Jump to content

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ronherry (talk | contribs) at 18:44, 29 August 2021 (fix). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
Standard cover[a]
Studio album by
Halsey
ReleasedAugust 27, 2021 (2021-08-27)
Recorded2020–2021
Genre
Length42:52
LabelCapitol
Producer
Halsey chronology
Badlands (Live from Webster Hall)
(2020) 		If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
(2021)
Singles from If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
  1. "I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God"
    Released: August 31, 2021[2]

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Halsey, released on August 27, 2021, by Capitol Records. It was written by Halsey, Johnathan Cunningham, Greg Kurstin, and its producers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Halsey described the project as "a concept album about the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth".

The cover artwork of If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power was inspired by artistic depictions of Mary, mother of Jesus. A theatrical film directed by American filmmaker Colin Tilley, titled after the album and featuring its music, screened in select IMAX cinemas around the world on August 25 and 26, 2021, leading up to the album release. If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power is an alternative rock, grunge-pop, and pop punk effort with heavy industrial influence, driven by clattering drums, fuzzy guitars and cinematic textures. Its lyrics center on femininist themes, such as addressing patriarchy and institutional misogyny. The album has received critical acclaim, with emphasis on its ambitious concept and theatrical production.

Background

American singer-songwriter Halsey released her[note 1] third studio album, Manic, on January 17, 2020.[3] It included the successful single, "Without Me" (2018),[4] the second Billboard Hot 100 number-one song of Halsey's career.[5] She contributed to the Birds of Prey soundtrack, titled "Experiment on Me", which is a nu-metal track produced by Oliver Sykes and Jordan Fish from the British rock band Bring Me the Horizon.[citation needed] She released collaborative songs with other artists in 2020, such as Kelsea Ballerini's "The Other Girl", Juice Wrld's "Life's a Mess", and Machine Gun Kelly's "Forget Me Too".[3] Halsey was slated to embark on her third concert tour, titled Manic World Tour, in 2020, but after postponing and rescheduling many dates due to the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour was announced cancelled on January 23, 2021.[6] She also announced her first pregnancy, with American screenwriter Alev Aydin, after suffering many miscarriages due to endometriosis[3] and undergoing a surgery in 2017.[4]

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.[3] The singer confirmed it herself through her social media accounts on the same day.[7] Together with the announcement, she also previewed one of the tracks from the album.[8] 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.[9] In a short teaser video, Halsey hinted at the album's punk rock sound.[3] 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.[10] Halsey gave birth to her child, Ender Ridley Aydin, on July 14, 2021.[11]

Concept and recording

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.

— Halsey introducing If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Instagram[12]

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.[13] 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".[14] 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 strumming by American musician Lindsey Buckingham in "Darling".[15]

Music and lyrics

The album is an alternative rock,[16][17] grunge-pop,[18] and pop punk record,[16] with heavy industrial rock influences,[19][20][18] incorporating synth-pop,[21] ambient,[19] noise rock, punk rock,[20] pop-punk, drum n' bass, hip hop,[22] and avant-garde styles.[23] It departs from the arena-pop sound of Halsey's previous albums.[16] The instrumentation of If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power consists of rattling drums, and rough guitar riffs, heavily distorted.[18] Feminism is the overarching theme of the album's subject matter, specifically institutionalized misogyny[22] and patriarchy.[24]

Artwork

Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels painted by Jean Fouquet, from Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
The album's cover artwork is modelled after the Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels, a 1452 Renaissance painting of Madonna by Jean Fouquet.

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.[25] The cover artwork was photographed by Lucas Garrido. 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",[13] and aims to uproot the social stigma around "bodies & breastfeeding".[26]

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.[27] 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.[28] 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.[1] The censored version of the cover was also used on CD and vinyl pressings available at Target and Walmart stores.

Promotion and release

The album was released on August 27, 2021,[13] with minimal promotion.[16] 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.[29] 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.[30] 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.[31] 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.[32][14] No singles were released from the album prior to its release.[33][23][16]

Film

The theatrical poster of the album's accompanying film.
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power official film poster

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, which will precede the album as its companion.[34] The film is directed by American filmmaker Colin Tilley, who previously directed Halsey's music videos for "Without Me" and "You Should Be Sad" (2020).[35] It is rated R.[36]

The film will feature 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.[37] Halsey was styled by American stylist Law Roach in the film; Halsey's own beauty line, About-Face, was used for her makeup.[38] 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."[39] The film will be screened exclusively for one night, in select IMAX cinema theatres.[39][40] 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.[35]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10[41]
Metacritic81/100[42]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[43]
The Independent[18]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[16]
NME[24]
Pitchfork7/10[33]
Rolling Stone[44]
Slant[22]
The Sydney Morning Herald[45]

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power received critical acclaim upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from publications, the album has a weighted mean score of 81 based on 13 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[42]

