Sorry (Halsey song)

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"Sorry"
Song by Halsey
from the album Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
ReleasedJune 2, 2017 (2017-06-02)
StudioEcho Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length3:40
LabelAstralwerks
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Kurstin
Music video
"Sorry" on YouTube

"Sorry" is a song by American singer Halsey, from her second studio album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (2017). It was written by Halsey and its producer Greg Kurstin. The track is a ballad where she apologizes to her potential lovers for not letting them to get close to her. The music video for the song was directed by Sing J Lee and Halsey and it was released on February 2, 2018 on Halsey's Vevo channel. The song has achieved over 300 million streams on Spotify, being the third most played song from the album, despite not being an official single.

Composition[edit]

"Sorry" (2017)
A 30-second sample of "Sorry", a piano ballad about apologizing for rejecting a potential lover.
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"Sorry" was written by Halsey and Greg Kurstin, the latter also producing the song.[1] The song is a simplistic piano arranged ballad which lasts for a duration of 3:40 (three minutes and forty seconds).[2][3] Written in the key of A♭ major, "Sorry" has a tempo of 74 beats per minute. Halsey's vocal range span from F3 to Bb4.[4] The song's instrumentation comes from piano, guitar and mellotron.[1] Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone thought that its lyrical content "worries whether she'll ever like herself enough to let anyone get close to her".[5] The song begins with a "somber" piano opening, followed by the lines "I've missed your calls for months it seems/ Don't realize how mean I can be/ Cause I can sometimes treat the people/ That I love like jewelry" sung by Halsey.[4][6] During the chorus, she sings "So I'm sorry to my unknown lover/ Sorry that I can't believe/ That anybody ever really/ Starts to fall in love with me".[6] Toward the ending, she sings "Someone will love you/ But someone isn't me".[6]

Music video[edit]

An accompanying music video for "Sorry" was directed by Sing J Lee and Halsey, who had also helmed the videos for the previous singles, "Now or Never" and "Bad at Love". It was uploaded on February 2, 2018, on Halsey's Vevo channel.[7][8] The video begins with the singer with wounds on her face after a car crash from the ending of "Now or Never", she starts walking on a street on fire with dead bodies and abandoned vehicles everywhere.[9] The video was filmed as a one-shot.[10]

Credits and personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from Tidal.[1]

  • Ashley Frangipane – songwriter, vocals
  • Greg Kurstin − songwriter, producer, guitar, mellotron, piano, recording engineer
  • John Hanes − mixing engineer
  • Serban Ghenea − mixer
  • Alex Pasco − recording engineer
  • Julian Burg − recording engineer

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[11] Gold 20,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[12] Gold 25,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[13] Gold 5,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[15] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (Deluxe) / Halsey TIDAL". Tidal. June 2, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  2. ^ St. Asaph, Katherine (June 7, 2017). "Halsey: hopeless fountain kingdom". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "hopeless fountain kingdom (Deluxe) by Halsey on Apple Music". iTunes, Apple Music. June 2, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Digital Sheet Music – Sorry". Musicnotes.com. Universal Music Publishing Group. June 2, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  5. ^ Rob, Sheffield (June 1, 2017). "Review: Halsey Showcases Wild Ambitions on 'Hopeless Fountain Kingdom'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Larisha, Paul (June 5, 2017). "Entering Halsey's World In 'Hopeless Fountain Kingdom'". Baeble Music. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  7. ^ Maher, Natalie (February 2, 2018). "Halsey Delivers An Emotional Video for 'Sorry'". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  8. ^ "Halsey - Sorry". Vevo. February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  9. ^ Hughes, Hilary (February 2, 2018). "Halsey Basically Recreated An Intense Scene From 'Romeo + Juliet' For The 'Sorry' Video". MTV News. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  10. ^ Gelfand, Zac (February 2, 2018). "Halsey Surveys The Aftermath Of An Explosion In The Powerful Video For 'Sorry'". Uproxx. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  11. ^ "Brazilian single certifications – Halsey – Sorry" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  12. ^ "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved February 8, 2023. Click "TYTUŁ" and enter Sorry in the search box.
  13. ^ "Portuguese single certifications – Halsey – Sorry" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  14. ^ "British single certifications – Halsey – Sorry". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  15. ^ "American single certifications – Halsey – Sorry". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

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