-Thank you so much. Welcome back to the show.
-Thanks for having me back. -Whenever.
I got to say congratulations to you.
Since last I saw you, you have a baby.
-I know. -A beautiful baby.
Congratulations. -Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Does he love it when Mom sings to him?
Do you sing lullabies? -Oh.
No. [ Laughter ]
No, he hates it. -Baby doesn't like it at all?
-No, he's my biggest critic. [ Laughter ]
-He's like, "You gotta work on that one."
-No, it's funny. My mom, she can't carry a tune in a bucket.
[ Laughter ]
It's really bad, and when she sings,
his eyes light up like she's the stars and the moon.
-He loves it. [ Audience aws ]
-But when I sing, he's not a fan.
[ Laughter ] -Is that, really?
-Not a fan. I get the...
-Oh, no. Yeah, don't cry.
Oh, no. I know that face. -Yeah.
-Yeah, you're -- Oh. -I'm like, "Alright. Okay."
Most kids would be really happy.
[ Laughter ]
-Are you loving being on tour?
This is the Love and Power Tour.
-Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ]
-I love the poster. -Thank you.
Yeah, it's been really incredible.
It's been amazing. I miss touring so much.
And, you know, there was a minute there where I didn't know
if I was going to be able to do it for a while.
-Yeah. -And being back on the road
and seeing people in the crowd coming alive to the lyrics --
-That's part of you. -Yeah, it's incredible.
-Your new single is "So Good," by the way.
-Yeah. -Yeah, yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Thank you. Yeah.
-"So Good." -The name is really, really
funny because when we're having conversations about it,
you know, I'll play it for somebody and they'll be like,
"Oh, it's so good." [ Laughter ]
-You're like, "No, literally, it's 'So Good.'"
-That's exactly what it is.
-Exactly, that's the name of the song.
But finally, the song is out. -Yeah.
-Does it feel good that the song is out?
-Yeah, it feels amazing. I think as an artist,
you just want to be able to release things. You know?
Like, music is such a cool industry because you have
the luxury to put stuff out as soon as it comes to you,
as soon as it's a thought and a feeling
and it's current to the moment.
So I was really, really keen to just kind of get this out now
while I was just feeling it. -It's a beautiful love song.
-Yeah, it is. I wrote it about my partner love.
Yeah, I did.
And he and I met in a really cool way.
-How?
-I met him in 2017
and he was hired to write a movie about me.
-Ooh. Oh, that's right. He's a director and a writer.
-Uh-huh. So he was hired to write a movie about me,
kind of like "8 Mile." Less spaghetti.
You know? [ Laughter ]
-Okay, yeah. -Yeah.
But I was going to wear the cool hoodie, though.
-Yeah, you have to.
-So he kind of followed me around on tour.
And he was interviewing me.
And after a couple of years of getting to know me,
one day I kind of sat down and I was like,
"Hey, you know everything about me.
I don't know anything about you.
I'm going to start interviewing you back."
And we found out that we had so much in common. -You fell in love.
-After being friends for a long time, we fell in love. Yeah.
-That's the best way to do it. -I know.
-Come on, congratulations. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Thank you. -That's the best way to do it.
To be friends, go like, "Hey, I just want to hang out with you."
-Yeah. -What happened to the biopic?
-Okay, well, there's a conflict of interest now
because he's a -- he's a main character.
[ Laughter ]
But he got to direct the music video instead,
which was really cool.
So it's kind of like a mini taste of what could be.
-I was thinking about who could play you.
-Oh, God.
I know the answer.
-Is it who I think it -- Ready?
Here's who I think should play you.
Well, this is you.
But this is you as Millie Bobby Brown.
[ Laughter ] -Oh, I was going to say you.
-Do you think I should play you?
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-What? No. -No?
-Millie Bobby Brown should play you. Yeah.
-I mean, yeah, Millie would be great.
But I don't really think I'm famous enough to cast Millie.
You'll do it though, right?
-Of course. [ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-No, Millie would be so great.
Millie -- I mean, it's kind of uncanny how much we look alike.
It's like, "Oh, no. We actually just look like sisters."
-Yeah, you really do. -Yeah.
-I was just talking about you because the great Adam Sandler
was on our show last week. -Aw!
-And he loves you and he said that -- he told me that you
performed at his daughter's bat mitzvah.
-I did. I did. It was awesome. [ Audience aws ]
First of all, it was the craziest bat mitzvah
I've ever seen in my life. -Oh, yeah.
-As you would expect from Adam Sandler.
It was like -- I mean, it was like Coachella.
-Really? [ Laughter ]
-I couldn't believe it.
And also, I was like, "Wow, you guys booked me?"
I was really honored. But his daughters are great.
And he's so amazing. -Oh, so cute.
-It was a really cool full-circle moment too because
when I was a kid, his movies used to play in my house
all the time, right? -Yeah.
-And my dad is a huge golfer and loved "Happy Gilmore."
He used to watch it all the time.
And so my first sentence that I ever spoke in my life
was "Go home, ball."
[ Laughter ]
Yeah. -Is that right?
-Yeah, so I would run around like a baby.
Like, crawling around on the floor.
-"Go to your home." -"Go to your home, ball."
[ Laughter and applause ]
-That's the best. -Yeah.
-That's your first sentence? -Yeah.
-I want to talk about your new makeup line.
-Oh, yeah, about-face. It's, like, the best --
[ Cheers and applause ]
-This is something -- -The best idea I ever had.
-Speaking of something that you can't just do
and have it come out the same week,
this takes years of work and research and stuff.
So much work goes into it. -It is. Yeah.
Also, like, I'm a little -- I don't know.
[ Laughter ]
-Say it.
-Neurotic. -Yeah.
Like, controlling?
-Nnnn, in a good way.
I want everything to be perfect all of the time, you know?
-Wow. -So, I really spent a lot
of time just, like, meticulously working on the formulas.
-Like, how nerdy do you get when it comes to it?
-Ooh, nerdy. -Really?
-Yeah. "This has too much hyaluronic acid.
We need to reduce the amount
because the formula's too creamy." Yeah.
-Are you wearing a lab coat and goggles?
-I literally am acting like
I'm trying to, like, cure a disease in my basement.
-And you're making makeup just to make everyone feel better?
-Yeah. It's tough, though, because I'm a musician,
so I'm on stage.
So my products need to be so long wear, so good,
so high performance because if I get on stage
and my lipstick starts smearing all over the place,
people are like, "I'm not buying that."
-Exactly. Yeah, of course. -You know?
-It's got to work. -Yeah.
-Congrats on about-face. Congrats on the tour.
-Thank you. -Congrats on the new music.
And, of course, congrats on baby.
That's the greatest. -Aw, thank you so much.
-Halsey, everybody.
[ Cheers and applause ] We love you.
Halsey and I are playing "The Best Friends Challenge"
when we come back. Stick around.