"Clementine" is a song by American singer
Halsey. It was released on September 29, 2019, her twenty-fifth birthday, through
Capitol Records
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as the first promotional single from her third studio album, ''
Manic'' (2020).
Background and composition
Written by Halsey, Jasper Sheff and Johnathan Carter Cunnigham, "Clementine" is a "stripped-back track, driven by simple piano tinkling and some subtle clunking for percussion". Halsey released the song on her twenty-fifth birthday.
Critical reception
Whitney Shoemaker from ''
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'' wrote that "Halsey strips things down in her raw new track". Mike Nied of
Idolator wrote that the track "finds her at her most poetic over sparse keys", while writing that the song "doesn't exactly scream radio hit".
Music video
The music video for "Clementine" was released with the song on September 29, 2019. The video shows Halsey and her brother Sévian performing
interpretive dance
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in an aquarium.
The video was directed by Anton Tammi and Dani Vitale who also did the choreography.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from
Tidal.
*
Halsey – producer, songwriting, vocals
* John Cunnigham – producer, songwriting, programming
* Jasper Sheff – songwriting
*
Serban Ghenea
Serban Ghenea () is a Canadian audio engineer and mixer. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award a total of 45 times and has won 21 times.
Early life and education
Ghenea was born in Romania, and in 1976 he moved to Montreal with his family. H ...
– mixer, studio personnel
*
John Hanes – mix engineer, studio personnel
*
Chris Gehringer
Chris Gehringer (born May 27, 1962) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New Jersey.
Gehringer is known for having mastered recordings by popular artists such as AJR, Dua Lipa, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Gwen Stefani, Harry Styles, ...
– mastering engineer, studio personnel
* Will Quinnell – assistant mastering engineer, studio personnel
* Aria McKnight – A&R
* Jeremy Vuernick – A&R
* Ryan Del Vecchio – A&R Admin
Release history
References
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2019 singles
2019 songs
Halsey (singer) songs
Capitol Records singles
Songs written by Halsey (singer)