Halsey Samples Britney Spears Lucky -- Listen-

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00:00♪ I'm so lucky, I'm not a star, but I cry, cry, cry in my lonely heart again ♪

00:10Halsey paying tribute to the princess of pop, Britney Spears.

00:14Feels like fate that I got to do this.

00:16The singer recreating some iconic lines from Brit's 2000 hit, Lucky.

00:21♪ I'm so lucky, I'm not a star, but I cry, cry, cry in my lonely heart again ♪

00:41I remind myself that, you know, if I'm doing well and the people I love are happy and taken care of, then everything is good.

00:48Alongside the teaser of her new song of the same name, Halsey writes on Instagram,

00:53When I was five, it always felt like Britney was singing directly to me.

00:5724 years later, these words hit different.

01:00Love you forever.

01:02♪ I'm so lucky, I'm not a star, but I cry, cry, cry in my lonely heart again ♪

01:12♪ If there's nothing missing in my life, then why do these tears come at night? ♪

01:21I think they kind of had a new perspective on maybe what my life might be like.

01:26It might be a little different than they think it is.

01:28The nod to Britney with a new twist, part of Halsey's new era,

01:31promoing her upcoming fifth album with a full-on 2000s tabloid theme.

01:37♪

01:48And plenty of pop culture references from the turn of the century.

01:51From flip phone selfies,

01:53♪ I'm so lucky ♪

01:56Her own version of the Disney Channel Mickey wand,

01:59Hi, I'm Halsey and this is my Instagram.

02:01♪ I'm so lucky ♪

02:03♪ Everybody get in line and lift the roof a little higher ♪

02:08And a throwback to those Got Milk ads,

02:10Halsey, for Got Milk, take four. Mark.

02:13Hi, I'm Halsey. Got Milk?

02:17Yeah, just like the classic.

02:20Halsey's nailing the look and feel of that early 2000s era.

02:24♪ If you knew it was the end of the world ♪

02:29♪ Would you love me anyway? ♪

02:32Last month, the 29-year-old dropped The End,

02:34her first single off her upcoming album.

02:37♪ If you knew it was the end of the world ♪

02:41♪ Could you love me like a child? ♪

02:44♪ Could you hold me in the dark? ♪

02:48The track seemingly exploring her health struggles.

02:51♪ Every couple of years now, the doctor says I'm sick ♪

02:56♪ First it was my brain, then a skeleton and pain ♪

03:01Referencing her many diagnoses over the years,

03:04including her battle with lupus,

03:06which she recently opened up about.

03:08I feel like an old lady.

03:10Today is day one of treatment.

03:15Mmm.

03:19♪ So I ran into the clinic and I asked to see the man ♪

03:25♪ With his white coat and his stethoscope ♪

03:29♪ Like a snake around his hand ♪

03:32No word on when fans will get Halsey's untitled fifth album,

03:35but until then, we're loving this homage to Britney.

03:39♪ I'm so lucky, I'm a star ♪

03:43♪ But I cry, cry, cry in my lonely heart thinking ♪

03:49♪ If there's no definition in my life ♪

03:53♪ Then why do these tears come at night? ♪

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