Everything you need to know about Halsey’s fifth studio album ‘The Great Impersonator’ releasing tomorrow

Grammy-nominated singer Halsey is preparing to release her fifth studio album, The Great Impersonator, which is scheduled to be delivered to streaming platforms via Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment.

Last month, Halsey (real name: Ashley Nicolette Frangipane) revealed the cover art, release date, and official tracklist for The Great Impersonator. She expressed how she waited a decade to release this album when stating:

"I made this record in the space between life and death. And it feels like I’ve waited an eternity for you to have it. I’ll wait a bit longer. I’ve waited a decade, already."

The cover art for The Great Impersonator mimics a newspaper clipping, featuring a photograph of Ashley alongside an announcement that reads:

"Step right up, ladies and gentlemen behold the marvel of a century. Witness the uncanny ability of a woman who can become anyone - anything your heart desires. Friend, lover, foe, she transforms before your very eyes, her voice and visage a reflection of your deepest dreams"

Halsey's upcoming album will reportedly feature 18 full-length tracks with no guest appearances. The complete tracklist for The Great Impersonator has been provided below:

1. Only Living Girl in LA
2. Ego
3. Dog Years
4. Letter to God (1974)
5. Panic Attack
6. The End
7. I Believe in Magic
8. Letter to God (1983)
9. Hometown
10. I Never Loved You
11. Darwinism
12. Lonely is the Muse
13. Arsonist
14. Life of the Spider (Draft)
15. Hurt Feelings
16. Lucky
17. Letter to God (1998)
18. The Great Impersonator

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Three legendary musicians Halsey impersonated for upcoming album 'The Great Impersonator'

As part of the rollout for her fifth studio album, The Great Impersonator, Halsey paid homage to a few legendary musicians by impersonating their iconic photographs.

This concept ties into how the album is described on The Great Impersonator's cover art, where her character claims to be a master of disguise with the ability to slip "between the cracks of reality".

"From now till the album drops on October 25th, I will be impersonating a different icon every day and teasing a snippet of the song they inspired" - Ashley Frangipane stated.

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1) Dolly Parton

The first musician Ashley impersonated was the "Queen of Country Music," Dolly Parton, by recreating the cover of her 1987 hit album Rainbow. Like Parton, the Bad At Love singer wears a fitted black and gold dress paired with a stereotypical '80s blowout hairstyle.

Alongside the impersonated photographs, the singer also revealed that track 09 on The Great Impersonator, titled Hometown, was inspired by Dolly Parton's contribution to music and her influence on Halsey.

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2) Cher

(side-by-side) Halsey and Cher's "Bob Mackie" photographs (Image via Instagram/@iamhalsey)

On the fourth day of her album rollout, the singer impersonated a 1978 photograph of Cher, who was wearing a customized Bob Mackie baby blue jumpsuit paired with "chrome knee-high stiletto boots".

Ashley explained that this iconic photo of Cher is what inspired the track Letter to God (1974), saying:

"One of my favorite Cher songs, Dark Lady, was a number 1 hit in 1974. Still number 1 in my heart today."

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3) David Bowie

On the fifth day of The Great Impersonator's rollout, the singer impersonated a 1974 photograph of David Bowie, in which he wore an iconic yellow mustard suit, holding a pair of scissors while smoking a cigarette.

In her post, Ashley explained that the 11th track, DARWINISM, was inspired by David Bowie, referring to the British singer as:

"Ziggy Stardust, The Starman, The Thin White Duke, The Picasso of Pop, Major Tom, The Master of Reinvention and The Chameleon of Rock . . . David Bowie."

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Halsey's The Great Impersonator serves as the official follow-up to her 2021 If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power album, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Alternative Albums chart.