Graveyard (song)
{{short description|2019 single by Halsey}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Graveyard
| cover = Halsey - Graveyard.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Halsey
| album = Manic
| released = {{start date|2019|9|13}}
| recorded =
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=01}}
| label = Capitol
| writer = * Ashley Frangipane
- Amy Allen
- Jonathan Bellion
- Louis Bell
- Jordan K. Johnson
- Stefan Johnson
- Mark "Oji" Williams
| producer = * The Monsters & Strangerz
| prev_title = Nightmare
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = You Should Be Sad
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| type = single
| cover = HalseyGraveyardAxwellRemix.jpeg
| alt =
| caption = Axwell remix cover
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|rPgaYeq9NvI|"Graveyard"}}}}
}}
"Graveyard" is a song by American singer Halsey. It was released on September 13, 2019, through Capitol Records as the second single from her third studio album, Manic (2020).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8528993/halsey-announces-new-single-graveyard|title=Halsey Announces New Single 'Graveyard'|magazine=Billboard|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|date=September 3, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2019|archive-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904135726/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8528993/halsey-announces-new-single-graveyard|url-status=live}} It reached the Top 40 in fifteen countries worldwide and is certified double platinum in the United States, Brazil, Canada, and Australia.
Background and promotion
In March 2019, Halsey announced that her upcoming third studio album would be released in 2019 and that she wants it to be "perfect".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8504184/halsey-says-new-album-2019-tweets|title=Halsey Promises New Album Is Coming Later This Year: 'I Want it to Be Perfect'|magazine=Billboard|last=Daw|first=Stephen|date=March 26, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019|archive-date=May 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522112801/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8504184/halsey-says-new-album-2019-tweets|url-status=live}} On September 3, 2019, Halsey revealed the cover art and release date of "Graveyard" on her social media.{{cite tweet|user=halsey|author-link=Halsey (singer)|author=h|number=1168981300352606209|title=GRAVEYARD 9/13|date=September 3, 2019|accessdate=September 3, 2019}} The announcement was made a day after fans questioned the singer about upcoming news.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/halsey-graveyard-announcement/|title=Halsey Announces New Track "Grave Yard", Artwork Sparks Fan Album Theories|work=AltPress|last=Shoemaker|first=Whitney|date=September 3, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019|archive-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904233359/https://www.altpress.com/news/halsey-graveyard-announcement/|url-status=live}} The song was made available for pre-save upon announcement.{{cite web|url=https://umusic.digital/nbgpeydafjkhasdfnam|title=Halsey|website=Umusic|access-date=September 3, 2019|archive-date=September 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903211411/https://umusic.digital/nbgpeydafjkhasdfnam|url-status=dead}} Halsey performed the song for the first time on September 11, 2019, as one of the musical guests on Rihanna's "Savage X Fenty" show.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/halsey-graveyard-rihanna-savage-x-fenty-show/|title=Halsey Debuted "Graveyard" at Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Fashion Show|work=AltPress|last=Darus|first=Alex|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2019|archive-date=September 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913021751/https://www.altpress.com/news/halsey-graveyard-rihanna-savage-x-fenty-show/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/rihanna-savage-x-fenty-show-amazon-new-york-fashion-week-1203332124/|title=Rihanna Brings Inclusivity and Emmy Buzz to Fashion Week With Eye-Popping Savage X Fenty Show|work=Variety|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2019|archive-date=September 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911202143/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/rihanna-savage-x-fenty-show-amazon-new-york-fashion-week-1203332124/|url-status=live}} She posted a teaser containing a still from the music video as well as a line from the song on her social media that same day.{{cite tweet|user=halsey|author-link=Halsey (singer)|author=h|number=1171923006341431296|title=two days|date=September 12, 2019|accessdate=September 12, 2019}}
Composition
"Graveyard" is a pop{{cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |title=Halsey Announces New Album 'Manic': Hear "Graveyard" And Watch Her Paint The Artwork |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2058208/halsey-graveyard-video/video/ |website=Stereogum |date=13 September 2019 |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153556/https://www.stereogum.com/2058208/halsey-graveyard-video/video/ |url-status=live }} and electropop{{cite magazine |last1=Kaplan |first1=Ilana |last2=Reed |first2=Ryan |title=Watch Halsey's Paint-Smeared Performance of 'Graveyard' at AMAs |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-graveyard-american-music-awards-917339/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=25 November 2019 |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=28 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128181549/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-graveyard-american-music-awards-917339/ |url-status=live }} song written by Halsey with Amy Allen, Jon Bellion, Jordan K. Johnson, Louis Bell, Mark Williams and Stefan Johnson. Its production was done by Bellion, Bell, Ojivolta and The Monsters and the Strangerz. According to Halsey, the song "is about being in love with someone who is in a bad place and loving them so much that you don't realize that you're going to that bad place with them". It also deals with the topic of caring for yourself instead of following others.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8529863/halsey-graveyard-listen|title=Halsey Unveils New Single 'Graveyard': Listen|magazine=Billboard|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|date=September 13, 2019|access-date=September 13, 2019|archive-date=September 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918002827/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8529863/halsey-graveyard-listen|url-status=live}}
