Halsey Responds To 'Homophobic' Critics Of Her Latest Performance: 'I'm Proud'

For pretty much the complete time Halsey has been in the public eye, she's proven enthusiastic about representing the LGBTQ community in her art — visualize "Strangers" and "Bad at Love" as proof. And, similarly as essential, she hasn't been afraid to stand up for herself once people criticize her for it — which is exactly what she did on Tuesday night (December 18).


Taking the stage for the finale episode of The Voice, Halsey performed her brooding single "Without Me" alongside YouTube-famous dancer Jade Chynoweth. The two females presented a raw contemporary dance that captured all of the elaborate emotions of a lost love. Some people on Twitter, although, called the efficiency "inappropriate" — a critique that Halsey immediately and fearlessly addressed.


"Very overjoyed of the emotional efficiency I did with @JadeChynoweth on @NBCTheVoice tonight," she wrote on Twitter. "And also very delighted to have pissed off the homophobic viewers at residence who missed the message. Thanks for watching."


In added posts, Halsey thanked her dance partner for helping her bring a queer-centric efficiency to national television.


"Representation matters. Thanks @NBCTheVoice for giving a space for this vision to come to life," she tweeted. "And thank you @JadeChynoweth for being a wonderful human who used her body like the ultimate musical instrument for this group effort She added on Instagram, "Lots of people furious because we performed the story of a wlw couple and their emotional journey. … I'm delighted I got to put this on so several television screens tonight. Younger me is stoked."


Halsey's "Without Me" efficiency isn't however viewable on YouTube, however it's accessible to watch on NBC's website — visualize it in the complete episode of The Voice around the 1:13:30 mark.