Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (stylized as hopeless fountain kingdom) is the second studio album by American singer Halsey
Halsey released her debut studio album, Badlands, in August 2015. It charted at number 2 in the US Billboard 200, and went on to sell almost 500,000 copies there. According to Halsey in an interview with Rolling Stone on March 2017, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom will be a concept album like her previous album Badlands.
The story will center on a pair of lovers in a limbo-like realm that connects to the futuristic setting of the previous album: “I was a big comic-book kid… a big Marvel nerd”, she stated. On her debut album, she contends: “wasn't supposed to be a radio album.” Though she still sees herself as an “alternative artist” (“‘alternative’ used to mean alternative rock”, she says, “but I think in 2017 the word ‘alternative’ means alternative pop”), she expects Hopeless Fountain Kingdom to generate some airplay. “I am more than capable of writing radio music”, she says, “and hopefully I'll put my money where my mouth is on this album.” On the album, Halsey worked with producers including Greg Kurstin, Benny Blanco and Ricky Reed.