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Album Review: Halsey - Hopeless Fountain Kingdom

Madelyn Tait

"Proof that Halsey is capable of making music that gets radio play whilst retaining her creativity and originality."

Halsey

Hopeless Fountain Kingdom is Halsey's second attempt at a theatrical concept album, this time with a Romeo & Juliet-inspired story and theme.

For the first time Halsey features other artists on her own songs, each carefully chosen to reflect the different sides of her music style; Cashmere Cat, the alternative-electro, on Hopeless; Quavo, the urban, on Lie; and Fifth Harmony's Lauren Jauregui, the pop, and fellow outspoken bisexual featuring on Strangers, a love song for the LGBT community.

Hopeless Fountain Kingdom is proof that Halsey is capable of making music that gets radio play whilst retaining her creativity and originality. A rarity in modern pop music, it's an album you have to listen to from start to finish, as a complete body of work.