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Halsey has announced a new collaborative single with Evanescence‘s Amy Lee, ‘Hand That Feeds’. Check out a snippet below.
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The joint song is set to appear on the soundtrack to the upcoming John Wick spin-off film Ballerina, which is released on June 6. Halsey and Lee’s contribution to the movie will arrive this Friday (May 9).
Writing on social media yesterday (May 6), the Evanescence frontwoman wrote: “So thrilled to bring you a new song, ‘Hand That Feeds’ with @halsey THIS FRIDAY!
“We’ve been fans of each other’s work for a long time and it really feels like the universe pulled us together for this moment.”
Lee’s band are due to open for Halsey at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California next Wednesday (May 14). According to Lee, the support slot was already “in place” when they were approached to work together for Ballerina.
She added: “And it’s finally time to serve it UP! Cannot wait for you all to hear!!” You can see that post along with the official cover artwork for ‘Hand That Feeds’ here:
We already had the Hollywood Bowl show in place when @Lionsgate invited us to work on a song for the @ballerinamovie together, and it’s finally time to serve it UP! Cannot wait for you all to hear!!
— Amy Lee (@AmyLeeEV) May 6, 2025
Additionally, Halsey has sent fans a brief snippet of the imminent new single. The preview clip features the lyrics: “Do it ’cause you know you can/ Turn around and bite the hand that feeds.”
Tune in here:
May 5 2025.
Halsey sends out a new audio snippet through texts, seemingly featuring Amy Lee from Evanescence pic.twitter.com/WwsAvlmFXF
— Throwback Halsey (@throwbackhals) May 5, 2025
Last year saw Halsey hail Lee as her “OG dark rock queen” while sharing her recreation of the cover art for Evanescence’s 2003 debut album ‘Fallen’ (see below). The singer spoofed a series of record sleeves to promote her latest LP ‘The Great Impersonator’.
In February, Halsey released a punk-rock-inspired single called ‘Safeword’ along with an S&M-themed music video.
The artist’s 2025 ‘For My Last Trick’ North American tour kicks off this weekend. Find any remaining tickets here.
Day 6 of counting down to The Great Impersonator, October 25th
THE GREAT IMPERSONATOR #6: AMY LEE my OG dark rock queen.
TRACK 12: LONELY IS THE MUSE pic.twitter.com/gwuEQQQPBI
— h (@halsey) October 12, 2024
In March, Evanescence shared a dramatic single titled ‘Afterlife’ from the animated Netflix series Devil May Cry.
Evanescence will also open for My Chemical Romance and Metallica this year, and make an appearance at the Louder Than Life Festival 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky in September.
Speaking to NME in late 2022, Lee explained that making the group’s fifth and latest album, 2021’s ‘The Bitter Truth’, had been “very cathartic”. “It was so good for our souls,” she said. “We had so much to say and talk about.”
Looking ahead to what was coming next, Lee told NME: “I try not to make too many concrete plans – it just happens. When you sit at the piano and just let it happen. But yeah, I want to make new music with this cool new energy we have with the band.”
You can revisit the full video interview for NME‘s In Conversation series above.
In a five-star review of Halsey’s ‘The Great Impersonator’, NME wrote: “Looking back through her recent catalogue, ‘Manic’ is more stylistically diverse, ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ more musically ambitious, but ‘The Great Impersonator’ is Halsey’s most honest album – that is if you choose to believe her.”
The record went in at Number 39 on NME‘s 50 best albums of 2024 list, with the single ‘Lonely Is The Muse’ securing a spot in our 50 best songs of the year feature.
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