Building Them Up While They Take You Down: Without Me
“G-Eazy and I are taking some time apart.” This is what Ashley Frangipane, better known by her stage name, Halsey, posted on her Instagram story in July 2018 after she and her ex-boyfriend, rapper G-Eazy, split up. This breakup became the foundation of her 2018 song, Without Me . In this track, Halsey explores the emotional toll the relationship took on her and her feelings about how G-Eazy moved on so quickly. This song was written and released in October of 2018 after their very public relationship came to an official end, and it shows how G-Eazy was doing well again after the breakup (People Magazine). She wanted to both get her feelings out about her breakup as well as warn her fans about how love can quickly overtake self-preservation in a relationship. To convey this message, she uses metaphors along with rhetorical questions in her lyrics. She gets very vulnerable with her audience through the raw vocals and going into detail about the nature of the relationsh...