Halsey, Anthony Fantano Feud Explained
Halsey let loose on Anthony Fantano on Sunday night, describing the popular YouTube music critic as an “raised-by-4-chan edgelord bully” and suggesting that her “least memorable song will be remembered more fondly and for more time than anything you ever do with your life will be.” Fantano, who runs the YouTube channel The Needle Drop and is the self-described “internet’s busiest music nerd,” has become, somewhat unwillingly, embroiled in “stan Twitter wars” after his interview with Olivia Rodrigo. Many people on social media take issue with the critic over what they think is Fantano’s supposed bias towards female pop artists, and slammed Rodrigo for agreeing to the interview. Halsey fans in particular have long disliked Fantano since his review of the Grammy-nominated singer’s 2024 album The Great Impersonator, which he awarded a “decent 1” out of 10. After taking shots from all comers for much of the weekend, Halsey then weighed in. Sunday night’s back and forth started after X user @NotRealMusic tweeted, “I didn’t really agree with how Fantano approached some aspects of his …








