Pitchfork slate Halsey's new album. She responds by wishing their building collapses. That building? One World Trade Center, NYC

[painey]

Saw this rather amusing story in 4 parts trending all over Twitter


1. Pitchfork tweets their review of Halsey's new album, Manic. They aren't impressed.

2. Halsey - unimpressed with the publication - tweets a sarcastic response

3. The internet knows where the 'basement' is located

4. WOOPS

 

[Jogi]

Sounds like an honest mistake that will still probably get blown way out of proportion.

 

[It’s Time To Go]

I fucking love that new album. Bad form on her part though.

 

[Aeriscloud]

She keeps digging herself down deeper.

 

[Neutra]

that would kill the BA test kitchen folks too, you monster!!!

 

[ZeoVGM]

It's in poor taste no matter what but I doubt she knew where it was located.

Their tweet also seems pretty harsh for an album that got a 6.5.

(The album is good, I should add.)

 

[ISOM]

Sounds like an honest mistake that will still probably get blown way out of proportion.

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[Sensei]

meh

 

[LBsquared]

No fun allowed. Good on her for apologizing, I guess. I'm sure the response from social media will be measured.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

lol whoops!

Also, Pitchfork needs to chill with that kind of tweet. That's fuckin uncalled for whether you like an album or not.

 

[Yung Coconut]

I mean it's Pitchfork...

Do you guys research people's living/work spaces before you jokingly wish that it would burn down? Am I doing it wrong?

 

[Alienous]

Basement, not building.

 

[fundogmo]

Well thank god such a meaningless tweet didn't become a headline somewhere.

 

[TheMango55]

She keeps digging herself down deeper.

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lol

 

[nekkid]

She refers to it as a basement. She clearly had no idea. And who would realistically expect her to research that before, just in case???

 

[scitek]

She immediately walked it back when she found out, so I don't see the big deal.

 

[Deleted member 13798]

lol whoops!

Also, Pitchfork needs to chill with that kind of tweet. That's fuckin uncalled for whether you like an album or not.

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Pitchfork's whole schtick is like being the Armond White of music isn't it?

 

[jml]

I mean it's Pitchfork...

Do you guys research people's living/workspaces before you joking say you hope it burns down? Am I doing it wrong?

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I don't think many people are actually upset at her for this, it's just kinda funny that she walked into a really unfortunate coincidence like that

 

[Deleted member 4552]

that would kill the BA test kitchen folks too, you monster!!!

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Not my dear sweet Brad!

 

[Fugu]

Pitchfork is an organization for which it is nearly impossible for me to muster any sympathy.

 

[Bonefish]

The most offensive part of this is that Pitchfork scored her as high as 6.5

 

[kvetcha]

we should probably shit on her for daring to be offended at some rando's blithe dismissal of her music.

 

[Deleted member 51646]

Halsey's response is exactly the kind of disproportionate vitriol that makes the internet in general and twitter specifically such an awful place. The review was bad but from what little context was given in the OP, it was a commentary on the quality of the music, not attacking Halsey personally. Hopefully she and others can learn to respond to even painful criticism in some way other than wishing harm on the critics.

 

[Deleted member 18502]

I guess she'll be getting that lucrative hot pockets endorsement any day now

 

[peppermints]

The score does not lineup with that snippet about a Lyft ride.

But, whatever. I doubt she Googled "Pitchfork HQ" before making a joke.

(I don't even know who this is)

 

[HommePomme]

6.5 is pretty high tbh. Came into the thread expecting her to be 1.6'd

 

[Sweeney Swift]

Her new album is incredible

As for her tweet, everyone makes mistakes and she acknowledged it was one. Non-story at this point

 

[CatAssTrophy]

who even jokes, in response to criticism, about someone's building collapsing anyway though

 

[take_marsh]

I can't view the images in the OP for some reason, but the thread title produced a laugh out of me. That's a bit over-the-top, Halsey.

 

[Deleted member 42055]

I mean.. she's right that too often pitchfork is passive aggressive and strangely personal when they don't like an artist's album but that's how they get clicks. Shame too, when it's a good reviewer that's passionate about the music their reviews can be very,very good. A lot of reviews of re-issues for example

 

[StopMakingSense]

But that's where the Bon Appetit offices are :(

 

[Falchion]

Pitchfork is a shit tier organization. They're a 3.24 / 10

 

[Zombine]

6.5? That's basically unplayable.

 

[Deleted member 12224]

The Axwell remix of her song Graveyard is fire.

Because he mixed her out of it and thus I had literally no clue it was a Halsey original and found out like a month after it released.

 

[scottbeowulf]

Not a big deal, obvious she didn't know. Also fuck Pitchfork. Smarmy assholes.

 

[Zache]

6.5 seems way higher than I would expect considering their tweet.

 

[gdt]

Just a harmless joke, but it's funny she got so mad in that minute.

 

[Deleted member 925]

I don't care for Halsey because she's a little too generic for me, but the actual review is decent. Whoever is tweeting out for Pitchfork took a segment of the review which criticized ( and rightfully so ) some of the hit makers who produced on this album and twisted it out of context.

Halsey's collaborators on Manic include Greg Kurstin, Benny Blanco, and Jon Bellion, some of the world's foremost hitmakers and shapers of the amorphous, chameleonic pop I've come to associate with sitting miserably in the backseat of a Lyft. Their presence here is felt a little too acutely.

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[sgtnosboss]

She immediately walked it back when she found out, so I don't see the big deal.

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same, loved her album too

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Could have sworn Pitchfork was out of Chicago.

 

[catboy]

we should probably shit on her for daring to be offended at some rando's blithe dismissal of her music.

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tea

artists being unable to handle critique will never not be tacky

 

[gdt]

I don't care for Halsey because she's a little too generic for me, but the actual review is decent. Whoever is tweeting out for Pitchfork took a segment of the review which criticized ( and rightfully so ) some of the hit makers who produced on this album and twisted it out of context.

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Yeesh

 

[kvetcha]

tea

artists being unable to handle critique will never not be tacky

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yeah, though critics like Pitchfork that get off on being needlessly cruel also bug the shit out of me.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

yeah, though critics like Pitchfork that get off on being needlessly cruel also bug the shit out of me.

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They aren't nearly as snarky/pretentious as they were years ago. Some albums that receive favorable reviews these days would have been demolished in 2004.

 

[kvetcha]

They aren't nearly as snarky/pretentious as they were years ago. Some albums that receive favorable reviews these days would have been demolished in 2004.

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Fair enough. And it does sound like their social media editor was being a bit sensational.

 

[Nappuccino]

6.5 ain't even a bad score from them, but I'm sure she had no I'll intent.

 

[NinjaScooter]

We forgive you queen

 

[Slayven]

Hasley's PR:" Wow reviews for the album, let me refresh to get more"

* Reads page and screams into a bag for 5 minutes*

Hasley PR:" Hasley has the up most sympathy and respect for the victims of 9/11....."

 

[Blue Sky Noise]

honest mistake but 6.5 is hardly a brutal panning, strap on a pair

 

[Rabalder.]

The real L is her biting back at reviewers. Corndog shit.