If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power#Film

File:Reznor Ross G5 setup cropped tight.jpg (left) and Atticus Ross (right) for the album's production, with whom she said she had always wanted to collaborate.|alt=|195x195px]]In January 2020, Halsey released her{{NoteTag|Halsey's pronouns are she/her and they/them. This article uses she/her pronouns for consistency.}} third studio album, Manic, which spawned "Without Me", her second number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=August 10, 2021 |title=Halsey Proudly Shows Off Stretch Marks Weeks After Giving Birth: 'This Is What It Look Like' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/9612206/halsey-stretch-marks-photo |magazine=Billboard |language=en |access-date=August 11, 2021}}{{Cite magazine |title=Halsey – Hot 100 Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/halsey/chart-history/hsi/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 11, 2021}} She toured Europe from February to March 2020 as part of her third concert tour, the Manic World Tour, before the rest of the tour was postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Ting |first=Jasmine |date=January 25, 2021 |title=Halsey Cancels the 'Manic' World Tour |url=https://www.papermag.com/halsey-manic-tour-canceled-2650123721.html?rebelltitem=6#rebelltitem6?rebelltitem=6 |access-date=August 12, 2021 |website=Paper |language=en}} During the pandemic, Halsey remained musically active; she contributed the song "Experiment on Me" to the soundtrack for the superhero film Birds of Prey (2020), produced by Oliver Sykes and Jordan Fish (of Bring Me the Horizon),{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2020 |title=Bring Me The Horizon co-wrote Halsey's song on 'Birds of Prey' soundtrack |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bring-me-the-horizon-co-wrote-halseys-song-on-birds-of-prey-soundtrack-2596494 |website=NME}} and collaborated on songs with artists such as Kelsea Ballerini's "The Other Girl", Juice Wrld's "Life's a Mess", and Machine Gun Kelly's "Forget Me Too".{{Cite web |last=Fowler |first=Bella |date=July 8, 2021 |title=Singer Halsey poses topless on striking new album cover |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/pregnant-singer-halsey-unveils-new-album-cover-appearing-topless-in-the-powerful-image/news-story/fe075be120ce5db26596de95457e51eb |access-date=July 15, 2021 |website=News.com.au |language=en}} She also announced her first pregnancy, with American screenwriter Alev Aydin, after suffering several miscarriages due to endometriosis and undergoing surgery in 2017.

Around 2019, Halsey decided to reinvent her sound.{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2021-11-26 |title=Halsey: "I've always been driven to reinvent myself and reinvent my genre" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/halsey-cover-interview-2021-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-bandlab-nme-awards-2022-3105246 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} "If I want to sustain myself and give myself longevity, I need to continue to make things that I love and make things that challenge me as a creative". She reached out to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails with a letter, asking them if they could produce the album. "I was just really honest and said I was a huge fan and I’ve been plagiarising you guys for years – badly – and I’m not arrogant enough to believe that I have anything new to offer you, but this album is about pregnancy, gender identity, body horror. The most important thing to me is that this album has tension – it needs to be visceral, or I’m doing a disservice to the message."

The album was a long-distance project, with Reznor and Ross recording in Los Angeles while Halsey sang all of its songs at a studio in Turks and Caicos Islands. Other remote contributions include drums by American musician Dave Grohl in "Honey" and guitar by American musician Lindsey Buckingham in "Darling".{{Cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Pareles |date=August 26, 2021 |title=Backed by Nine Inch Nails, Halsey Connects Past and Future |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/arts/music/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-review.html |access-date=August 27, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}} Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Halsey stated she had been wanting to work with Nine Inch Nails for years, because she "wanted really cinematic sort of, not horror specifically, but kind of just really unsettling production" on one of her projects. In an interview with Lizzy Goodman at Capitol Studios, Halsey stated that she started working on the album in June 2020, and that "Lilith" was the first song written for the record.{{cite web |author=Halsey |date=September 1, 2021 |title=Halsey x Trent Reznor x Atticus Ross In Conversation from Capitol Studios |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9_O_5wx-b0 |access-date=September 1, 2021 |website=YouTube}}

