Halsey performs at Rock in Rio's Palco Mundo this Sunday, but the international career that the artist has today did not come without difficulties. Before achieving success, Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, her birth name, went through a period of great financial difficulties in New York, where she slept on friends' couches and depended on assistance centers to obtain basic items such as hygiene products.
At age 17, Halsey left New Jersey to try her luck in New York. Without a stable income, she became dependent on friends for a place to sleep during this period. In even more difficult moments, she said she had to seek social assistance centers to meet basic daily needs.
It was during this period of difficulties in New York that the artistic name that would take her to the big stages was born. "Halsey" is an anagram of Ashley and also a reference to Halsey Street, in Brooklyn, an area the singer used to frequent during her adolescence.
