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Halsey looked glorious while she debuted the striking album art for her new record If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power.
The pregnant songstress, 26, commanded attention as she wandered around the halls of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum Of Art in a breathtaking ensemble.
It appeared like Halsey took inspiration from art history as she draped herself in a gold veil along with a silver top which revealed her chest and round belly.
Work of art: Halsey revealed the bold album art for her forthcoming record If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power in a beautiful video filmed at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Masterpiece: The 26-year-old star took inspiration from art history as she draped herself in a gold veil along with a silver top which revealed her chest and round belly
The star – birth name Ashley Nicolette Frangipane – had her dark hair braided back with rings woven into the plaits and amplified the drama with a mesmerizing dark eyeshadow look.
Ornate metal earrings in sharp points dangled down from each ear and she had a nose ring on.
Halsey and her sumptuous ensemble perfectly blended in with the masterpieces as she wandered from room to room taking in the art, stopping periodically to stare at pieces depicting motherhood.
Then, she found herself in front of a burgundy curtain, which she yanked down to expose her glorious Virgin And Child-inspired album art.
Earlier in the day the songstress debuted the cover art on Instagram.
She commanded attention in the shot, where she fully exposes one breast, styled as a renaissance painting.
Beauty: The star – birth name Ashley Nicolette Frangipane – had her dark hair braided back with rings woven into the plaits
Bare: She wasn’t shy about showing her third-trimester tummy
Art buff: Halsey and her sumptuous ensemble perfectly blended in with the masterpieces as she wandered from room to room taking in the art
Maternal: While wandering the halls she stopped periodically to stare at pieces depicting motherhood
Grand reveal: Then, she found herself in front of a burgundy curtain, which she yanked down to expose her glorious Virgin And Child-inspired album art
In a long caption, Halsey explained that the image was meant to celebrate ‘pregnant and postpartum bodies’ and the ‘joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth’, leading fans to believe that she recently had her baby.
Halsey is seen in the album cover artwork modeled after the famous oil painting ‘Virgin and Child’ by Jean Fouquet.
She is seated on a throne that looks strikingly similar to the Game of Thrones’ Iron Throne but made of gold.
The singer wears a golden crown on her head and a lilac long sleeved gown unbuttoned at the bodice to expose one breast (just like the Fouquet painting). Seated in her lap is a baby wrapped in beige cloth.
The image will be used as the cover for her fourth album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, which debuts August 27.
Stunning: Earlier in the day the songstress debuted her renaissance-inspired cover art on Instagram
Inspiration: Halsey is seen in the album cover artwork modeled after the famous oil painting ‘Virgin and Child’ by Jean Fouquet (left)
Her meaning: In a long caption, Halsey explained that the image was meant to celebrate ‘pregnant and postpartum bodies’ and the ‘joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth’, leading fans to believe that she recently had her baby
‘This album is a concept album about the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth,’ Halsey penned in the caption.
‘It was very important to me that the cover art conveyed the sentiment of my journey over the past few months,’ she continued. ‘The dichotomy of the Madonna and the Wh**e.’
The Madonna-Wh**re complex, to which the star is referring, is a Freudian psychological complex where males only have sexual desire for the ‘wh**re’ while being unable to become aroused by the ‘Madonna’ or pure woman.
Halsey wrote: ‘The idea that me as a sexual being and my body as a vessel and gift to my child are two concepts that can co-exist peacefully and powerfully.
New mom? Some fans responded to the Instagram post asking if the baby in the Without Me singers arms was, in fact, her own – particularly noting that she didn’t appear pregnant in the shot
‘My body has belonged to the world in many different ways the past few years, and this image is my means of reclaiming my autonomy and establishing my pride and strength as a life force for my human being.
‘This cover image celebrates pregnant and postpartum bodies as something beautiful, to be admired,’ she concluded. ‘We have a long way to go with eradicating the social stigma around bodies & breastfeeding. I hope this can be a step in the right direction!’
Some fans responded to the Instagram post asking if the baby in the Without Me singers arms was, in fact, her own – particularly noting that she didn’t appear pregnant in the shot.
Additionally, her use of the terms ‘postpartum’, ‘breastfeeding’ and ‘childbirth’ make it seem as if she has already had her baby.
Confusion: As recently as last weekend Halsey shared snaps of her baby bump on social media
It’s likely, however, that fans are reading too much between the lines as Halsey posted a photo of her very pregnant belly over the weekend.
The singer, whose real name is Ashley Frangipane, joked about the size of her baby bump: ‘Yes it’s ONE baby lol.’
She was basking in the sun while relaxing on a couch in an elegantly appointed patio and wrote: ‘too hot outside. beeeeen ready.’
Halsey, whose dating history includes Evan Peters and G-Eazy, is expecting her little bundle of joy with her beau Alev Aydin.
Rainbow baby: Halsey is expecting her little bundle of joy with her beau Alev Aydin, she previously suffered a miscarriage and has been open about the journey to her fans
The New Jersey native went public with her pregnancy on Instagram in January and Alev wrote in the comments: ‘Heart so full, I love you, sweetness.’
In the Instagram announcement Halsey, who had a miscarriage about half a decade ago, was wearing a rainbow bra and she included a rainbow emoji in the caption.
She was presumably giving a nod to the fact she is expecting a ‘rainbow baby’ – a child brought safely to term after the mother previously suffered a baby loss.
Halsey only recently announced that she would be coming out with a new album which was produced by Emmy, Grammy and Oscar winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
The collaboration between Halsey, Reznor and Ross marks new territory for all involved, with Reznor and Ross typically producing rock albums.
More to come: Halsey’s fourth album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, which debuts August 27
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