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power is an alternative rock,{{Cite web |last=Chris |first=DeVille |date=August 25, 2021 |title=Premature Evaluation: Halsey If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2158570/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-review/reviews/premature-evaluation/ |access-date=August 25, 2021 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} grunge-pop, pop punk, and rock record,{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=August 28, 2021 |title=Halsey's Rock Album Is Perfect Alchemy |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/08/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-album-review.html |access-date=September 1, 2021 |website=Vulture}} with heavy industrial rock influences{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Mark |date=August 25, 2021 |title=Review: Halsey (Nine Inch) nails a terrific new direction |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-music-reviews-halsey-ff36210bc59069a248ab42e98f183e4f |access-date=August 25, 2021 |website=Associated Press |language=en}} and an overarching cinematic mood.{{Cite web |last=Pappis |first=Konstantinos |date=August 30, 2021 |title=Album Review: Halsey, 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' |url=https://ourculturemag.com/2021/08/30/album-review-halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power/ |access-date=September 1, 2021 |website=Our Culture Mag |language=en-GB}} It also infuses synth-pop, ambient, noise rock, punk rock, drum n' bass, hip hop, and avant-garde elements in its songs. Critics dubbed the album a departure from the arena-pop sound of Halsey's previous albums. The instrumentation of If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power consists of rattling drums, rough and heavily distorted guitar riffs, tinkling keyboard lines, stark pianos, and drum machines. Feminism is the coalescing theme throughout the album, specifically institutionalized misogyny and patriarchy. However, Halsey stated that it was not a "girl power" album.{{Cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=2021-08-27 |title=Why Halsey Believes 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' Is 'Not a Girl Power Album' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-not-girl-power-album-9621298/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} "[T]he lead single is ‘I Am Not a Woman, I’m a God’ [...] From the jump, I’m like, ‘I’m not a woman.’ I’m not saying any of that. There’s no girl power in this album."

{{Blockquote|text=This album is a concept album about the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth. It was very important to me that the cover art conveyed the sentiment of my journey over the past few months. The dichotomy of the Madonna and the Whore. The idea that me as a sexual being and my body as a vessel and gift to my child are two concepts that can co-exist peacefully and powerfully. My body has belonged to the world in many different ways the past few years, and this image is my means of reclaiming my autonomy and establishing my pride and strength as a life force for my human being.|author=Halsey introducing If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power|source=Instagram{{Cite magazine|first=Brenna|last=Ehrlich|title=Halsey Reveals 'Madonna and Whore'-Inspired Cover for 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-cover-1193787/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 7, 2021|access-date=July 7, 2021}}}}

Halsey stated If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power is a concept album focusing on the positives and negatives of pregnancy and childbirth.{{cite web|last=Young|first=Alex|date=July 7, 2021|title=Halsey Reveals Cover Art for New Album If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power|url=https://consequence.net/2021/07/halsey-new-album-cover-art-halsey-reveals-cover-art-for-new-album-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power/|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=Consequence of Sound}} The album was originally built around "mortality and everlasting love and our place/permanence", but the emotional impact of her pregnancy "introduced new themes of control and body horror and autonomy and conceit." Halsey also emphasized that it "feels very cool" to have an album with no guest features again, following her debut studio album, Badlands (2015). She said If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power "had to be entirely from [her] voice".

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The cover artwork of If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power was unveiled through video shot at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, in which Halsey walked through the exhibits before finally pulling away a cover to reveal the life-size picture of the artwork.{{Cite web|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=June 28, 2021|title=Halsey Announces New Album Produced by Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/halsey-announces-new-album-produced-by-nine-inch-nails-trent-reznor-and-atticus-ross/|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US}} The cover artwork was photographed by Lucas Garrido.{{Cite web |last=Villarroel |first=Jatniel |date=2022-01-21 |title=Lucas Garrido: A Sudden Emotional Manifest Vanity Teen 虚荣青年 Lifestyle & New Faces Magazine |url=https://www.vanityteen.com/lucas-garrido-a-sudden-emotional-manifest/ |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=www.vanityteen.com |language=en-GB}} It depicts an artistic rendering of Halsey as Madonna, a category of icons and works of art depicting Mary, mother of Jesus. The singer is seen seated on a golden throne, wearing a purple dress, holding a baby with a towel, with her left breast exposed. She stated that the artwork portrays "the sentiment of [her] journey over the past few months", and aims to uproot the social stigma around "bodies & breastfeeding".{{Cite web|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=July 7, 2021|title=Halsey Aims to 'Eradicate the Social Stigma Around Bodies & Breastfeeding' With Album Art|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/halsey-bodies-breastfeeding-album-art-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-1235013666/|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