Spin praised If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power for its "masterclass in songwriting" and "seductive" production.[20] NME's Nick Levine described the album as an intense, intricate, cinematic, "fierce and fascinating" artistic statement.[24] Sal Cinquemani of Slant also lauded its production, and its "straightforward" themes of "self-doubt, self-sabotage, self-empowerment".[22] 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.[16] 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.[15]

Jessie Atkinson of Gigwise felt the album displays Halsey's potential and "restrained development in sound".[46] Clash critic Robin Murray deemed it a "powerful song cycle", exhibiting Halsey at her most confrontational, "direct and unbowed".[47] 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 the its tracks.[45] 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.[48] 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".[18]

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.[44] Dani Blum of Pitchfork named the album the strongest project of Halsey's career, and praised the album's experimental production by Reznor and Ross; feeling that the record becomes "unsettlingly claustrophobic" due to its lack of featured acts.[33] 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".[23]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ashley Frangipane, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Johnathan Cunningham, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Reznor and Ross

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power – Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."The Tradition" (written by Frangipane, Reznor, Ross and Greg Kurstin)3:46
2."Bells in Santa Fe"3:37
3."Easier than Lying"3:26
4."Lilith"2:47
5."Girl Is a Gun"2:26
6."You Asked for This" (written by Frangipane, Reznor, Ross, and Kurstin)4:26
7."Darling"3:02
8."1121"2:42
9."Honey"2:53
10."Whispers"3:11
11."I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God"2:56
12."The Lighthouse"4:33
13."Ya'aburnee"3:08
Total length:42:52
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power – Target edition,[49] Japanese edition[50][51] and HMV edition (bonus track)
No.TitleLength
14."People Disappear Here"4:08
Total length:47:00
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power – Walmart edition (bonus track)[52]
No.TitleLength
14."Nightmare" (reprise, written by Frangipane, Benjamin Levin, Elena Kiper, Magnus Høiberg, Ivan Shapovalov, Martin Kierszenbaum, Nathan Perez, Sergio Galoyan, Trevor Horn, and Valerij Polienko)4:06
Total length:46:58

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[57]

Musicians

Technical

  • 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)

