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abstract
The 25-year old pop artist Halsey has recently made the jump from rising star to the top of the Billboard charts. What sets her apart from many other current muscians is not that she openly identifies as bisexual, or her willingness to play with gender performances, but rather is her hit song, “Bad at Love,” where the singer unequivocally details relationships with both men and women. Due to the uniqueness of the song - and its widespread commercial popularity - the accompanying music video is deemed significant, especially as it pertains to how she may create a bisexual display through various visual and verbal markers. Exactly how Halsey produces such a display in the video is examined here, concluding that the generation of her bisexual display is not distinctive to this video but rather a pattern of this artist, which is an area for further inquiry.
Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Courtney Hulsart for being an unofficial reviewer of this manuscript. The author is also especially grateful for the constructive and encouraging comments from the anonymous reviewers, who immensely contributed to the breadth and depth of this piece.
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Kate Harman
Kate Harman is a lecturer in the department of Communication Studies at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, where she teaches courses on sports, politics, and gender.