If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power - new Halsey album produced by Trent and Atticus

[BRoswell]

1121 sounds okay, but I'm glad they stripped it way down for the album. Honey sounds a little too Taylor Swift for me. Definitely prefer the final shoegaze-y version. It's nice to be able compare and contrast though.

[NIN64]

Except that’s not what happened. Halsey a) has been a lifelong NIN fan and b) admitted to trying to copy elements of NIN’s music in their previous work (examples of which you can find in this thread).

This wasn’t a hired gun job, a “get the sound” thing, it was a lifelong dream of Halsey’s.

I think the only reason they took it on was because of that. I don’t see the difference between this record and one done by Saul Williams, Zac De La Rocha, Jane’s Addiction or other unmentionable artists

Would the nose be turned up at St Vincent doing an album with them in the same way? Just because it’s not a trendy, hipster artist, doesn’t make their work any less valid.

I’ll defend this album and the circumstances around it until I’m blue in the face (except maybe the multiple vinyl types)

I would die from joy of Annie Clark did anything like this with TR/AR. On of my all time favs! Also, her Piggy cover was awesome.

[trollmanen]

Where can I find the instrumental tracks? I'm guessing it's a leaked promo or something?

[otnavuskire]

Where can I find the instrumental tracks? I'm guessing it's a leaked promo or something?

They’ve never been officially released. All the ones out there were fan made with algorithms.

[trollmanen]

They’ve never been officially released. All the ones out there were fan made with algorithms.

Good to know, thanks

[Avarik]

They’ve never been officially released. All the ones out there were fan made with algorithms.

Redacted has a release of the instrumental that lists "Official instrumental leak." They are very strict on what is allowed there.

[atomobile]

They’ve never been officially released. All the ones out there were fan made with algorithms.

Correct, these have not been officially released. You are wrong about "All the ones out there were fan made with algorithms." In fact, the instrumental tracks that are mostly circulating are real instrumentals, and not ones made in AI. I'm not sure how they leaked, but they did. They are easily available for downloading and they sound great. Enjoy! I've been enjoying them since they leaked on day 1.

[All_The_Spoils]

Correct, these have not been officially released. You are wrong about "All the ones out there were fan made with algorithms." In fact, the instrumental tracks that are mostly circulating are real instrumentals, and not ones made in AI. I'm not sure how they leaked, but they did. They are easily available for downloading and they sound great. Enjoy! I've been enjoying them since they leaked on day 1.

See, now I'm curious on who is correct... Are they, or aren't they real?

[otnavuskire]

See, now I'm curious on who is correct... Are they, or aren't they real?

Looking back in the thread it seems I was misremembering an old comment. So I'm guessing they're probably real based on what others are saying.

[atomobile]

Again, and for the last time, the IICHLIWP Instrumentals are real. Whoever released them had access to the multitracks. These are high quality (MP3s, I believe, but still great) and are the final mix, but without Halsey's vocals added. No AI used to create these... Just the actual Multitracks with full beginings and endings to each track (not segued into each other). Enjoy!

[ryanmcfly]

Halsey performed Lilith at the Game Awards tonight

[sweeterthan]

Halsey performed Lilith at the Game Awards tonight

i would’ve preferred the whole damn thing complete with reznor’s funky baseline but the drama of the performance was cool.

[Leviathant]

Again, and for the last time, the IICHLIWP Instrumentals are real. Whoever released them had access to the multitracks. These are high quality (MP3s, I believe, but still great) and are the final mix, but without Halsey's vocals added. No AI used to create these... Just the actual Multitracks with full beginings and endings to each track (not segued into each other). Enjoy!

Haven't been back to this thread in a while, but I just followed that Dropbox link that was posted earlier, and yeah, I'll also weigh in that this is the real deal. SO GOOD. I wouldn't have thought to go looking if you hadn't posted this clarification, @atomobile - thanks!

Early posts of instrumentals on YouTube had noticeable artifacting from the vocal-removal process of an AI processor, but that's not the case on these.