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The Prologue
Halsey
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- Album
- hopeless fountain kingdom (Deluxe Plus)
- Released
- 2017
- Genres
- Alternative
- Length
- 1:48
- Tempo
- 38 BPM
- Label
- Astralwerks (ASW)
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About this song
The song is loosely inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, and its opening is taken directly from the play's prologue. Halsey rewrote the prologue to focus on the two houses, Angelus and Aureum. The two star-crossed lovers are renamed Solis and Luna and are gender-swapped, with Halsey taking the Romeo role as Luna and her lover taking the Juliet role as Solis.
What it's about
The song introduces the central concept of the album, the hopeless fountain kingdom. It sets up a story of two feuding houses and two star-crossed lovers, Solis and Luna. The names draw on Roman myth, where Luna is the Moon and the female counterpart to the Sun, Sol.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Written by Halsey, Chris Braide and Lido.
- Produced by Lido.
- Recorded at The Beehive (Van Nuys.