Halsey is continuing to treat fans as her debut album, BADLANDS, celebrates its tenth anniversary this month. On the heels of last week’s music video for fan-favorite track “Gasoline,” the singer has now dropped yet another new music video, this time for “Drive.” Like “Gasoline” before it, the “Drive” video continues the story that Halsey started a decade ago with videos for songs like “New Americana” and “Castles.”
In 2015, Halsey began an extended, almost-dystopian narrative with the music video for “New Americana,” which saw her leading a group of rebels. Halsey’s character in the video has a dark blue pixie cut, and that character returns again in “Gasoline.” Likewise, the “Gasoline” video also includes an appearance from Tyler Posey, the Teen Wolf star who had previously appeared in the music video for “Colors,” the single that followed “New Americana” when BADLANDS debuted a decade ago.
“Drive” is somewhat of an outlier in Badlands for its different mood. “It’s the first happy song I’ve ever written which is really cool for me, because it’s an optimistic song. It’s a sweet song, it’s about being in a relationship, being in love with someone and not knowing how to tell them,” Halsey explained in a contemporary interview with PopJustice. “[I]t symbolises this departure from the Badlands — this point where I drive away. I leave.”
Over the course of the past month, Halsey has celebrated BADLANDS. The singer kicked off August with three vinyl editions of the album, including BADLANDS – Live From Webster Hall, which was recorded in 2019 and released in 2020. “So much has happened in the last decade, but BADLANDS remains the most exciting musical journey of my life,” Halsey said at the time. “I have so many unbelievable things planned for this month to celebrate the album that changed my life and introduced me to the fans I’ll love forever.”
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