If you claim to have never heard of Halsey many, many people may be led to believe you've been living under a rock for the past year. This unconventional pop artist is best known for her song "Colors," the millennial anthem "New Americana" or her newest chart-topping single with The Chainsmokers "Closer." Whether you're new to the world of Halsey or have been a dedicated fan since her metamorphosis from Ashley Frangipane to stage persona Halsey in 2014, her music is more than just her haunting vocals placed over colorful tracks. Halsey prides herself on the writing and lyricism that comes with every one of her songs. Here are 11 important Halsey lyrics everyone should take the time to listen to and fully understand.

1. "They beg me to write them so I'll never die when I'm dead..."

This lyric from the song "Gasoline" off of Halsey's first album "Badlands" discusses songwriting or creating art and what it does for artists. By writing and recording her songs, Halsey is able to live on through her music even long after she is gone. In this case, the voices in her head are her influence to write and immortalize herself and them in her music forever.

2. "Raised on Biggie and Nirvana..."

From her hit song "New Americana," Halsey speaks on the diversity that is alive in millennials. Halsey herself was raised on Nirvana from her mother and Biggie from her father. This lyric addresses that the young adults and youth of today aren't polarized, rather they are made up of various influences creating something new and different all on its own.

3. "There's an old man sitting on a throne that's saying I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut..."

From the song "Castle," featured in "The Huntsman," Halsey touches upon gender roles (something she does many times in her music), specifically how women are taught to be obedient and quiet. Throughout the entire song, Halsey references herself going to the castle and claiming herself as Queen, but she's told not to "be so mean" and to keep her "pretty mouth shut." Women are constantly called "bitches" and "bossy" if they speak out and speak their mind instead of staying in the back, looking pretty. I mean that's all women are good for, right?

4. "I hope you make it to the day you're 28 years old..."

Coming from the ever popular "Colors," this is a subtle reference to the 27 club, a subject of interest to Halsey. The 27 club is a large group of influential minds and artists who passed away at the young age of 27. This club includes names such as Kurt Cobain, Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Amy Winehouse, just to name a few.

5. "You decided purple just wasn't for you..."

Also deriving from the song "Colors," this line is featured in the spoken bridge of the song. It discusses when you fall in love with someone and they end up changing you. But that person doesn't like who you have become and leave you a different person. It's something hopefully not everyone has to deal with, but it's a real occurrence none the less.

6. "Don't belong to no city. Don't belong to no man..."

This line comes from "Hurricane," which is featured on both Halsey's "Room 93" EP and "Badlands" album. Halsey declares that she doesn't belong to anyone or anything. She doesn't need to be tied to one person or have to be tied to a specific location. She is herself, for herself and no one or nothing can change that. This is an important lesson for many people, women specifically, to learn. They don't need a significant other to define or complete them and should have the freedom to roam wherever they please.

7. "I bet you kiss your knuckles right before they touch my cheek..."

This slightly darker lyric, from "Trouble" off the "Room 93" EP, discusses abusive and sadistic relationships. It's a sad reality that people face. They love someone so much they are willing to look past the harm a relationship is causing them. It's a dark topic that not many want to discuss in their music, but Halsey is anything but afraid with her music.

8. "I'm gonna write it all down, and I'm gonna sing it on stage. But I don't have to f*****g tell you anything..."

Touching upon being an artist and singer in today's age, this lyric comes from "Strange Love" on "Badlands." Halsey uses songwriting and music as a therapy. It's how her and many other artists cope with and make sense of their lives and the world around them. Just because they talk about relationships and situations that may or may not have happened in their personal life doesn't mean they have to discuss it with others. Many fans and media platforms tend to think they have the right to know what goes on in artists' lives, when in reality, it's the artist's personal life that is to be kept PERSONAL.

9. "You're part of a machine. You are not a human being..."

Once again touching upon artists' lives in today's age, this lyric from "Gasoline" off "Badlands" tries to bring to light the label that many artists and celebrities have put on them unwillingly when they find success in the business. People tend to forget that they're humans too and not part of a big machine of perfect role models and individuals.

10. "I was tryna give you Jay's and some fast brain. You were tryna give me K's and your last name..."

This line comes from the not so well known song "Slow" that Halsey released with Lido, who also produced all of "Badlands." Again trying to break the gender roles and stereotypes set in place for males and females, Halsey covers sexuality and relationships. It's the "norm" to assume that men just want to hookup with women and women want to get married and live happily ever after. Halsey wrecks that in this song, more specifically this lyric. She flips the stereotype having herself as a woman only wanting something casual with the male being the one that wants to get married and give Halsey his last name.

11. "Forever cursed in love are the observant. Forever a slave to the detail..."

This is a bit of a hidden lyric on the album, which is what makes it so important. If you didn't catch the hidden lyric on the "Badlands" album, play "Young God" backwards and you'll discover it's in the whispers of the original song's intro. Halsey often discusses how observant and obsessed with detail she is. This can cause her to fall in love with little things people do that other people may not catch onto. This lyric also shows how much time, thought and creativity Halsey put into "Badlands" to make it such a phenomenal intro to who she is as an artist.