Halsey Reflects on 'Inspiring' and 'Painful' Past Decade After Celebrating 30th Birthday with Avan Jogia and Friends

Mar. 15, 2025

Halsey in New York on Sept. 11, 2024.Photo:Gotham/WireImage

Halsey attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at the UBS area on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York.

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Happy 30th birthday,Halsey!

“My life has gone through inexplicable changes the past decade. Some beautiful and awe inspiring, some puzzling and painful,” wrote Halsey, who was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus andrare T-cell lymphoproliferative disorderover the last two years.

Avan Jogia and Halsey in West Hollywood in April 2024.Unique Nicole/Getty

Avan Jogia and Halsey attend a special screening of MONKEY MAN presented by Universal Pictures on April 02, 2024 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California.

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“But 30 came like those ten years never happened, (much like the beautiful birthdays back home in Jersey before I had ever heard of the name Halsey) SCREAMING in an Italian American heritage hall with the people I love,” continued the caption, shared alongside many photos from the party, which included karaoke, cake and cigars.

“I thought the only reason I’d have all these people in a room with me at the same time would be because I was in a wooden box in the center, but there we were. With cake and crying and bare feet,” said Halsey. “I don’t know how they did it. But they made all the noise of my twenties stop, and replaced it with joy.”

The “Without Me” hitmaker then spoke about how “the stars” have given her two scary health-related instances in her life. “First, just before I turned 20. By challenging me with difficulty for years and then giving me life altering joy just as I slid into base, from 19,” she said, seemingly referencing her2016 endometriosis diagnosis.

Halsey in Las Vegas on Sept. 21, 2024.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Halsey arrives at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 21, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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“I am so grateful to see them all arrive,” she said. “Thank you for all the birthday wishes.”

Halsey in New York on Sept. 11, 2024.Roy Rochlin/Getty

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In August, Halsey announced her fifth studio album,The Great Impersonator, and described the project as a “confessional concept album.”

She released as teaser video for the project and confessed in the clip, “I really thought this album would be the last one I ever made.”

source: people.com