The artwork was specifically inspired by the Virgin and Child Surrounded By Angels from Jean Fouquet's two-panel Renaissance oil painting called Melun Diptych, and became a subject of widespread attention and discussion on the internet.{{Cite web|last=Rossignol|first=Derrick|date=July 7, 2021|title=Halsey's Artistically NSFW Album Cover Quickly Goes Viral|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/halsey-nsfw-album-cover-reactions-if-i-cant-have-love/|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=Uproxx|language=en-US}} The Mercury News associated the artwork with the topfreedom movement on Instagram "#FreeTheNipple", and noted visual similarities to Cersei Lannister, a Game of Thrones character.{{Cite web|last1=Ross|first1=Marth|last2=Harrington|first2=Jim|date=July 7, 2021|title=Halsey frees the nipple to honor motherhood in new album cover|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/07/halsey-frees-the-nipple-to-honor-motherhood-in-new-album-cover|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US}} However, The Spectator criticized it for appropriation of Catholic art, expressing bafflement with "the complacency of today's Catholics when it comes to the misuse of their iconography."{{Cite web|last=Berry-Kilby|first=Portia|date=2021-08-31|title=Halsey and the cultural appropriation of Catholicism|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/halsey-and-the-problem-with-deriding-catholicism|access-date=2021-09-01|website=The Spectator|language=en}} A censored version of the album cover, where the exposed left nipple is covered by the baby's hand, is also available to music streaming platforms.{{Cite magazine|last=Ehrlich|first=Brenna|date=July 7, 2021|title=Halsey Reveals 'Madonna and Whore'-Inspired Cover for 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-cover-1193787/|access-date=July 15, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} The censored version of the cover was also used on CD and vinyl pressings available at Target and Walmart stores.

On June 28, 2021, numerous billboards went up across major cities of the United States, announcing the fourth studio album by Halsey, titled If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power. The singer confirmed it herself through her social media accounts on the same day.{{Cite web |last=Lavin |first=Will |date=June 28, 2021 |title=Halsey announces new album produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/halsey-announces-new-album-produced-trent-reznor-atticus-ross-2980245 |access-date=July 1, 2021 |website=NME}} Together with the announcement, she also previewed "Bells in Santa Fe", one of the tracks from the album.{{Cite web |last=Tate |first=Sarah |date=June 28, 2021 |title=Halsey Announces New Album Produced By Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-06-28-halsey-announces-new-album-produced-by-trent-reznor-atticus-ross/ |access-date=June 29, 2021 |website=iHeartRadio}} It was also revealed that the album was produced by American musician Trent Reznor and English musician Atticus Ross, members of American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails.{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=June 28, 2021 |title=Halsey Announces Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross-Produced Fourth Album, Teases Snippet |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9594006/halsey-trent-reznor-atticus-ross-produced-fourth-album/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 29, 2021}} In a short teaser video, Halsey hinted at the album's punk rock sound. On July 7, 2021, Halsey unveiled the cover art and announced that If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power would be released on August 27, 2021.{{cite tweet|number=1412811525782339585|user=halsey|title=If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power August 27, 2021 http://LoveAndPower.com|author=Halsey|author-link=Halsey (singer)|date=July 7, 2021|access-date=July 7, 2021}} Halsey gave birth to her child, Ender Ridley Aydin, on July 14, 2021.{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2021 |title=Halsey nurses newborn baby Ender for World Breastfeeding Week |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/halsey-nurses-newborn-baby-ender-174311537.html |access-date=August 9, 2021 |website=Yahoo!.com |language=en-US}}

The album was released on August 27, 2021, with minimal promotion. Its CDs, vinyl records, and box sets were made available for pre-order on July 7, 2021, on Halsey's webstore. Limited-edition red vinyl LPs, with an alternative cover, were sold exclusively at Urban Outfitters.Physical and digital formats for If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power:

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Halsey graced the August 2021 cover of American women's magazine Allure, for which she was interviewed about her social identity, relationships, pregnancy, and family.{{Cite web|last=Pergament|first=Danielle|date=July 13, 2021|title=Halsey Always Breaks the Mold|url=https://www.allure.com/story/halsey-cover-interview-august-2021|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=Allure|language=en-US}} On July 23, 2021, an online game called "LXXXXP" was launched, which is a choose-your-own-adventure-style platform that encourages users to "choose your path and discover your destiny". The "You drowned in a freezing lake" outcome results in a snippet of a song from the album, which turns out to be an instrumental from "The Lighthouse", track 12.{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Sam|date=July 26, 2021|title=Halsey fans discover new song snippet in online game|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/halsey-fans-discover-new-song-snippet-in-online-game-3002983|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=NME}} On August 10, 2021, the titles of the album's songs were revealed through Amazon Alexa, which recited the track listing upon asking it "Alexa, tell me about Halsey's new album." The next day, Halsey herself posted the track list across her social media.{{Cite web|last=Gralha|first=Marcus|date=August 11, 2021|title='If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power': veja tracklist do novo álbum de Halsey|url=https://tracklist.com.br/halsey-tracklist-album/113077|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=|publisher=Tracklist.com|language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web|last=Moore|first=Sam|date=August 11, 2021|title=Halsey shares tracklist for new album 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-album-tracklist-3016733|url-status=live|access-date=August 12, 2021|website=NME|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811144133/https://www.nme.com/news/music/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-album-tracklist-3016733|archive-date=August 11, 2021}} No singles were released from the album prior to its release.

