“Halsey is an anagram for Ashley, so if you rearrange Ashley you get Halsey and I think the difference is about more than spelling. So I think if you rearrange me a little bit you get Halsey. It’s not quite an alter-ego as much as it’s just an amplified version of myself. The thing is, Ashley is just like what kind of fucking cereal do I like to have in the morning. […] Ashley is ‘Did I remember to call my mom on her birthday’. Ashley is if I lose my mail key. Ashley is if I do my laundry, if I give money to homeless people when I’m walking down the street, if I tip my waitress, if I clean my shoes before I walk into someone else’s house. That’s Ashley. Halsey is the things people fucking care about. It’s all the amplified version of me. It’s when I’m wrong, it’s when I’m right, it’s when I’m at my worst, it’s when I’m at my best - it’s giving people, through music, all the amplified versions of me, immortalizing all the high points of my life.”