lines: “I shaved my head four times because I wanted to and then I did it one more time cause I got sick. I thought I changed so much nobody would notice shit, and no one did. Then I left the doctor’s office full of tears / Became a single mom at my premiere / I told everybody I was fine for a whole damn year, and that’s the biggest lie of my career.”
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Author: Al Denté
Photo: Stephen Lavoie