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Halsey announces new Kate Bush-inspired single ahead of upcoming album

Halsey The countdown to the release of their upcoming fifth studio album “The Great Imitator” is currently underway.

And on Wednesday, the ever-changing fashion chameleon shared on her Instagram page that “Day 3 of the countdown to The Great Imitator is October 25th and there's an announcement coming today,” she shared.

“THE GREAT IMPERSONATOR #3: KATE BUSH,” she wrote in all caps, along with messages about “TRACK 10: I NEVER LOVED YOU.”

“This song goes deep,” the Edison, New Jersey native revealed. “And it releases tomorrow, October 10th, at 9am PST / 12pm EST.”

Alongside the news, 30-year-old Halsey (née Ashley Nicolette Frangipane) also shared a photo from the album collection that shows her with her wild, teased hair surrounded by blue fabric, which almost perfectly matches an old photo of Bush from back in the day the day.

Halsey announces new Kate Bush-inspired single ahead of upcoming album

Kate Bush is her third inspiration since the countdown began on Monday, October 7th

Halsey, 30, credited Kate Bush as the inspiration for track 10: “I Never Loved You,” the fourth single from her upcoming fifth studio album “The Great Impersonator.”

In anticipation of her fifth studio album, Halsey revealed that she is paying tribute to the musical icons who inspired various tracks on her new album.

“Every day from now until the album's release on October 25th, I will impersonate a different icon and perform a snippet of the song they inspired,” she announced

For the first tribute, which she shared two days earlier, the pop star dressed like country music legend Dolly Parton while also proclaiming that she was the inspiration for “TRACK9: HOMETOWN.”

In the photo, she imitated singer-songwriter Joline from her cover of the album Rainbow (1987), where she is dressed in a plunging black and silver dress with her long blonde locks cascading around her.

Halsey's look for the photo she shared is an almost spot-on replica of Parton's.

On the second day of the countdown to the release of The Great Imitator, which took place on Tuesday, October 8, PJ Harvey was impersonated.

In the photo, Halsey is wearing the American flag bikini top and blue eyeshadow from Harvey's 1995 album cover “Blue Girl.”

On the next slide is the actual photo of PJ, and it's pretty spot on too.

Kate Bush is Halsey's choice as the third inspiration for songs from her new album; Bush is considered the first female artist to reach number one in the UK with a song she wrote entirely with her single

Kate Bush is Halsey's choice as the third inspiration for songs from her new album; Bush is considered the first female artist to reach number one in the UK with a song she wrote entirely with her single “Wuthering Heights” in 1978

When Halsey announced the countdown, she revealed that her upcoming fifth album, The Great Imitator, sits between life and death

When Halsey announced the countdown, she revealed that her upcoming fifth album, The Great Imitator, sits between life and death

For the first tribute, which she shared two days earlier, the pop star dressed like country music legend Dolly Parton while also proclaiming that she was the inspiration for

For the first tribute, which she shared two days earlier, the pop star dressed like country music legend Dolly Parton while also proclaiming that she was the inspiration for “TRACK9: HOMETOWN.”

For the second tribute Halsey shared on Tuesday, the pop star dressed like alt-icon PJ Harvey while also proclaiming that she inspired

For the second tribute Halsey shared on Tuesday, the pop star dressed like alt-icon PJ Harvey while also proclaiming that she inspired “TRACK 3: Dog Years.”

After the promotional campaign for “The great Impersonator” began on July 26th with the release of the first single “Lucky”, the album is expected to be released on October 25th

After the promotional campaign for “The great Impersonator” began on July 26th with the release of the first single “Lucky”, the album is expected to be released on October 25th

The promotional push for The Great Imitator began with the release of the first single, “Lucky,” on July 26th.

The follow-up singles “Lonely Is The Muse” followed on August 15th; then Ego on September 6th; which leads into “I Never Loved You” for the October drop.

The album is described as “an exploration of the authenticity of Halsey's personality and experiences and how well they correspond to contexts from the 1970s to today.”

“I made this record in the time between life and death,” Halsey shared on Facebook. “And it feels like I've been waiting forever for you to get it.” I'll wait some more. I've been waiting a decade.

By Vanessa

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