Halsey's Heartbreaking 'Without Me' Video Stars A True G-Eazy Lookalike

Halsey has mentioned that her most recent single, the angst-ridden break-up ballad "Without Me," is her most personalized one yet — case in point, it's the opening she's written under her real name, Ashley. As such, she's ditched her knack for high-concept, Shakespeare-inspired videos and given the new song an intimate vid that portrays destructive relationships she's witnessed.


Released on Monday (October 29), the video stars pink-haired Halsey along with a guy who couldn't possibly look any more like G-Eazy without being the rapper himself (it is, case in point, an actor named Will Brandt). Director Colin Tilley captures the pair through cycles of drinking, partying, and fighting, as Halsey laments taking on her partner's demons and obtaining nothing in return. In the end, the G-Eazy doppelgänger is taken away in a cop vehicle (perhaps an allusion to a real-life event?) As Haley is left alone, seemingly stronger than ever.


Taking to Twitter immediately following the video's release, Halsey called it "a really astonishing and emotional process." She wrote, "The story is a reflection of a combination of relationships I have been in, or watched the people I love go through. It's a reminder that you deserve more. And it's okay not aspire to be taken advantage of. By your partners, companions, your family members. You deserve happiness. Don't be afraid of going and finding it."


It's no secret that Halsey has had a tumultuous relationship with G-Eazy — they've been repeatedly on and off, and reportedly broke up again earlier this month. The singer admitted in a recent interview with Zach Sang that writing "Without Me" ultimately led to their breakup because it allowed her some perspective on how the relationship had affected her life.


"I listened to what I wrote and went, 'Oh my god, is that how I feel? If that's how I feel I need to put the pause on this thing now she mentioned. "I'm certainly talking about my relationship. So the song happened first. And yes it was just like, this moment of sincerity."


"Without Me" marks Halsey's first new solo track since 2017's Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, and might would be a sign that the singer's next album is on the way. If the new song is any indication of what's in store for album number three, expect to be able to see more sides of Ashley than ever before.