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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Pop singer Halsey says she is ‘lucky to be alive’ amid health struggles

Halsey at the amfAR Cinema Against Aids benefit at Cannes film festival, in May.
Halsey at the amfAR Cinema Against Aids benefit at the Cannes film festival, in May. Photograph: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP

Chart-topping pop singer Halsey has announced she is “lucky to be alive” as she documents a series of health struggles alongside the announcement of a new album.

The 29-year-old, real name Ashley Frangipane, showed herself receiving treatment for the illnesses. She has not revealed a diagnosis, but tagged the Lupus Research Alliance and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in the post, and has made donations to both organisations.

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