| "Without Me" | ||||
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| Single by Halsey | ||||
| from the album Manic | ||||
| Released | October 4, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
| Studio | Gama Studio (São Paulo, Brazil) | |||
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| Length | 3:21 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Louis Bell | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Without Me" on YouTube | ||||
"Without Me" is a song by American singer Halsey, released on October 4, 2018. Halsey wrote the song with Brittany Amaradio, Amy Allen, and Louis Bell; while production was handled by Bell and Dylan Bauld. It interpolates Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" with Timberlake, Timbaland and Scott Storch credited as co-writers. It was released through Capitol Records as the lead single from Halsey's third studio album, Manic.[1][2][3][4]
"Without Me" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Halsey's first number-one single as a lead artist, and her second overall, following her feature on the Chainsmokers' song "Closer" in 2016. The song also reached number one in Greece and the top three of ten other countries, namely Australia, Canada, Hungary, Malaysia, Portugal, Slovakia, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. It also reached the top five in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, and Norway. Its music video, directed by Colin Tilley, was released on October 29, 2018. The track is certified Platinum or higher in eleven countries including 8× Platinum in Australia and 9× Platinum in Canada, and Diamond in Mexico and the US. The single was the number-one song of 2019 on pop radio in the US, the tenth biggest song overall of 2019 in the world, and the twelfth biggest song overall of the 2010s decade in the US.
Halsey performed "Without Me" live on a number of high-profile occasions; she performed it on The Voice, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Saturday Night Live, at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards, at the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, at the 2019 MTV Millennial Awards, and at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.
- ^ Spanos, Brittany (October 12, 2018). "This Week in Music: Charli XCX feat. Troye Sivan, Halsey, Lil Baby and Gunna". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ Roth, Madeline (October 4, 2018). "Halsey's 'Without Me' Is Her Most Personal Song To Date: 'I Cried The Whole Time'". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ Baty, Emma (October 4, 2018). "Halsey's New Song Is Definitely About Her Breakup With G-Eazy and the Lyrics Will Wreck You". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ "The best fan theories about Halsey's next album 'Manic'". NME. September 16, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.