Halsey Slams Audience Member Who Told Her to ‘Stop Talking and Play’: ‘I Almost F—ing Died to Be on This Stage’
- - Halsey Slams Audience Member Who Told Her to ‘Stop Talking and Play’: ‘I Almost F—ing Died to Be on This Stage’
Ilana KaplanNovember 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Halsey in October 2024 in Glendale, Calif. -
Halsey took aim at an audience member who told her to "stop talking and play" at her Boston show
Hours ahead of the concert, the pop star shared on Instagram Stories that they had spent the night in the ER for hours due to an acute medical emergency
In 2022, Halsey was diagnosed with lupus SLE and a rare T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder
Halsey addressed a fan's shocking comment telling her to "shut up and play" during a recent show.
The instance took place during their Monday, Nov. 3 performance in Boston — the second of her two shows at the MGM Music Hall — after the pop star revealed that she had spent the night in the ER ahead of the show due to an acute medical emergency.
Per fan-captured TikTok video, Halsey, 31, who uses she/they pronouns, was speaking to the crowd when a fan shouted “stop talking and play."
They then addressed the person from the stage.
“You think you’re tough s--- because you’re from Boston? I’m from Jersey, baby. I’ll whoop your ass. My dad’s from Boston, my mom’s from Jersey — that basically makes me a fucking demon," said Halsey.
She added: "I’m gonna play whatever the f--- I wanna play. In case you didn’t hear me correctly, I almost f---ing died to be on this stage. I’m going to play whatever the f--- I wanna play.”
In an X post on Tuesday, Nov. 4, Halsey also appeared to address the situation with a play on words of her 2019 song "Nightmare" writing, "I’ve been polite but won’t be caught dead letting a man tell me what I should play in my set."
I’ve been polite but won’t be caught dead letting a man tell me what I should play in my set.
— halsey 🌸 (@halsey) November 4, 2025
Further commenting on the situation on Nov. 4, they responded to a fan comment on X describing the situation. "He told me to “stop talking and play ____” 🙄 there’s always one," said Halsey.
He told me to “stop talking and play ____”🙄 there’s always one https://t.co/75iwCTa2y9
— halsey 🌸 (@halsey) November 4, 2025
Hours before Halsey's show on Monday, Nov. 3, she revealed she experienced a "minor medical emergency in an Instagram Stories post from Mass General Hospital regarding their health.
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Halsey in September 2024 in Elmont, N.Y.
"Boston I'm gonna be honest with ya, after the show last night I was in the ER till 6 this morning," they wrote, which featured a selfie of part of their face with their hair in a towel. "Minor medical emergency but I am A-Okay now and ready to rock tonight! but if I'm pacing myself, that's why!"
Halsey continued, "Huge shout out to Mass General and Dr Kian, Dr Victoria and my nurses Carolyn and Alicia for being the absolute best team I've ever met. And I second that with regard to the imaging staff, transport team, and patient relations!! I am so so grateful! LETS ROCK TONIGHT!"
In September, the "Ego" performer shared a separate health update in a TikTok clip, where she revealed she had just undergone chemotherapy, which came after a 2022 diagnosis with lupus SLE and a rare T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder.
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