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 singles 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]

Contents

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]

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Mitchell (September 29, 2019). "Halsey & Brother Sevian Frolick Through Aquarium in New 'Clementine' Video: Watch". Billboard . Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  2. 1 2 C, Noah (September 29, 2019). "Halsey Releases Third Single, "Clementine", From Upcoming Album". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  3. ↑ Shoemaker, Whitney (29 September 2019). "HALSEY CELEBRATES 25TH BIRTHDAY WITH BRAND NEW SONG "CLEMENTINE"". Alternative Press. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "A Birthday Treat! Halsey Drops Her New Song "clementine"". idolator. 2019-09-29. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Peters, Mitchell. "Halsey & Brother Sevian Frolick Through Aquarium in New 'Clementine' Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Krol, Charlotte (29 September 2019). "Halsey celebrates 25th birthday with aquatic music video for new single 'Clementine'". NME. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Halsey Celebrates Her Birthday by Debuting New Single "Clementine" -". mxdwn Music. 2019-10-06. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Try the TIDAL Web Player". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  9. ↑ "Spotify". Spotify . September 9, 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-05-05. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
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