
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Halsey, released on August 27, 2021, by Capitol Records. It was written by Halsey, Johnathan Cunningham, Greg Kurstin, and its producers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails. Halsey described the project as "a concept album about the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth". The cover artwork of If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power was inspired by artistic depictions of Mary, mother of Jesus. A theatrical film directed by American filmmaker Colin Tilley, titled after the album and featuring its music, screened in select IMAX cinemas around the world on August 25 and 26, 2021, leading up to the album release. If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power is an alternative rock, grunge-pop, and pop punk record with heavy industrial influence, driven by clattering drums, distorted guitars, and a cinematic texture to its music. Its lyrics center on feminist themes, such as addressing patriarchy and institutionalized misogyny.
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power received positive reviews upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from publications, the album has a weighted mean score of 80 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". It’s tied with her third studio album Manic as her highest rated album ever on that platform. Commercially, the album reached the Top10 in many countries, such as the US (#2), Australia (#3), Scottland (#3), Belgium (#4), the UK (#5), Canada (#5), Germany (#5), New Zealand (#5), Austria, the Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, and Switzerland. The album was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, being Halsey’s first ever nomination as a lead artist.
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power received positive reviews upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from publications, the album has a weighted mean score of 80 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". It’s tied with her third studio album Manic as her highest rated album ever on that platform. Commercially, the album reached the Top10 in many countries, such as the US (#2), Australia (#3), Scottland (#3), Belgium (#4), the UK (#5), Canada (#5), Germany (#5), New Zealand (#5), Austria, the Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, and Switzerland. The album was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, being Halsey’s first ever nomination as a lead artist.
Tracklist
1. The Tradition
2. Bells In Santa Fe
3. Easier Than Lying
4. Lilith
5. Girl Is A Gun
6. You Asked For This
7. Darling
8. 1121
9. Honey
10. Whispers
11. I Am Not A Woman, I'm A God
12. The Lighthouse
13. Ya'aburnee
14. Nightmare
15. Nightmare (Reprise)
16. People Disappear Here
1. The Tradition
2. Bells In Santa Fe
3. Easier Than Lying
4. Lilith
5. Girl Is A Gun
6. You Asked For This
7. Darling
8. 1121
9. Honey
10. Whispers
11. I Am Not A Woman, I'm A God
12. The Lighthouse
13. Ya'aburnee
14. Nightmare
15. Nightmare (Reprise)
16. People Disappear Here
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