Clementine (Halsey song)

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"Clementine"
Halsey - Clementine.png
Promotional single by Halsey
from the album Manic
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)
Length3:54
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • John Cunningham
  • Halsey
Halsey promotional single chronology
"Strangers"
(2017)
"Clementine"
(2019)
"Finally // Beautiful Stranger"
(2019)
Music video
"Clementine" on YouTube

"Clementine" is a song by American singer Halsey. It was released on September 29, 2019, her twenty-fifth birthday, through Capitol Records as the first promotional single from her third studio album, Manic (2020). [1]

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Background and composition

Written by Halsey, Jasper Sheff and Johnathan Carter Cunnigham, "Clementine" is a "stripped-back track, driven by simple piano tinkling and some subtle clunking for percussion". Halsey released the song on her twenty-fifth birthday. [2]

Critical reception

Whitney Shoemaker from Alternative Press wrote that "Halsey strips things down in her raw new track". [3] Mike Nied of Idolator wrote that the track "finds her at her most poetic over sparse keys", while writing that the song "doesn't exactly scream radio hit". [4]

Music video

The music video for "Clementine" was released with the song on September 29, 2019. The video shows Halsey and her brother Sévian performing interpretive dance in an aquarium. [2] The video was directed by Anton Tammi and Dani Vitale who also did the choreography. [5] [6] [7]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [8]

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef
VariousSeptember 29, 2019 Digital download, streaming Capitol
[9]

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