Halsey announces release date for song reportedly held up by label’s TikTok demands

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Halsey has shared a release date for ‘So Good’, their new song that was reportedly delayed due to demands from their record label surrounding TikTok posts.Last week, Halsey shared a message claiming that their label are holding a new song hostage until they can “fake” a viral TikTok.Taking to their TikTok page, the singer – who released latest album ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ last year – said in a post titled “I’m tired” that there is new music she wants to release “ASAP,” but that “marketing” is getting in the way and the label won’t let her share the new song.Taking to Twitter yesterday (May 31), her label Capitol Records then responded, “committing” to a June 9 release date for ‘So Good’ and sharing a message of support for Halsey.“We love you and are here to support you,” the label wrote to Halsey, adding in an attached statement: “We are an artist first company that encourages open dialogue.“We have nothing but a desire to help each one of our artists succeed, and hope that we can continue to have these critical conversations.”– @halsey, we love you and are here to support you.

We are committing to a release of “So Good” on June 9th, 2022. pic.twitter.com/DKBrtRUCpk— Capitol Music (@capitolmusic) May 31, 2022Halsey herself then tweeted: “I didn’t expect so much conversation about this record.

All I know is that I wanted you guys to hear it and now you can. So Good, song on June 9th and video the next day.”In a further TikTok video, they played a snippet of ‘So Good’ and added: “After a tremendous amount of f*ck shit, ‘So Good’ is finally coming out.