Critical reception
Althea Legaspi and Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone wrote that the song's lyrical content "addresses following a relationship down a dark road despite warning signs" and noted the "contemplative guitar melody".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-graveyard-song-visualizer-879646/|title=Watch Halsey's Time-Lapse Visualizer for New Song 'Graveyard'|magazine=Rolling Stone|author1=Legaspi, Althea|author2=Spanos, Brittany|date=September 13, 2019|access-date=September 13, 2019|archive-date=September 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913104204/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-graveyard-song-visualizer-879646/|url-status=live}} Rania Aniftos at Billboard referred to the song as an "emotional tune". Writing for Idolator, Mike Nied complimented the song for being "self-aware, vulnerable and very relatable" and pointed out Jon Bellion's obvious presence on its production, calling it a "a lush pop production".{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7878310/halsey-introduces-new-album-manic-with-graveyard|title=Halsey Introduces New Album 'Manic' With "Graveyard"|last=Nied|first=Mike|publisher=Idolator|date=September 13, 2019|access-date=September 13, 2019|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207050817/https://www.idolator.com/7878310/halsey-introduces-new-album-manic-with-graveyard|url-status=dead}}
Music video
The song release was supported by a time-lapse visualizer of Halsey painting a self-portrait which also serves as the album cover for Manic. The official music video was released on October 8, 2019, and was directed by Anton Tammi. It features Halsey and a mysterious girl (Sydney Sweeney) magically from her notebook dancing alone in an amusement park.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-graveyard-video-896166/|title=Halsey Frolics Through a Carnival With a Mysterious Girl in 'Graveyard' Video|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=2019-10-08|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-09|archive-date=2019-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008205336/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-graveyard-video-896166/|url-status=live}} When the bridge starts, the mysterious girl disappears while Halsey enters an aquarium, which looks similar to the video for her song, "Clementine". Immediately, she wakes up into a white abandoned version of the park, later teleporting to her bedroom of the same color.
Live performances
Halsey performed "Graveyard" for the first time at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards on November 3, 2019;{{cite magazine |last=Gracie |first=Bianca |date=November 3, 2019 |title=Halsey Transforms Into a Goddess for 'Graveyard' at 2019 MTV EMAs: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8542388/halsey-graveyard-mtv-emas-2019 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204223510/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8542388/halsey-graveyard-mtv-emas-2019 |url-status=live }} also during the 47th American Music Awards ceremony on November 24{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amas-halsey-gets-messy-creative-graveyard-performance-1257768 |title=AMAs: Halsey Gets Messy With Creative "Graveyard" Performance |last=Crist |first=Allison |date=November 24, 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-date=November 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128083614/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amas-halsey-gets-messy-creative-graveyard-performance-1257768 |url-status=live }} and the Australian ARIA Music Awards of 2019 on November 27.{{cite magazine |last=Bailey |first=Jessica |title=ARIA Awards 2019: Halsey's Messy Performance |url=https://grazia.com.au/articles/halsey-graveyard-performance-2019-aria-awards/ |magazine=Grazia |access-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204214821/https://grazia.com.au/articles/halsey-graveyard-performance-2019-aria-awards/ |url-status=live }}
;List of televised performances
- September 19, 2019 – Savage X Fenty Fashion Show{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zisFkQHP5sY | title=- YouTube | website=YouTube | access-date=2019-12-14 | archive-date=2019-10-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001070311/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zisFkQHP5sY | url-status=live }}
- September 30, 2019 – iHeartRadio Music Festival{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP76mWj78Sw | title=- YouTube | website=YouTube | access-date=2019-12-14 | archive-date=2020-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202032211/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP76mWj78Sw | url-status=live }}
- October 28, 2019 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show{{cite AV media |date=October 30, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJdT-b6PeFc |title=Halsey - Graveyard (Live On The Ellen Show) |publisher=HalseyVEVO |via=YouTube |access-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223044146/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJdT-b6PeFc |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |url-status=live}}
- October 30, 2019 – Idol Sverige{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZrtznyTjg | title=- YouTube | website=YouTube | access-date=2019-12-14 | archive-date=2020-02-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220083735/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZrtznyTjg | url-status=live }}
- November 2, 2019 – MTV Europe Music Awards{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hlYd0GgzoI&list=PL4u7-QW-Ue3rWzQqZ4Lj8jV5uAO776uwu&index=9|title = - YouTube|website = YouTube|access-date = 2019-12-12|archive-date = 2020-02-20|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200220043202/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hlYd0GgzoI&list=PL4u7-QW-Ue3rWzQqZ4Lj8jV5uAO776uwu&index=9|url-status = live}}
- November 12, 2019 – Country Music Association Awards {{small|(with Lady A)}}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6vgXXK3Vec&list=PL4u7-QW-Ue3rWzQqZ4Lj8jV5uAO776uwu&index=4v | title=- YouTube | website=YouTube | access-date=2019-12-12 | archive-date=2020-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202032211/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6vgXXK3Vec&list=PL4u7-QW-Ue3rWzQqZ4Lj8jV5uAO776uwu&index=4v | url-status=live }}