Halsey debuted "I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God" and "Darling" live at Saturday Night Live on October 9, 2021, hosted by American media personality Kim Kardashian. For the performance of "Darling", she was accompanied by Lindsey Buckingham playing guitar and providing backup vocals.{{cite magazine |last1=Peters |first1=Mitchell |title=Halsey & Lindsey Buckingham Deliver Stunning Performance of 'Darling' on 'SNL': Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/halsey-lindsey-buckingham-snl-video-9643204/ |access-date=3 December 2021 |magazine=Billboard |date=October 9, 2021}} An extended version of the album, featuring the 2019 single "Nightmare" as well as a reprise of it, and an exclusive track, titled "People Disappear Here", was released on January 3, 2022.{{cite news |last1=Kohn |first1=Daniel |title=Halsey Releases Extended Edition Of If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power With Two New Songs |url=https://www.spin.com/2022/01/halsey-new-songs/ |access-date=January 4, 2022 |work=Spin |date=January 3, 2022}} ("People Disappear Here" features Mike Garson at the outro but was not properly credited in the footnote.{{cite web | url=https://mikegarson.com/discography/if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-halsey/ | title=If I Can't Have Love, I Want PowerHalsey - Mike Garson }}). On August 31, 2022, Halsey released a deluxe edition of the album, including three demos from the songs "1121", "Honey" and "Lilith".{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Halsey performed the Diablo IV Anthem version of "Lilith" at The Game Awards 2022 as a joint promotion with Diablo IV whose primary antagonist shares the same name. The full version with Suga of BTS was released on June 5, 2023 along with the music video.{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2023/06/05/Halsey-Suga-Lilith-Diablo-IV-Anthem-single-music-video/5971685977058/|title=Halsey, Suga release 'Lilith (Diablo IV Anthem)' single, music video|last=Martin|first=Annie|date=June 5, 2023|agency=UPI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605154249/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2023/06/05/Halsey-Suga-Lilith-Diablo-IV-Anthem-single-music-video/5971685977058/|archive-date=June 5, 2023|url-status=live|access-date=September 8, 2024}}

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On July 13, 2021, Halsey posted a trailer across her social media to an hour-long film, titled If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power as well; the trailer preceded the album as its companion.{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Tom|date=July 13, 2021|title=Halsey shares eerie trailer for new theatrical film 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/halsey-trailer-new-theatrical-film-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-watch-2992788|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=NME|language=en-AU}} The accompanying film is directed by American filmmaker Colin Tilley, who previously directed Halsey's music videos for "Without Me" and "You Should Be Sad" (2020).{{Cite magazine|last=Atkinson|first=Katie|date=July 29, 2021|title=Halsey Announces Cities & Dates for 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' IMAX Film Along With Godly New Trailer|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9608158/halif-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-film-trailer-imax-cities-dates|access-date=August 9, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en}} Actress Sasha Lane appears in the film and is credited as a co-star on the film's promotional material. It is rated R.{{Cite tweet |author=h|user=halsey

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|title=The film is Rated R due to graphic nudity, some sexual content, violence and language. If you have triggers that fall into the categories of violence, sexual violence, blood, anything pregnancy related, death, etc as indicated in the rating, I respectfully suggest that each individual decide what their personal comfort is with these subjects.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821201514/https://twitter.com/Halsey/status/1429162530476224512|archive-date=August 21, 2021}}

The film features music from the album. Rolling Stone reported that the film incorporates fantasy, drawing visual influences from American television series Game of Thrones and the 2006 film Marie Antoinette, alongside themes of motherhood and mysticism in its storyline.{{Cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=July 13, 2021|title=Halsey Announces 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' IMAX Film|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-imax-film-1196662/|access-date=July 14, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} Halsey was styled by American stylist Law Roach in the film; Halsey's own beauty line, About-Face, was used for her makeup.{{Cite web|last=Byrne|first=Suzy|date=July 30, 2021|title=Halsey goes from beautiful to bloody in second trailer for 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' film|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/halsey-goes-from-beautiful-to-bloody-in-second-trailer-for-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-film-220840601.html|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=Yahoo! Entertainment|language=en-US}} The opening of the trailer states, "this film is about the lifelong social labyrinth of sexuality and birth" and "the greatest horror stories never told were buried with the bodies of those who died in that labyrinth."

