Be Kind

## Music Video

"**Be Kind**" is a song performed by singer Halsey and music producer Marshmello. It was announced on April 29, 2020 and released on May 1, 2020. It is featured on the deluxe edition of Halsey's third studio album, *Manic* and on her second EP, *Collabs*.

## Background

On April 28, 2020 both Halsey and Marshmello posted the same mute 9-long teaser video of a flower being drawn to their social media profiles. The song's cover art and title were revealed a day later on April 29, 2020.

Halsey described the song as a "cute optimistic heartfelt dance summery 80s. Me and [Marsh]mello thought [yo]u guys could use the vibes right now!".

## Cross-references

* The lyric "Already told you I'm right here/I will stay by your side every night" is similar to "I would've followed all the way to the graveyard" from "Graveyard". Similar themes are explored in "Without Me".
* "I know it's hard for you, but it's not fair/Going sick in the head, tryna get you there" alludes to the "Without Me" lyric "Just runnin' from the demons in your mind/Then I took yours and made ‘em mine".

## Lyrics

[Verse 1: Halsey]

Wanna believe, wanna believe

That you don't have a bad bone in your body

But the bruises on your ego make you go wild, wild, wild, yeah

Wanna believe, wanna believe

That even when you're stone cold, you're sorry

Tell me why you gotta be so outta your mind, yeah

[Pre-Chorus: Halsey]

I know you're chokin' on your fears

Already told you I'm right here

I will stay by your side every night

[Chorus: Halsey]

I don't know why you hide from the one

And close your eyes to the one

Mess up and lie to the one that you love

When you know you can cry to the one

Always confide in the one

You can be kind to the one that you love

Ah

[Verse 2: Halsey]

I know you need, I know you need

The upper hand even when we aren't fighting

'Cause in the past, you had to prepare every time, yeah

Don't wanna leave, don't wanna leave

But if you're gonna fight, then do it for me

I know you're built to love, but broken now, so just try

[Pre-Chorus: Halsey]

I know you're chokin' on your fears

Already told you I'm right here

I will stay by your side every night

[Chorus: Halsey]

I don't know why you hide from the one

And close your eyes to the one

Mess up and lie to the one that you love

When you know you can cry to the one

Always confide in the one

You can be kind to the one that you love

Ah

[Bridge: Halsey]

I know it's hard for you, but it's not fair

Going sick in the head, tryna get you there

And I know it's hard for you, but it's not fair

It's not fair

[Chorus: Halsey]

I don't know why you hide from the one

And close your eyes to the one

Mess up and lie to the one that you love

When you know you can cry to the one

Always confide in the one

You can be kind to the one that you love

Ah, ah

When you know you can cry to the one

Always confide in the one

You can be kind to the one that you love

Ah

## Music video

The song's music video was released on June 27, 2020 and was directed by Hannah Lux Davis. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the video had to be shot by Halsey and Marshmello themselves as there wasn't any team physically operating the cameras. It also required Halsey to learn choreography via FaceTime.

## References

1. ↑ *List* - "Halsey and Marshmello to release new song this week"
2. ↑ *Twitter* - @halsey - "friday 🌼"
3. ↑ *Twitter* - @marshmellomusic - "friday 🌼"
4. ↑ *Instagram* - @iamhalsey - "BE KIND with @marshmellomusic friday 12AM EST 🌼"
5. ↑ *Twitter* - @halsey - "cute optimistic heartfelt dance summery 80s. me and mello thought u guys could use the vibes right now! 🌼"
6. ↑ *Twitter* - @halsey - "I’ll tell u guys more about it soon but this video was wild to create. Learning choreo on FaceTime, then I broke my ankle, we used a Bolt camera so it was all programmed beforehand so there wasn’t a human physically operating it, the team that rendered the worlds. It was wild!"
7. ↑ *Twitter* - @halsey - "I rehearsed the Be Kind choreo in a chair until my ankle fracture healed enough for me to be on feet... And here’s a video of me being hellllaaaaa OVER IT lol"

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