Halsey's Favorite Halsey Song

So what's your take? My take is that tragedy makes people funny. 100% agree. Yeah, the funniest people that I know have been through some of the most terrible suffering of anyone I've ever met. It's a way to process the pain. Yes, absolutely. Have you experienced any sort of tragedy? I used to take myself really seriously, and then two years ago I got really sick and I lost all of my hair. I could barely leave the house, and uh, the thing that I got out of it was an incredible sense of comedy. You're a funny woman. Yeah, one time when I was taking life too seriously, I had to go to the hospital. Oh my God. I was hospitalized for stress. Did they send you home for being a little [indecipherable]? I have a really important question for you.

Yes? Who the heck are you? I'm Hy. Hy. Yes, the famous one. Uh, well, I I guess famously named after the Brooklyn L train stop. Yes, like Jay-Z? Is that the true story? Yeah, that's the origins of the name, yeah. It's an anagram. What the heck does that mean? Uh, my name is Ashley, and if you rearrange the letters, you get Hy. Yeah. And I figured that out on the train. I was like sitting here drunk. I was like, "That was like my fucking name." That's a fun little fact. Yes, that is a very fun fact. Yeah. I I have a question. Um, yeah, if you uh had to choose between a runny nose for the rest of your life and a stuffy nose for the rest of your life, which would you choose? Um, probably stuffy, because then it's my problem and not everybody else's, so I'm not like leaking all over the place. You're an empath. Yeah, she's an empath. Listen, do you have any other takes? Um, I don't think that hitting it from the back is less personal than missionary, because you can't see my face, but you're staring at my ass. An asshole's a window to the soul. The ass is the window to the soul. Yes, the ass is the window to the soul. Everybody knows that. They don't call it the third eye for no reason. Yeah, and mine is... How is yours? My third eye is wide open. It is? No, I think it's illegal on the subway. No, mine's open. I always keep it open. Always. 100%. Wow. Why would I close it? What happens if, like, a demon gets in there? So once— the last time you were in New York? Like a couple of months ago. What were you doing? Working, seeing my family. I don't know, ni... Oh, there and there, New Jersey. Yeah. Why do you think New Jersey gets such a bad rap? Because it, you know, because it's Jersey. Do you fuck with Jersey? Yeah, but I I always say I fuck— wow, the sounds, the beautiful symphony of New York City. It's a beautiful song. Um, I always say that I I feel that way about Jersey 'cause I fuck with Jersey like you do, like a little sibling. Like, you're like, "You suck, you're the worst, you're a loser," and then someone else says it and you're like, "I'll fuck beat your ass." Would you do a song with Bruce Springsteen and regain the title? Would you become the Boss? I would never take the title, but I would do a song with him yesterday. But you wouldn't take the title? He's the Boss. Absolutely not. He's the Boss forever. He's the Boss forever. Yes, that's good. Also, people don't know how amazing Bruce Springsteen is. Like, he... I mean, everyone knows how amazing he is. He's... No, but some people don't. I think that some people, because of the like Americana caricature, have never looked into what an amazing songwriter he is. The other day I was reading lyrics of his to someone and pretending it was Poetry, and I was like, "You know, at night I wake up with the sheet soaking wet and a freight train running through the middle of my head." You know what I mean? It's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull, and and drove a six-inch divot through the middle of my skull. Come on up. You know Jeremy Allen White is playing him in a biopic? I think that's good casting. Me too. I will watch that. Are you a fan of the Bear? Yes, I'm a big fan of the Bear. I love the... I really like it. And I love IO. I think IO is is the future. I saw an article that said she's the new Julia Roberts, and I 100% agree. She's a future. She is. Would do anything for her. And would do...

What's your favorite holiday song? Oh God, um... Has anyone ever asked you this?

No, nobody's ever asked me that. So awesome. Um, I had an original interview question. What's your favorite holiday song? Probably "Nightmare." How's that go? I can't do it here. I can't do it here. You can't do it? No. I sang in public one time, like ten years ago, and everybody still makes fun of me for it. Really? Yeah. I was in a mall. I think you have such a wonderful voice. Thank you. It's really beautiful. I'll add you to the list of the other ten people who think so.

So what's your take? Um, the funniest thing that you can do is take your wig off during sex, in the middle of it. That's how you know if they're down. If a guy can keep a straight face when your wig comes flying off in the middle of having sex, he loves you. Do you take it off? You're like, "Surprise"? Known. Yeah. I've been known to take it off. You do a surprise? Yeah. It's like a popping out of a cake, except I just become balded suddenly. I think laughing during sex in general should be more acceptable. I agree. 'Cause people are always... everyone's always like, "Oh, I'm so... I'm so sultry. Like, I'm so..." Like, no. That embarrass... I get secondhand embarrassment really bad. I want to ask you your favorite movie. That's really hard. I have a lot of favorite movies. I think that um, my like, my like insufferable answer is "Pier Paolo by Januca Dard." I've never seen that. And it's okay. And my like, my like cool girl answer is "Portrait of a Lady on Fire." Good film. Yeah. I like that film. And then my straight-up answer is "Good Fellas." I just watched "Good Fellas." Really?

Wait, for the first time? I got to go. Well, no, no. I was saving it. Things come back, no. Because I was saving it. You're saving it? Yeah. 'Cause everyone was talking about it, so I was... was waiting for a time when no one was talking about it. Did you wait thirty years? Yes. That's how long it took. What am I supposed to do? You hear about something so much, you're like, "I don't want to... I don't want to talk about 'Good Fellas.' Everyone's talking it." It's called pathological demand avoidance. That's what you have. It's if someone tells you to do something, you suddenly just physically cannot do it. Like if I walked up to you and was like, "Are you going to do the dishes?" You're like, "Well, I was going to, but now I'm not." Pathological demand avoidance. I'm diagnosed. Yeah. You don't even need health insurance to see me. Um, this is my stop. Okay, I got to go. Leave me up to... I'll be around. I'll be around if you come downtown.