Hailee Steinfeld dropped Part 1 of her anticipated album Half Written Story, and fans are SHOOK
after some of her songs hint at a love gone seriously wrong hmm… is this a jab at Niall
Horan???
We’re breaking down all the lyrics right now.
What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News, and we’re gonna need
to have a word with whoever hurt Hailee this bad because have you HEARD THESE LYRICS?
It looks like Hailee is taking a page out of the book of her good friend Taylor Swift
because she’s not holding back when it comes to sharing all new details about her love
life in her new album Half Written Story, just released today.
After months of anticipation, we can finally get our hands on the first part of Hailee’s
debut album, but now more than ever before, fans are speculating just who caused her so
much heartache as heard through the album.
One easy culprit seems to be Niall Horan, who Hailee dated back in 2018 after almost
a year together, but is it only him she’s singing about?
Let the investigation begin!
So back in January, Hailee released the first song off the album, “Wrong Direction,”
which hinted at an ex who cheated on her as the lyrics read, “Lookin’ back, I probably
should have known / But I just wanted to believe that you were out sleepin’ alone / Loved
me with your worst intentions / Didn’t even stop to question.”
Fans were quick to point fingers toward Niall because of the obvious -- “WRONG Direction,”
One Direction… no further explanation.
She also seemingly dragged Niall for pretending to be someone he’s not, singing, “Everybody
thinks that you’re somebody else / You even convinced yourself.”
Tweets began rolling in claiming that there’s no way this song ISN’T about Niall, like
one user who wrote, “why would hailee write a song called “wrong direction” for it
to not be about niall? we all know people made “wrong direction” jokes about 1D.
plus saying “it doesn’t match his personality” is also not right since we all do not know
him enough personally to claim that.”
She also revealed more details in a recent interview about “Wrong Direction,” saying
QUOTE, “I've learned how easy it is to fall in love with the idea of falling in love.
I wrote this song at a low point in my life, when I realised I had spent a year falling
in a direction so far from who I was.”
This is especially telling because of the timeframe of Hailee and Niall’s YEAR-long
relationship.
This takes us to her song, “Man Up,” where Hailee continues to accuse a certain someone
of cheating, after telling him to literally ‘man up’ and just admit his wrongdoings.
She sings, “Didn’t think I’d learn her name / Gave you every bit of trust / I just
can’t believe you’d abuse that.
Little boy, won’t you man up?
/ All of these tantrums / They won’t win me back, love / Just be a man, love / And
I don’t mean society’s version / I just mean be a better person / For once, man up.”
Ok is it hot in here, or is it just Hailee’s lyrics burning a hole in my soul?!
Fans began sending in reactions to this song because of the lyrics that literally end whoever
decided to cheat on Hailee, like this user who wrote, “oh wow oh wow @HaileeSteinfeld
you SNAPPED on man up you caught me so off guard omg”
She then continued to throw major shade toward her ex in “End This (L.O.V.E.)” singing,
“L is for the way you lied to me / O is I’m the only one who sees that / V, you’re
so vindictive, so I’ll be vicious / And E-N-D this L-O-V-E.”
She also claims that “no one’s ever messed me up like you did / Thanks to you, babe,
now I know what love is.”
Hailee gets REAL deep in “Your Name Hurts,” and if you haven’t heard it yet, you might
wanna grab a few tissues for this one.
The intense lyrics suggest that getting over her ex hasn’t exactly been an easy feat
for Hailee and considering she hasn’t officially “dated” anyone since her relationship
with Niall ended, this song is pretty telling.
She sings, “Wouldn’t say that I regret you, but man, I wish I never met you / That
your mama never even had you / Every single letter’s killing me / Don’t know why it
always gets to me / Every time I hear that sound / Your name hurts / I don’t say it
no more / It’s like the worst of words / You don’t even know.”
In “I Love You’s” Hailee sings about being hurt after the breakup, and not quite
being ready to put herself out there again.
This one contains many clues about Niall, as Hailee sings, “No more I love you’s
/ Until I’m OK / I blamed it on the time zones / I blamed it on my eyes closed / I
blamed it on the world like it owes me / No more I love you’s / Until I’m OK.”
Fans quickly began to speculate that the “time zones” line was in reference to Niall since
he lives in London and Hailee lives in LA.
Hailee also recently revealed to MTV Australia that QUOTE, “I think when we get into certain
situations we sort of make excuses or we look to whatever we can to sort of take the blame
away from ourselves when we know what’s right and we know what’s wrong.”
She alludes that she may have blamed certain behavior on just being so geographically distant
from each other, adding, “What you want is not what you need or what you should have.
It’s like when you know that stuff, you blame it on all of these elements that could
be to blame but not really.”
And we can’t forget that back in March when Hailee promoted “I Love You’s” on Instagram
Live, Niall’s “Black And White,” which has been speculated to be about her, suddenly
started playing in the background...
So clearly there’s a lot to divulge here, but the main takeaway is that there is no
such thing as a “bad” single from Hailee Steinfeld, so if you’ll excuse me, I’ll
just be listening to Half Written Story while sobbing in my bedroom for the foreseeable
future.
Be sure to let me know who you think Hailee’s songs are about, and which songs you currently
have on repeat, right down here in the comments.
For more exciting music news, click right over here for all the details on Taylor Swift’s
major concert announcement.
I’m Sussan Mourad, have a great weekend!