Halsey Shares New Track ‘I Never Loved You’

For Halsey, love is a matter of life and death. In the new Kate Bush-inspired track “I Never Loved You,” the pop singer compares the end of a relationship to open-heart surgery. She sings “I Never Loved You in Vain” to an ex-lover over soft synths and somber piano chords.

The song follows “Ego” and “Lonely Is the Muse” as the latest single from Halsey’s upcoming fifth album. The Great Impostorreleased on October 25th.

Halsey announced “I Never Loved You” on social media the day before releasing it as part of her exclusive track list. Since the singer shared a trailer for The Great Imitatorshe is counting down the release date by impersonating different musical icons that correlate with each new track revealed. Halsey dressed like an 80s Kate Bush for the “I Never Loved You” announcement and warned fans: “this song is deep.”

In another social media post, Halsey encouraged her astute fans to “listen closely” to the uptempo track. Lyrically, “I Never Loved You” appears to reference Halsey’s past relationship with Alev Aydin, who is also the father of her child. Earlier this year, Halsey referenced the breakup in her Britney Spears-inspired song “Lucky” when she sang “I became a single mother in my debut.”

The Great Impostor promises to be filled with more revealing deep cuts. This came after the singer shared that they were diagnosed with lupus SLE and a rare T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. When they announced the LP, Halsey said, “I made this record in the space between life and death.”