The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
The Hunger Games is the greatest movie of all time.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Growing up, Halsey was a huge fan of Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, and, later, video games like Skyrim, so world-building became essential to her music.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Creatively, it’s what’s most invigorating for her; she credits a love for “universes, like Harry Potter” and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet as the key inspiration for her work in the past.
Romeo + Juliet
Halsey found herself obsessively watching Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film Romeo + Juliet and connecting to the idea of losing oneself for another person.