{"id":162,"date":"2020-05-08T17:20:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2020-05-10T18:11:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T18:11:03","slug":"hailee-steinfeld-drops-highly-anticipated-ep-half-written-story-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/hailee-steinfeld-drops-highly-anticipated-ep-half-written-story-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Hailee Steinfeld Drops Highly Anticipated \u2018Half Written Story\u2019 EP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Samantha Colleran, May 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/iroCMaSORz2v1hHRElPE_ejy2EXuVOjcnzgieevnrf-aXUJEIDOxeM2W0fNWIH2c6ahbVkWKltDUQADNTXRSbC38lLr_MAj2dzeN3gO6RsH3pYm0COkX1vjqh6Iux0wfQzQqQPVZ\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"522\"\/><figcaption><em>Half Written Story<\/em> EP cover. <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/albums\/Hailee-steinfeld\/Half-written-story-ep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genius<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hailee Steinfeld just dropped a 5 track EP, the first part of a two part project, the second half is set to release later this year. Although she\u2019s established a name for herself with singles such as \u201cLove Myself\u201d and \u201cLet Me Go\u201d with Alesso featuring Watts and Florida Georgia Line, Hailee has yet to release a full length album due to scheduling with acting roles such as <em>Bumblebee<\/em> and Apple TV\u2019s <em>Dickinson<\/em> where she portrays Emily Dickinson, but the EP is a great start to what will hopefully lead to a debut album in the future. Nevertheless, <em>Half Written Story<\/em> is here, and it\u2019s definitely worth a listen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EP starts off with the recently released \u201cI Love You\u2019s\u201d, a rework of Annie Lennox\u2019s &#8220;No More I Love You\u2019s&#8221;. It\u2019s a triumphant breakup song where she promises to focus on herself and become better from the pain that her heartbreak had caused her. She even promises to buy herself flowers, \u201cAnd then when they die, I&#8217;ll be happy that they got me through\u201d. Sometimes you just need to focus on you, and Hailee lets her audience know that it\u2019s okay to do so, \u201cNo more \u2018I love you\u2019s until I&#8217;m okay\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hailee Steinfeld - I Love You&#039;s (Official Video)\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/afRFR2UNYzI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next is \u201cYour Name Hurts\u201d, which starts off with the lyric \u201cWe&#8217;re a half-written\u2005story\u2005without any ending\u201d. It\u2019s a more aggressive song, something I definitely wasn\u2019t expecting from Hailee. \u201cYour name hurts (Your name hurts)\/ I don&#8217;t say it no more\/ It&#8217;s like the worst of words (Worst of words)\u201d Hailee sings in the chorus with a sweet tone, completely juxtaposing the harsh nature of the song. In the second pre-chorus she even wishes her ex\u2019s mother never had him (ouch) which caught me completely off guard upon my first listen. It\u2019s a great song for an angry breakup, or for when you\u2019re thinking of the one that hurt you so bad you can\u2019t even say their name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEnd this (L.O.V.E.)\u201d puts a spin on the classic \u201cL-O-V-E\u201d everyone knows and loves (pun definitely not intended) and twists the sweet lyrics to fit her breakup. The chorus starts off the song; \u201cL is for the way you lied to me\/ O is I\u2019m the only one who sees that\/ V, you\u2019re so vindictive, so I\u2019ll be vicious, And E-N-D this L-O-V-E\u201d. It\u2019s a vengeful song, Hailee trying to tell her audience just how bad her ex hurt her, claiming he even \u201cgot away with murder\u201d and that \u201cNo one\u2019s ever messed [me] up like you did\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B_lrzF7hu2S\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B_lrzF7hu2S\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <div style=\" display: flex; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B_lrzF7hu2S\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by hailee steinfeld (@haileesteinfeld)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMan Up\u201d sees Hailee attempt a sort of fast talking\/rap verse, where she talks about her whole family hating her ex, even her nonexistent sister. Although the song is called \u2018Man Up\u2019, Hailee makes it clear what exactly she means by that; \u201cJust be a man, love\/ And I don&#8217;t mean society&#8217;s version\/ I just mean, be a better person\u201d. The song also hints at the possibility of Hailee being cheated on, \u201cDidn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d learn her name\/ Gave you every bit of trust\/ I just can&#8217;t believe you&#8217;d abuse that\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EP closes with the song \u201cWrong Direction\u201d which was released on January 1 of this year. A slow ballad that ends the EP on a somewhat sad note, signifying the end of her relationship, the finality of it all comes tumbling down into a four minute emotional piano driven track. Speaking about the song with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200101233633\/http:\/\/web.archive.org\/screenshot\/https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/playlist\/new-music-daily\/pl.2b0e6e332fdf4b7a91164da3162127b5\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Music<\/a>, Hailee said \u201cI wrote this song at a low point in my life, when I realized I had spent over a year falling in a direction so far from who I was\u201d. It\u2019s certainly a more vulnerable and emotional side of Hailee, a song that twists at your heart and leaves you waiting for a happy ending. Maybe it\u2019ll all turn out alright on her second project?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hailee Steinfeld - Wrong Direction\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ncV1TlNl9B8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Half Written Story<\/em> is available to stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/hailee-steinfeld\/417571723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Music<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1UPxmm7vKXqA7tO7Y3XklR?si=yYmFGDPuSReMVCLRL6iSbA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a> now. If I\u2019ve learned anything from listening to this EP it\u2019s to <em>not<\/em> mess with Miss Steinfeld\u2019s heart. Let me know your favorite song in the comments if you decide to give it a listen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailee Steinfeld&#8217;s new EP highlights the anger and sadness that come with bad breakups. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"@HaileeSteinfeld just dropped her much anticipated EP #HalfWrittenStory!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[32,58,57],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-song-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-ep","tag-hailee-steinfeld"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/https___images.genius.com_2f008c8ad297032df86461311b7d6736.1000x1000x1.jpg?fit=1358%2C1358&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbTCvy-2C","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibingonvinyl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}