The film was screened exclusively for one night, in select IMAX cinema theatres.{{Cite web|last=Bosselman|first=Haley|date=July 13, 2021|title=Halsey to Debut 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' IMAX Film Ahead of Album|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-film-imax-1235018581/|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Cella|first=Jason|date=July 13, 2021|title=Halsey's 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' Movie Coming to IMAX One Night Only|url=https://collider.com/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-movie-imax/|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=Collider|language=en-US}} On July 29, 2021, a second trailer, titled "woman/god trailer", soundtracked with lyrics "I am not a woman, I'm a god/ I am not a martyr, I'm a problem/ I am not a legend, I'm a fraud" from the eleventh track of the album "I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God", was released on July 29, 2021. She announced the list of cities in the US the film will be screened on August 25, 2021, and the international cities on August 26, ahead of the album's release on August 27. The tickets went for sale on August 3, 2021. If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power was released on October 7, 2021, on HBO Max.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/halsey-album-film-hbo-max-1235082168/ |title=HBO Max Acquires Halsey's 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' Album Film |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |work=Variety |date=October 6, 2021 |access-date=October 6, 2021}} In celebration of the album's one-year anniversary, Halsey released a limited collector's edition Blu-Ray of the film, which comes with the film and a CD of the album, housed in a 64-page picture book of production stills, behind-the-scenes photos, and artwork by Halsey.{{Cite tweet |author=h |user=halsey|number=1563216748999938048|title=If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Collector's Edition: Album / Film / 64 Page Book. Available now!|date=August 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826172927/https://twitter.com/halsey/status/1563216748999938048|archive-date=August 26, 2022}}

"I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God" was released to US contemporary hit radio on August 31, 2021, as the lead single from If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827200921/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|title=Top 40/M Future Releases - Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates|work=AllAccess|archive-date=August 27, 2021}} The second single, "You Asked for This", was serviced to US alternative radio on September 7, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828115746/https://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases|title=Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations|work=AllAccess|archive-date=August 28, 2021}}

On June 5, 2023, Halsey released a reimagined version of "Lilith" in promotion of the console game Diablo IV.{{Cite web|url= https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/halsey-lilith-bts-suga-diablo-iv-soundtrack/|title=Halsey Teams Up with BTS' Suga on new version of "Lilith" on the 'Diablo IV'|work=DiscoverMusic|date=June 5, 2023 |access-date=June 14, 2023}}

This version included some different lyrics and production, and features Suga of South Korean boy band BTS. The music video was released later that day.{{Cite magazine|title=Halsey / Suga - "Lilith" (Diablo IV Anthem Video)|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-suga-lilith-diablo-iv-anthem-video-1235345724/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 14, 2023}} Forbes called the song "a brilliant marketing move".{{Cite web|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2023/06/12/btss-suga-and-halseys-new-single-is-a-brilliant-marketing-move/|title=BTS' Suga and Halsey's New Single Is a Brilliant Marketing Move|work=Forbes|accessdate=June 14, 2023}} The song is the third single off of If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power and was released around a week before it was announced that Halsey had joined Columbia Records after leaving her former label, Capitol Records earlier in the year after almost a decade of being under them.{{Cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-signs-with-columbia-records-1234771210/|title=Halsey Joins Columbia Records Following Split from Capitol Records|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=June 14, 2023}}

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| MC = 80/100

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If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power received mostly positive reviews upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from publications, the album has a weighted mean score of 80 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web|title=If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power/halsey|website=Metacritic|access-date=August 31, 2021}}

Spin praised If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power for its "masterclass in songwriting" and "seductive" production.{{Cite web|date=August 25, 2021|title=Halsey's New Nine Inch Nails Produced Album Turns Her Into a Rock Star|url=https://www.spin.com/2021/08/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-album-review/|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=Spin}} NME's Nick Levine described the album as an intense, intricate, cinematic, "fierce and fascinating" artistic statement,{{Cite web|last=Levine|first=Nick|date=August 27, 2021|title=Halsey – 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' review: an endlessly compelling artistic statement|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-review-3030014|access-date=August 27, 2021|website=NME|language=en-GB}} while Craig Jenkins of Vulture hailed it as "the best Halsey album" for its sound and concept. Sal Cinquemani of Slant also lauded its production, and its "straightforward" themes of "self-doubt, self-sabotage, self-empowerment".{{Cite web|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=August 26, 2021|title=Review: With If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey Boldly Refuses to Be Defined|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-album-review/|access-date=August 27, 2021|website=Slant Magazine|language=en-US}} Marie Oleinik, reviewing for The Line of Best Fit, dubbed the album a bold and ambitious work of art, with "gorgeous, intense" production that is "never overdone", and admired its simplistic and "breathtakingly tender" songs as well.{{Cite web|last=Oleinik|first=Marie|date=August 27, 2021|title=On the bold and ambitious If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey gets both|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-album-review|access-date=August 27, 2021|website=The Line of Best Fit|language=en}} Music journalist Jon Pareles, writing for The New York Times, said the album is a homage to Halsey's "1990s roots" and simultaneously a strategic turn toward archetypes, eschewing autobiographical lyrics. Luke Morton of Kerrang! said the album is "not a pop record, nor should it be", rather delves into Halsey's punk affinity, solidifying her creative freedom. He added it is a record of juxtaposing moods, where a stream of consciousness connects the tracks to one another.{{Cite web|last=Morton|first=Luke|date=August 27, 2021|title=Album review: Halsey – If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power|url=https://www.kerrang.com/reviews/album-review-halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power/|access-date=August 31, 2021|website=Kerrang!}}

