Hurricane

## Music Video

"**Hurricane**" is a song performed by Halsey. It is the first and only promotional single off of her debut EP *Room 93* and was released on October 11, 2014 through Astralwerks Records. It is also featured as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of her debut album *Badlands*.

A live version of the song is featured on *Badlands (Live From Webster Hall)*, which was released on August 28, 2020.

## Background

In Halsey's commentary for the *Room 93* EP, Halsey explained the meaning of the song:

"*Hurricane, mmm…is like the trippy song, I love this song. When I play this live, I like close my eyes and zone out super hard and kinda like for get that I’m on stage cause it’s so dreamy. It’s about a girl that kinda like falls for this guy who is gonna make things hard on her and is gonna take advantage of her, but she kinda ends up turning it around in the end and she says: 'I’m a wanderess/I’m a one night stand/Don’t belong to no city/Don’t belong to no man.' So it’s kinda like her response to him, saying like you know, you can think you got me all you want, but I don’t belong to anyone but me. And umm you know I talk about Brooklyn, Brooklyn’s my place. That’s where Halsey comes from, Hurricane is a very special song to me and I love it.*"
—Halsey via Spotify

## Official versions

* EP/Album version - 3:43
* Arty remix - 3:44
* 1 Mic 1 Take - 3:45
* *Live From Webster Hall* - 4:23

## Cross-references

* The song was inspired by the book *The Wanderess* by Roman Payne.
* The credits of Halsey's debut album *Badlands* end with the words "The boy who lives behind bricks, HFK" which is both a reference to the "Hurricane" lyric: "Where a boy lives behind bricks" and her sophomore album.
* The song is referenced in "Gasoline": "Do you call yourself a fucking hurricane like me?" Moreover, the song is also interpolated while Halsey sings the lyric.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There's a place way down in Bed Stuy

Where a boy lives behind bricks

He's got an eye for girls of eighteen

And he turns them out like tricks

I went down to a place in Bed Stuy

A little liquor on my lips

I let him climb inside my body

And held him captive in my kiss

[Pre-Chorus]

And there's a storm you're starting now

And there's a storm you're starting now

And there's a storm you're starting

[Chorus]

I'm a wanderess, I'm a one night stand

Don't belong to no city, don't belong to no man

I'm the violence in the pouring rain

I'm a hurricane

Ha ah ah, ha ah ah, ahh

I'm a hurricane

Ha ah ah, ha ah ah, ahh

I'm a hurricane

[Verse 2]

I went down to a place in Brooklyn

Where ya tripped on LSD

And I found myself reminded

To keep you far away from me

[Pre-Chorus]

And there's a storm you're starting now

And there's a storm you're starting now

And there's a storm you're starting

[Chorus]

I'm a wanderess, I'm a one night stand

Don't belong to no city, don't belong to no man

I'm the violence in the pouring rain

I'm a hurricane

Ha ah ah, ha ah ah, ahh

I'm a hurricane

Ha ah ah, ha ah ah, ahh

I'm a hurricane

[Bridge]

He says, "Oh, baby, beggin' you to save me

Though lately, I like 'em crazy

Oh, maybe, you could devastate me

Little lady, come and fade me"

[Chorus]

I'm a wanderess, I'm a one night stand

Don't belong to no city, don't belong to no man

I'm the violence in the pouring rain

Come and fade me

Come and fade me

I'm a hurricane

## Music video

A music video for the song was released on October 16, 2014 and was directed by Alex De Bonrepos.

## Trivia

* This is Halsey's only music video to not feature the singer herself.

## References

1. ↑ *Spotify* - Room 93 (Commentary) - EP by Halsey
2. ↑ *YouTube* - "Halsey - Hurricane (Official Music Video)"
3. ↑ See credits in vinyl & CD packaging.

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