Suga's Interlude

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"**Suga's Interlude**" (stylized as "**SUGA's Interlude**") is a song performed by Halsey with South Korean singer SUGA. It is a promotional single of her third album, *Manic*, on which it is featured as the thirteenth track. It was released on December 6, 2019 through Capitol Records. The song was released simultaneously with "Finally // Beautiful Stranger".

It is also featured on Halsey's second EP, *Collabs*.

## Background

The song was announced on December 3, 2019 through social media. In an Instagram livestream on December 3, 2019 Halsey talked about this song and said that she wanted SUGA on it because "he really fit the sentiment like vibe of the album and what it's about. In the same livestream she revealed that she was going to release two new songs on December 6, 2019. On December 5, 2019 she revealed that those two songs are "Finally // Beautiful Stranger" and "Suga's Interlude". Halsey described both songs as "very different [...] very dreamy stories."

In her Instagram story on December 6, 2019 Halsey said the following about the collaboration:

"*So unbelievably proud and happy with Suga’s Interlude. This song was very carefully crafted by us. Every production choice by all of us was intentional to provoke a feeling. I wanted Yoongi because I am a huge fan of his solo music and I knew he would be the perfect person to paint a picture that was beautifully tragic. And I am honored to have, on my album, such a song that transcends language and shows that the human experience is fundamentally the same universally. Especially amongst creatives. To be both blessed and tormented. LEGEND!*"
—Halsey

## Lyrics

### Official version

[Intro: Halsey]

I've been trying all my life

To separate the time

In between the having it all

And giving it up, yeah

[Verse 1: SUGA]

Ayy, 내 머릿속엔 파란색만 가득한 이 방황

자기혐오들과 자만이 내 마음속에 살아

꿈이 가득한 난 자라 모든 꿈을 이뤘건만

꿈은 꿈으로만 간직하는 게

더 낫지라는 생각을

동시에 하며 살아가고 있지

내 도약은 추락이 아니기를

너의 신념 노력 믿음 욕심들은

추악이 아님임을 믿어 ey

해가 뜨기 전 새벽은 무엇보다 어둡지만

네가 바란 별들은 어둠 속에서만

뜬다는 걸 절대 잊지 마

[Chorus: Halsey]

I been trying all my life

To separate the time

In between the having it all

And giving it up, yeah (Hey)

I wonder what's in store

If I don't love it anymore (Hey)

Stuck between the having it all

And giving it up, yeah (Hey)

[Verse 2: SUGA]

가끔은 내가 걷고 있는 게 맞는지

하염없이 터널 끝을 향해 달리면

뭐가 또 있을런지

맞긴 한지 내가 바라던 미래와는

솔직히 다른 거지

상관없지 이제는 생존의 문제

어찌 됐든 상관없지 yeah, yeah

네가 바란 것들과는 다를지 몰라 (몰라)

네가 살아가는 것도 사랑하는 것도 변할지 몰라 (몰라)

That’s true (That’s true, that’s true)

(Yeah) Yeah, so, are you gonna move?

꾸물거리기엔 우린 아직 젊고 어려 부딪혀보자고

So what you gonna do?

[Chorus: Halsey]

I been trying all my life

To separate the time (Hey)

In between the having it all

And giving it up, yeah (Hey)

I wonder what's in store

If I don't love it anymore (Hey)

Stuck between the having it all

And giving it up, yeah

### Translation

[Intro: Halsey]

I've been trying all my life

To separate the time

In between the having it all

And giving it up, yeah

[Verse 1: SUGA]

Ayy, this wandering, with only blueness inside my head

Self-loathing and pride live in my heart

I was full of dreams, then I grew and made all of it come true

Yet keeping dreams as dreams would be better

I thought, while living at the same time

May my leap not be a fall

Your convictions, efforts, faith, and greeds

It is not of ugliness, I believe it, ayy

The dawn before sunrise is darker than anything

But never forget the stars you hope for only appear in the dark

[Chorus: Halsey]

I been trying all my life

To separate the time

In between the having it all

And giving it up, yeah (Hey)

I wonder what's in store

If I don't love it anymore (Hey)

Stuck between the having it all

And giving it up, yeah (Hey)

[Verse 2: SUGA]

Sometimes I don't know if I'm really walking

If I ceaselessly run towards the end of the tunnel

What else there would be?

Is it even right? It's honestly different to the future I had hoped for

It doesn't matter, now it's a matter of survival

However it goes, it doesn't matter, yeah, yeah

It may be different to what you were hoping for

How you live on and how you love might change

That’s true (That’s true, that’s true)

(Yeah) Yeah, so, are you gonna move?

We are too young to be hesitating, just run head-on onto it

So what you gonna do?

[Chorus: Halsey]

I been trying all my life

To separate the time (Hey)

In between the having it all

And giving it up, yeah (Hey)

I wonder what's in store

If I don't love it anymore (Hey)

Stuck between the having it all

And giving it up, yeah

## References

1. ↑ *Twitter* - "January 17, 2020"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *IG Lives* - "Halsey | Instagram Live Stream | 3 December 2019"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Instagram* - "I’m releasing 2 songs from Manic on Friday. “Finally // beautiful stranger” and “SUGA’s Interlude”. Two very different songs. Two very dreamy stories."
4. ↑ *Instagram* through *Twitter* - "ig story - iamhalsey" [12/06/19

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