Jessie Atkinson of Gigwise felt the album displays Halsey's potential and "restrained development in sound".{{Cite web|last=Atkinson|first=Jessie|date=August 27, 2021|title=Album Review: Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power|url=https://www.gigwise.com/reviews/3408089/album-review-halsey-if-i-can-t-have-love-i-want-power|access-date=August 27, 2021|website=Gigwise}} Clash critic Robin Murray deemed it a "powerful song cycle", exhibiting Halsey at her most confrontational, "direct and unbowed".{{Cite web|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=August 27, 2021|title=Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power|access-date=August 27, 2021|website=Clash Magazine|language=en}} Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power is a "theatrical, grandiose listening experience" that works as a proclamation of Halsey's identity and artistic intentions, and complimented the sonic diversity of its tracks.{{Cite web|last=Au-Nhien Nguyen|first=Giselle|date=August 27, 2021|title=If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey review|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/a-theatrical-grandiose-listening-experience-halsey-s-new-album-is-an-evolution-20210826-p58mbb.html|access-date=August 27, 2021|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}} Variety{{'s}} Chris Willman picked the album's honest songwriting and alternative rock sound as its best aspects, emphasizing the creative chemistry between Halsey, Reznor and Ross.{{Cite web|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=August 27, 2021|title=Halsey Ramps Up the Hurt, With Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' Help, in 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power': Album Review|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/reviews/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-trent-reznor-album-review-1235050294/|access-date=August 27, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}} Helen Brown of The Independent compared Halsey to Pink and Grimes in "bringing a darker, racketier attitude to major-label pop". Brown dubbed the album "a definite power-up", and suggested Halsey could have experimented more musically and lyrically, to "allow the songs to make a deeper mark".{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=August 26, 2021|title=Halsey's fourth album is a grunge-pop whoosh of tormented sonic melodrama – review|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/halsey-review-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-b1909027.html|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=The Independent|language=en}}

Some reviews were moderately critical of the album. Rolling Stone critic Julyssa Lopez wrote If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power is an adventurous, highly dramatic, and "supremely theatrical" album, that is slightly overwrought at times.{{Cite magazine|last=Lopez|first=Julyssa|date=August 25, 2021|title=Halsey Explores the Beauty and Brutality of New Motherhood on 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-review-1216469/|access-date=August 25, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} Dani Blum of Pitchfork named the album the strongest project of Halsey's career, and praised its experimental production by Reznor and Ross.{{Cite web|last=Blum|first=Dani|date=August 26, 2021|title=Halsey: If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power Album Review|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power/|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=Pitchfork|language=en}} Consequence{{'s}} Mary Siroky complimented the album's production and themes, but expressed mixed opinions about its lyrics; she felt they are, at times, simply "interesting phrases more than they are interesting ideas", but elsewhere, the lyrics "unfold like poetry".{{Cite web|last=Siroky|first=Mary|date=August 25, 2021|title=With If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey Crafts Her Own Mythology|url=https://consequence.net/2021/08/if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-review-halsey/|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=Consequence|language=en-US}} John Amen, writing for PopMatters, said If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power has some of the best songs and vocals of Halsey's career, but its "inaptly sleek" production undercuts her connection with listeners. Nevertheless, he felt the album "contains enough magic to be infectious."{{Cite web|last=Amen|first=John|title=Halsey: If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (Album Review)|url=https://www.popmatters.com/halsey-cant-have-love-want-power|access-date=2021-08-30|website=PopMatters|date=August 30, 2021 |language=en-US}} Kitty Empire of The Observer said the album's 13 tracks "don't quite live up" to the theme Halsey teased, a "Game of Thrones-meets-French Revolution-themed goth rock opera about the Madonna–whore complex."{{Cite web|last=Empire|first=Kitty|author-link=Kitty Empire|date=August 29, 2021|title=Halsey: If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power review – a muscular pop statement|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/29/halsey-if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-review-trent-reznor-atticus-ross|access-date=August 31, 2021|website=The Guardian|publisher=The Observer|language=en}}

