Halsey Bares Her Breast on New Album Cover—And It's a Celebration of 'Pregnant and Postpartum Bodies'

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Halsey is expecting her first child soon, and she says her upcoming album—and breast-baring cover art—is inspired by her impending bundle of joy.

Halsey shared the news on Instagram, alongside a photo of herself dressed like a queen. In the photo, the 26-year-old's right breast is completely exposed while she sits on a throne with a baby perched on her knee.

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People freaked out in the comments. "THE POWER THAT COVER HOLDS," one person wrote. "OK this is everything," someone else said.

FWIW, it does not appear that the baby perched on Halsey's lap is her child, given that she shared video over the holiday weekend on her Instagram Stories of herself and her baby bump in a black bikini top. "Too hot outside. Beeeeen ready. (Yes it's ONE baby lol)," she wrote.

Halsey announced her pregnancy in January with a photo shoot that showed off her growing bump alongside the simple message, "Surprise! 🍼🌈👼🏻." Since then, the two-time Grammy nominee has shared sporadic photos of her belly with fans, including one that had a toy frog stuck in her belly button, and a collage of photos, one of which howed her putting on lipstick in front of a mirror, baring her stomach. "I growa da beeb," she wrote in the caption.

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Prior to getting pregnant, the singer spoke several times about her struggles with fertility, telling Rolling Stone in 2019 that she was considering freezing her eggs until she had surgeries for endometriosis, a condition that can cause infertility. She recalled being excited after hearing from her doctor that she could conceive. "I was like, 'Wait, what did you just say? Did you just say I can have kids?' It was like the reverse of finding out you have a terminal illness," she said, adding that she "called my mom, crying."

Halsey also joked that she made a pregnancy pact with her assistant, saying, "Never mind. I don't need to put out a third album. I'm just going to have a baby!

Halsey said in an Instagram Story in March, per People, that her pregnancy was "100% planned," adding, "I tried very hard for this bb. But I would be just as happy even if it were another way."

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