Ok-pop group ATEEZ dropped a remix of their single “Work” that includes G-Eazy, which precipitated hypothesis amongst followers on-line that the rapper’s verse is about his ex-girlfriend, Halsey.
Within the remix of “Work” launched on Friday, August 9, G-Eazy, 35, raps: “Actin’ harmless, no, it’s not your first time / We’re distant if Libra is her signal / Oof, hazard, hazard (hazard, hazard) / Don’t be a stranger (don’t be a stranger) / She stated nobody can save her.”
His astrological reference led some followers to consider G-Eazy (actual title Gerald Earl Gillum) used his verse on the remix to make a pointed dig at Halsey, 29, who’s a Libra.
One person wrote of the lyrics by way of X, “acquired weirded out when he sings that [because] I instantly bear in mind Halsey…that is ATEEZ’s tune why tf did u make it about u,” whereas one other added, “A collab of all issues to make a little bit diss at your ex.” One other X person quipped, “G-Eazy shading Halsey in a Ok-pop collab…this was not on my bingo checklist AT ALL.”
Halsey and G-Eazy started courting in 2017, although neither has spoken publicly about why they parted methods in 2018. Nevertheless, Halsey briefly mirrored on the breakup in a 2019 interview with Cosmopolitan, saying on the time, “If the worst factor that’s occurred to me to this point is I wore dumb garments and dated a s–tty dude, I believe I’m doing all proper.”
A supply completely advised Us Weekly in July 2020 that the rapper was in “a a lot better headspace” after his breakup, describing his relationship with Halsey as “poisonous, particularly towards the top.”
The supply shared, “Gerald has a way more constructive outlook on life now and has been therapeutic by way of music. He has spent a lot of the pandemic in his residence studio, whether or not he’s writing and recording new songs or simply taking part in round and experimenting. It’s been an actual artistic breakthrough.”
Earlier that 12 months, Halsey responded to trolls by way of Instagram who had flooded her remark part by repeatedly posting her ex’s title.
“I see y’all within the feedback,” she wrote in February 2020, per Enterprise Insider. “And I do know you suppose you’re humorous. Trigger you’re at residence in your iPhone and I’m not an actual human being to you. I hope to God you by no means should expertise an abusive relationship. And when you do, I hope the world is kinder to you than you’re to me.” She by no means confirmed whether or not her remark about being in an abusive relationship was about G-Eazy.