Halsey Brings 'The Great Impersonator' to Life at the 2024 VMAs With 'Ego'

the musician performed the latest single from their upcoming concept album out October 25th with special guest Victoria deangelus from monuskin on Bas step right up and Marvel at the Magnificent wonders of haly the musician brought the world of their upcoming album The Great impersonator to life at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards with a performance of ego the latest single from the record Hy rode onto the stage on a bike and strutted over to the garage on the house replica she had assembled for the set bringing New Jersey to Long Island lifting up the door they revealed a three-piece band waiting to rock out with them which included monins Victoria deangelus on bass the musician arrived to the show with red hair cascading down her shoulders but went for a fiery shortcut for the performance continuing to play around with the concept of her upcoming album all of these different versions of Hy represent a piece of the unfolding puzzle I can't keep my feet on the ground and I'm nervous what you'll think of me now I'm hoping that someone comes around helps me figure it out Hy sings on ego before tapping into the Rock sphere she always sounds completely at home in I think that I should try to kill my ego cuz if I don't my ego might kill me I'm all grown up but somehow lately I'm acting like a baby I'm really not as happy as I seem last week Hy announced the great impersonator with a scheduled release date of October 25th I made this record in the space between life and death and it feels like I've waited in Eternity for you to have it they wrote in a social media statement the singer has described the album as a confessional concept album one born from a period of intense illness and emotional transformation I really thought this album might be the last one I ever made when you get sick like that you start thinking about ways it could have all been different hly said in an album trailer the album Cycles through imaginings of hly across different decades am I still Hy every time in every timeline they ask Hy last performed at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2016 with The Chainsmokers when they performed their chart topping single closer since then Hy has released Three Studio albums including hopeless Fountain Kingdom Manic and if I can't have love I want Power