- November 15, 2019 – The Jonathan Ross Show{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdGVqUYnVI | title=- YouTube | website=YouTube | access-date=2019-12-14 | archive-date=2020-02-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217131009/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdGVqUYnVI | url-status=live }}
- November 24, 2019 – American Music Awards{{cite AV media |date=November 25, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARNZ-nam9dE |title=Halsey - Graveyard (Live From The AMAs / 2019) |publisher=HalseyVEVO |via=YouTube |access-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324222402/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARNZ-nam9dE |archive-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=live}}
- November 26, 2019 – Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards{{cite AV media |date=November 27, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moMeB4f0ga8 |title=Halsey: Graveyard {{!}} 2019 ARIA Awards |publisher=ARIA |via=YouTube |access-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504235451/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moMeB4f0ga8 |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |url-status=live}}
- December 9, 2019 – Pandora Live concert{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW5Vlb8qc4g | title=- YouTube | website=YouTube | access-date=2019-12-14 | archive-date=2020-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202032210/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW5Vlb8qc4g | url-status=live }}
- March 25, 2020 – CMT Crossroads {{small|(with Kelsea Ballerini)}}
Other uses
The song appears on the US edition of Now That's What I Call Music! 73, marking the first appearance for Halsey in the US Now! series.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal and Spotify.{{cite web|title=Graveyard / Halsey|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/117220768/track/117220769|website=Tidal|access-date=September 13, 2019|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111130650/https://listen.tidal.com/album/117220768/track/117220769|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Graveyard|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/6V9fHiv84WlVTg7CSnIVY2|website=Spotify|date=13 September 2019|access-date=December 1, 2019|archive-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206124936/https://open.spotify.com/track/6V9fHiv84WlVTg7CSnIVY2|url-status=live}}
- Halsey – vocals, songwriting
- Ojivolta – production
- Louis Bell – production, songwriting, record engineering, programming, keyboards
- Jon Bellion – production, songwriting, keyboards, programming
- Amy Allen – songwriting, background vocals, guitar
- Mark Williams – production, songwriting, guitar, keyboards, programming
- The Monsters and the Strangerz – production, songwriting, engineering, keyboards, programming
- Chris Gehringer – mastering engineering
- John Hanes – mixing engineering
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
Charts
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/pop-songs|title=Pop Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 6, 2020|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206090712/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/pop-songs|url-status=live}}
| 48 |
{{col-end}}
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2019|certyear=2020|access-date=15 November 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Halsey|title=Graveyard|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2024|access-date=February 7, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2019|certyear=2019|accessdate=September 25, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2019|certyear=2019|accessdate=October 13, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2019|certyear=2020|accessdate=November 30, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Halsey|title=Graveyard|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2024|access-date=July 31, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=Halsey|title=Graveyard|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2020|id=file_2021-03-26-10-09-12.pdf|access-date=October 3, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Halsey|title=Graveyard|award=Silver|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2020|id=16360-4186-1|accessdate=May 1, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Halsey|title=Graveyard|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2021|accessdate=July 2, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Separator|title=Streaming}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Halsey|source=artist|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2019|access-date=October 26, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true|streamsonly=true}}
Release history
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! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Version ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row"| Various
| rowspan="2"| September 13, 2019 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | rowspan="5"| Original | rowspan="7"| Capitol | {{center|{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/66QwiCFDLtRbrZ5Vs9wlL9?si=z0vwg0SgTKqmuozFcNqqlg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505053948/https://open.spotify.com/album/66QwiCFDLtRbrZ5Vs9wlL9?si=z0vwg0SgTKqmuozFcNqqlg|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-05-05|title=Spotify|website = Spotify}}}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australia
| rowspan="3"| Contemporary hit radio |
| scope="row"| United Kingdom
| September 14, 2019 |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States
| September 17, 2019 |
| September 30, 2019 |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| Various
| October 31, 2019 | scope="row" rowspan="2"| {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | Axwell Remix |
| November 12, 2019
| Acoustic |
See also
References
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External links
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Category:Songs written by Jordan Johnson (songwriter)
Category:Song recordings produced by the Monsters & Strangerz