Release history

Release dates and formats for If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
Region Date Format(s) Version Label Ref.
Various August 27, 2021
Standard Capitol [29]
United States
  • CD
  • vinyl
 Walmart bonus [58][52]
Brazil October 22, 2021 CD Standard Universal Music Brasil [59]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Halsey's pronouns are she/her and they/them. This article uses she/her pronouns for consistency.
  1. ^ This is the uncensored cover artwork of the album, used for its standard editions. A censored cover is also available for the album's digital copies only, in which the right hand of the baby covers Halsey's exposed left nipple.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Ehrlich, Brenna (July 7, 2021). "Halsey Reveals 'Madonna and Whore'-Inspired Cover for 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases - Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates". AllAccess. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; August 27, 2021 suggested (help)
  3. ^ a b c d e Fowler, Bella (July 8, 2021). "Singer Halsey poses topless on striking new album cover". NewsComAu. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Mamo, Heran (August 10, 2021). "Halsey Proudly Shows Off Stretch Marks Weeks After Giving Birth: 'This Is What It Look Like'". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Halsey – Hot 100 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Ting, Jasmine (January 25, 2021). "Halsey Cancels the 'Manic' World Tour". Paper. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  7. ^ Lavin, Will (June 28, 2021). "Halsey announces new album produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross". NME. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  8. ^ Tate, Sarah (June 28, 2021). "Halsey Announces New Album Produced By Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross". iHeartRadio. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  9. ^ Kaufman, Gil (June 28, 2021). "Halsey Announces Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross-Produced Fourth Album, Teases Snippet". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  10. ^ Halsey [@halsey] (July 7, 2021). "If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power August 27, 2021 http://LoveAndPower.com" (Tweet). Retrieved July 7, 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Halsey nurses newborn baby Ender for World Breastfeeding Week". Yahoo!.com. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  12. ^ Ehrlich, Brenna (July 7, 2021). "Halsey Reveals 'Madonna and Whore'-Inspired Cover for 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  13. ^ a b c Young, Alex (July 7, 2021). "Halsey Reveals Cover Art for New Album If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e f Moore, Sam (August 11, 2021). "Halsey shares tracklist for new album 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'". NME. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  15. ^ a b Pareles, Jon (August 26, 2021). "Backed by Nine Inch Nails, Halsey Connects Past and Future". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g Oleinik, Marie (August 27, 2021). "On the bold and ambitious If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey gets both". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved August 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Chris, DeVille (August 25, 2021). "Premature Evaluation: Halsey If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power". Stereogum. Retrieved August 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ a b c d e Brown, Helen (August 26, 2021). "Halsey's fourth album is a grunge-pop whoosh of tormented sonic melodrama – review". The Independent. Retrieved August 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ a b Kennedy, Mark (August 25, 2021). "Review: Halsey (Nine Inch) nails a terrific new direction". Associated Press. Retrieved August 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ a b c "Halsey's New Nine Inch Nails Produced Album Turns Her Into a Rock Star". Spin. August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ Jenkins, Craig (August 27, 2021). "Halsey's Rock Album Is Perfect Alchemy". Vulture.
  22. ^ a b c d Cinquemani, Sal (August 26, 2021). "Review: With If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey Boldly Refuses to Be Defined". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ a b c Siroky, Mary (August 25, 2021). "With If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey Crafts Her Own Mythology". Consequence. Retrieved August 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ^ a b c Levine, Nick (August 27, 2021). "Halsey – 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' review: an endlessly compelling artistic statement". NME. Retrieved August 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ Strauss, Matthew (June 28, 2021). "Halsey Announces New Album Produced by Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  26. ^ Aswad, Jem (July 7, 2021). "Halsey Aims to 'Eradicate the Social Stigma Around Bodies & Breastfeeding' With Album Art". Variety. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  27. ^ Rossignol, Derrick (July 7, 2021). "Halsey's Artistically NSFW Album Cover Quickly Goes Viral". Uproxx. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  28. ^ Ross, Marth; Harrington, Jim (July 7, 2021). "Halsey frees the nipple to honor motherhood in new album cover". The Mercury News. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  29. ^ a b Physical and digital formats for If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power:
  30. ^ Pergament, Danielle (July 13, 2021). "Halsey Always Breaks the Mold". Allure. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  31. ^ Moore, Sam (July 26, 2021). "Halsey fans discover new song snippet in online game". NME. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  32. ^ Gralha, Marcus (August 11, 2021). "'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power': veja tracklist do novo álbum de Halsey" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Tracklist.com. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  33. ^ a b c Blum, Dani (August 26, 2021). "Halsey: If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ^ Skinner, Tom (July 13, 2021). "Halsey shares eerie trailer for new theatrical film 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'". NME. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  35. ^ a b Atkinson, Katie (July 29, 2021). "Halsey Announces Cities & Dates for 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' IMAX Film Along With Godly New Trailer". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  36. ^ @Halsey (August 21, 2021). "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" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  37. ^ Shaffer, Claire (July 13, 2021). "Halsey Announces 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' IMAX Film". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  38. ^ Byrne, Suzy (July 30, 2021). "Halsey goes from beautiful to bloody in second trailer for 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' film". Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  39. ^ a b Bosselman, Haley (July 13, 2021). "Halsey to Debut 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' IMAX Film Ahead of Album". Variety. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  40. ^ Cella, Jason (July 13, 2021). "Halsey's 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' Movie Coming to IMAX One Night Only". Collider. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  41. ^ "If I Can't Have, Love I Want Power by Halsey". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  42. ^ a b "If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey". Metacritic. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  43. ^ "If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey" – via www.allmusic.com.
  44. ^ a b Lopez, Julyssa (August 25, 2021). "Halsey Explores the Beauty and Brutality of New Motherhood on 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  45. ^ a b Au-Nhien Nguyen, Giselle (August 27, 2021). "If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey review". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved August 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  46. ^ Atkinson, Jessie (August 27, 2021). "Album Review: Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power". Gigwise. Retrieved August 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  47. ^ Murray, Robin (August 27, 2021). "Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power". Clash Magazine. Retrieved August 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  48. ^ Willman, Chris (August 27, 2021). "Halsey Ramps Up the Hurt, With Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' Help, in 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power': Album Review". Variety. Retrieved August 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  49. ^ "Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (Target Exclusive, CD)". www.target.com.
  50. ^ "If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power" (in Japanese). CD Japan. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  51. ^ "イフ・アイ・キャント・ハヴ・ラヴ、アイ・ウォント・パワー[CD]" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  52. ^ a b "Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (Walmart Exclusive) - Vinyl [Exclusive]". Walmart.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  53. ^ Cowell, Mark W. (1964). A Reference Grammar of Syrian Arabic (PDF). Georgetown University Press. pp. 175–176. ISBN 1589010515. OCLC 58052574. pp. 175–176: 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].
  54. ^ a b Greer, Gary (September 16, 2021). "The Stages Of Love Described In Arabic Language". Kaleela. 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."
  55. ^ Cowell 1964, pp. 175–176: "The second person is expressed by [...] the prefix t- in the imperfect"
  56. ^ Hosny, Miran (April 30, 2014). "10 deadly ways to say 'I love you'". Sajjeling. 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.
  57. ^ "Credits / If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power". Tidal. August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  58. ^ "Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (Walmart Exclusive) - CD [Exclusive]". Walmart.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  59. ^ "CD HALSEY - IF I CAN'T HAVE LOVE, I WANT POWER - VERSÃO STANDARD". Umusic Store (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=If_I_Can%27t_Have_Love,_I_Want_Power&oldid=1041295781"