The album was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|title=2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Nominations List |website=Grammys.com|date=November 23, 2021|access-date=November 23, 2021}}

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The album reached the top 10 of the official albums charts of various countries. In the United States, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power arrived at number two on the Billboard 200, blocked from the top spot by American rapper Kanye West's Donda (2021). The album marked Halsey's fourth consecutive album to reach the chart's top two. It opened with 98,000 album-equivalent units, consisting of 26,500 streaming units and 70,500 sales. Of the 70,500 sum, physical sales comprise 52,500 copies (across CDs, vinyl LPs and cassettes), while digital album sales were 18,000. Additionally, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power topped the Top Alternative Albums, yielding Halsey's second number-one album on the chart after Badlands (2015), her debut studio album. On February 1, 2023, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=If+I+can%27t+have+love#search_section |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=RIAA |language=en-US}}

{{Track listing

| headline = If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power {{nobold|– Standard edition}}

| total_length = 42:52

| all_writing = Ashley Frangipane, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Johnathan Cunningham, and produced by Reznor and Ross, except where noted. Lyrics by Halsey.

| title1 = The Tradition

| writer1 = Frangipane, Reznor, Ross, Greg Kurstin

| length1 = 3:46

| title2 = Bells in Santa Fe

| length2 = 3:37

| title3 = Easier than Lying

| length3 = 3:26

| title4 = Lilith

| length4 = 2:47

| title5 = Girl Is a Gun

| length5 = 2:26

| title6 = You Asked for This

| writer6 = Frangipane, Reznor, Ross, Kurstin

| length6 = 4:26

| title7 = Darling

| length7 = 3:02

| title8 = 1121

| length8 = 2:42

| title9 = Honey

| length9 = 2:53

| title10 = Whispers

| length10 = 3:11

| title11 = I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God

| length11 = 2:56

| title12 = The Lighthouse

| length12 = 4:33

| title13 = Ya'aburnee

| length13 = 3:08

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power {{nobold|– Digital extended edition (bonus tracks)}}{{Cite web|last=Peacock|first=Tim|date=2022-01-03|title=Halsey Releases Extended Edition Of If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/halsey-have-love-want-power-extended/|access-date=2022-01-03|website=uDiscover Music|language=en-US}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 54:58

| title14 = Nightmare

| writer14 = Frangipane, Benjamin Levin, Elena Kiper, Magnus Høiberg, Ivan Shapovalov, Martin Kierszenbaum, Nathan Perez, Sergio Galoyan, Trevor Horn, Valerij Polienko

| extra14 = Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Happy Perez

| length14 = 3:52

| title15 = Nightmare (Reprise)

| writer15 = Frangipane, Levin, Kiper, Høiberg, Shapovalov, Kierszenbaum, Perez, Sergio Galoyan, Horn, Polienko

| length15 = 4:06

| title16 = People Disappear Here

| writer16 = Frangipane, Reznor, Ross, Kurstin

| length16 = 4:08

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power {{nobold|– Target edition (bonus tracks)}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 50:46

| title14 = People Disappear Here

| writer14 = Frangipane, Reznor, Ross, Kurstin

| length14 = 4:08

| title15 = Gasoline

| note15 = reimagined; live

| length15 = 3:46

| writer15 = Frangipane, Peder Losnegård

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power {{nobold|– Walmart edition (bonus track)}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 46:58

| title14 = Nightmare (Reprise)

| length14 = 4:06

| writer14 = Frangipane, Levin, Kiper, Høiberg, Shapovalov, Kierszenbaum, Perez, Sergio Galoyan, Horn, Polienko

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power {{nobold|– Japanese edition and HMV edition (bonus track)}}

| total_length = 46:49

| title14 = People Disappear Here

| writer14 = Frangipane, Reznor, Ross, Kurstin

| length14 = 4:08

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power {{nobold|– live performance bonus tracks}}

| total_length = 74:05

| title14 = The Tradition

| note14 = live

| length14 = 4:03

| title15 = Lilith

| note15 = live

| length15 = 2:51

| title16 = Easier than Lying

| note16 = live

| length16 = 3:28

| title17 = Girl Is a Gun

| note17 = live

| length17 = 2:42

| title18 = You Asked for This

| note18 = live

| length18 = 4:37

| title19 = Darling

| note19 = live

| length19 = 3:11

| title20 = Honey

| note20 = live

| length20 = 2:53

| title21 = I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God

| note21 = live

| length21 = 3:08

| title22 = Nightmare

| note22 = reprise; live

| length22 = 4:07

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power {{nobold|– Digital deluxe edition (bonus tracks)}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 63:25

