![]() Later, on "Young God," she still wants to storm the castle but is deliberately less certain or commanding, trading throbbing intensity for a soaring, hopeful echo. "Sick of all these people talking, sick of all this noise," she begins on opener "Castle," on which her snarling recognition that an old man on a throne would rather she kept her "pretty mouth" shut doesn't mean she will. ![]() Out Friday, "Badlands" is a restless, uneasy album, frustrated and defiant, romantic but vulnerable, wounded and angry. The rising star's Lolla set proved both the authenticity of her voice and that her support isn't confined to the Internet without a full album to her name, she had a packed BMI stage crowd passionately demonstrating that there is a movement happening, and Halsey (real name: Ashley Frangipane) is leading it. ![]() This is power-seeking pop music to listen to alone in your room, and then sing out loud with thousands. ![]() You don't have to be one of the jillions of young fans who already have turned Halsey into the biggest thing on social media since sliced bread-actually, only has 88 followers, and has more than 545,000-to hear the 20-year-old's full-length debut, "Badlands," and want to move into its icy lair, sinking into its cold and periodically reassuring yourself that it will melt, in theory.
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