Halsey remembers the executive going through her nude photos without consent

Halsey opens up about a disturbing incident from her earlier career in which a “powerful” music executive invaded her privacy by looking through nude photos on her phone without consent.

The singer-songwriter, who uses they/them pronouns, told the story on the website Call her dad It was revealed in the podcast that they felt “demoralized” and deeply unsettled by the incident.

The “Lucky” singer explained that it happened several years ago when they were with the executive and two of her male managers.

“I mean, I guess it was quite a long time ago, but I was out there and I was with this executive, like this really powerful executive who works in the music industry in some capacity. It was just a celebratory occasion and there was a lot of industry conversation,” Halsey said. “I didn't have any strange feeling about it at all. I never felt unsafe or anything.”

However, the evening took a dark turn when the unnamed executive asked Halsey to send his niece a photo together. Halsey took the photo, then handed him her phone and said, “Send it to yourself. I have to pee.”

But when Halsey returned, they immediately sensed something was wrong.

“I saw him going through my nude photos on my phone,” they recalled. Halsey admitted the moment shocked her.

“I was just frozen… I didn't even know what to do. I thought, 'Did I just imagine it?' Was that an accident?'” They continued, “I thought, 'Did the phone scroll up?'” What the hell just happened?'”

The thought that the manager might have even sent the photos to himself weighed heavily on Halsey's mind. “I asked myself, 'Did he write it himself and then delete it?' “I don’t even know where these are now,” they added, describing the disorientation and helplessness that overwhelmed them at that moment.

The entire experience was so intrusive that it made Halsey question her self-esteem. “I went from saying, 'Yeah, I'm a smoking hot guy – and I'm one of the big ones.' And then I sat down.”

“And when that happened, in that moment I thought, 'You're nothing.' You are nothing. You will always be nothing. You're still just the damn girl who's being taken advantage of, or like men are talking about you behind your back, or you're some kind of security,” she continued. “I thought, 'You're nothing.' It was so demoralizing.”

Halsey shared that although they have experienced “worse” incidents in their careers, this one stands out. “It was so demoralizing,” they emphasized. “So many worse things have happened to me, but this one stood out for some reason because it was so casual.”

Reflecting on the dark side of power dynamics in the industry, Halsey noted, “I'm in this exclusive space and I think I've reached the ranks where I'm protected… and then this invasive thing just happens on a whim .” They explained that the incident made them feel “regressive.”

Halsey recently released her latest album, The great imitator, on October 25th.

In addition to previously released singles “The End,” “Lucky,” “Lonely Is the Muse,” and “Ego,” the LP also includes songs such as “Only Girl Living in LA,” “Dog Years,” “Panic Attack,” “I Believe in Magic,” “Hometown,” “I Never Loved You,” “Darwinism,” “Arsonist,” “Life of the Spider (DRAFT),” and “Hurt Feelings.” The great imitator marks Halsey's fifth studio album. It follows 2021 If I can't have love, I want powerwhich reached number 2 on the Billboard 200.