| title17 = 1121

| note17 = demo

| length17 = 2:51

| writer17 = Frangipane, Cunningham

| title18 = Honey

| note18 = demo

| length18 = 2:48

| writer18 = Frangipane, Cunningham

| title19 = Lilith

| note19 = demo

| length19 = 2:47

| writer19 = Frangipane, Cunningham

}}

• "You Asked for This", "I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God", and "People Disappear Here" are stylized in sentence case, and "Honey" is stylized in all lowercase.
• "1121" is pronounced "eleven twenty-one". "1121" refers to November 21, 2020, the day Halsey found out she was pregnant.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-27|title=Halsey - 1121 {{!}} Lyrics Meaning Explained|url=https://justrandomthings.com/2021/08/27/halsey-1121-lyrics-meaning-explained/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=Justrandomthings|language=en-us}}
• "Ya'aburnee" ({{lang|ar|يقبرني}}) means "may he bury me"{{Cite book|last=Cowell|first=Mark W.|url=https://archive.org/details/AReferenceGrammarOfSyrianArabic_201704|title=A Reference Grammar of Syrian Arabic|date=1964|publisher=Georgetown University Press|isbn=1589010515|oclc=58052574|pages=175–176|quote=The third person is expressed by the prefix y- in the masculine and plural imperfect ... Masculine (/singular) is expressed by the lack of any feminine or plural [suffix].|quote-pages=175–176}} in varieties of Arabic, particularly Syrian and Lebanese Arabic, and is a variant of the common expression "ta'aburnee" ({{lang|ar|تقبرني}}) that means "may you bury me".{{Cite web|last=Greer|first=Gary|title=The Stages Of Love Described In Arabic Language|url=https://kaleela.com/the-stages-of-love-described-in-arabic-language/|date=September 16, 2021|website=Kaleela|quote=Just look at some expressions in Arabic like ... the extreme ‘tu’burnee ‘ (“May you bury me.”, popular in Lebanon) meaning “I hope I die before you because I couldn’t live without you.”}}{{sfn|Cowell|1964|pp=175–176|ps=: "The second person is expressed by [...] the prefix t- in the imperfect"}} A term of endearment, it signifies the speaker's hope to be outlived by a loved one they could not bear to lose.{{Cite web|last=Hosny|first=Miran|title=10 deadly ways to say 'I love you'|url=https://sajjeling.com/2014/04/30/10-deadly-ways-to-say-i-love-you/|date=April 30, 2014|website=Sajjeling|quote=This regularly used Syrian expression literally translates to “May you bury me” ... It merely expresses love so attached that the speaker wishes to die before their loved one so that they may never experience losing them.}}
• "Nightmare" and its reprise contain an interpolation of "All the Things She Said", written by Sergio Galoyan, Trevor Horn, Martin Kierszenbaum, Valerij Polienko, and Elena Kiper, as performed by t.A.T.u.
• With the release of the deluxe edition, Apple Music mistakenly swapped the titles of the demo versions for "1121" and "Honey". This was later fixed.{{relevant|date=October 2024}}
• The demos of "1121", "Honey", and "Lilith" are subtitled "John Cunningham Demo" on some streaming platforms.

Musicians

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• Halsey – vocals, songwriting
• Trent Reznor – piano (1, 2, 8, 10, 13), programming (1–6, 8–13), sampler (1, 3, 4, 7, 13), synthesizer (1–5, 8–11), bass (3, 6, 9, 12, 13), guitar (3, 6, 9, 12), vocals (12)
• Atticus Ross – programming (1–6, 8–13)
• Kevin "The Bug" Martin – programming (2)
• Pino Palladino – bass (4)
• Karriem Riggins – drums (4)
• Jack Dangers – programming (5)
• Dave Sitek – guitar (6)
• Lindsey Buckingham – guitar (7)
• Dave Grohl – drums (9)
• Mike Garson – piano (16)

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Technical

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• Trent Reznor – producer, engineer
• Atticus Ross – producer, engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering engineer
• Stewart Whitmore – mastering engineer
• Serban Ghenea – mixer (1, 2, 4, 6–13)
• Alan Moulder – mixer (3, 5)
• John Hanes – mix engineer (1, 2, 4, 6–13)
• Mat Mitchell – engineer
• Greg Kurstin – recording engineer (1), vocal producer (1, 6), vocal engineer (6)
• John Cunningham – recording engineer (2, 3), vocal engineer (4, 5, 7–13)
• Darrell Thorp – recording engineer (9)
• Julian Burg – vocal engineer (1, 6)
• Brandon Buttner – vocal engineer (12)
• Tom Herbert – assistant mixer (3, 5)

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