Some of the biggest names in music have built their brands around stage names: Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara), Miley Cyrus (Destiny Hope Cyrus), Bono (Paul David Hewson), Joan Jett (Joan Marie Larkin), Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight), Lorde (Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor)… to name just a few.
And then there’s Halsey. The Manic artist — real name Ashley Nicolette Frangipane — has become a pop icon under her stage name, and at this point, we couldn’t imagine her any other way.
But the real reason she began using the moniker as her career began back in 2014 is quite sad. Related: Cazzie David Tells The REAL Story Of Pete Davidson Dumping Her For Ariana Grande! In an interview with Cosmopolitan published on Tuesday, she recalled: The
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