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Halsey

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Halsey was born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane on September 29, 1994 in Edison, New Jersey to Nicolette "Nicole" Frangipane (née Jacobs), an emergency medical technician & Christopher Michael "Chris" Frangipane, a car dealer. She is of Italian, Hungarian, and Irish descent on her mother's side and African-American on her father's side. Growing up, Halsey played the violin, viola, and cello until moving onto the acoustic guitar when she was 14. In one of her first interviews, Halsey stated she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder around the age of 16 or 17. When she was 18, Halsey encountered financial trouble and music became a way to pay her rent. She played numerous acoustic shows in different cities under various stage names. She chose "Halsey" as her moniker because it is an anagram of her real name as well as a street in Brooklyn where she spent a lot of time as a teenager. Halsey originally planned on going to college to major in fine arts, but after realizing she could not afford it, she instead enrolled in a community college as a creative writing major.

In an interview, Halsey allegedly used the term "tri-bi" (biracial, bisexual, and bipolar) to identify herself, although she has since distanced herself from it, claiming she was misquoted.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anna

Halsey became pregnant while on tour promoting her album, though suffered a miscarriage in July 2015. She attributed her hectic work schedule to the miscarriage, which she did not publicly speak of until 2016.
Attempted suicide at age 17 and spent subsequent time seeking treatment in a psychiatric hospital. During her stay, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which her mother also has.
Halsey is an anagram of her name Ashley and a street in Brooklyn where she spent most of her free time growing up.
Her musical influences include Nirvana, Alanis Morissette, The Cure, Gin Blossoms, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and Slick Rick.
In April 2018, she froze her eggs due to her battle with endometriosis, which can bring infertility in the future.

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