Halsey's Parents Dropped Out of College after Getting Pregnant with Her: Facts about Nicole & Chris Frangipane

When Halsey writes about her trauma, it usually means that she has worked through it. And her parents, Nicole and Chris Frangipane, have given her quite a bit to work through. At the start of her career, she referred to her family as a train wreck.

Born Ashley Frangipane, Halsey felt disconnected from Nicole and Chris Frangipane as a teenager, and even her name. After working many jobs, her father manages a car dealership, and her mother is an EMT.

The singer and community college drop-out is now on good terms with her family and put her little brother through college. The older Frangipanes are supportive of their daughter's career and have been her date, respectively, at many events.

Halsey's Parents Kicked Her Out of the House

The Frangipanes, Nicole, and Chris sacrificed a lot for their children, starting with both dropping out of college when Nicole fell pregnant with Ashley. The young couple worked multiple jobs to provide for their family which grew with two more kids.

Halsey's parents were "good at keeping up appearances" and moved around between tiny apartments trying to better their situation. When the singer dropped out of college, her parents' disapproval led to her being kicked out of the house.

The young adult found refuge with other nonconformists she met through a boyfriend. They stayed in basements in New Jersey and New York City and pooled their money for $1 pizza slices and illegal substances.

Sometimes Halsey stayed with her paternal Italian grandmother in New Jersey, who had taught her how to play the Broadway hit "Memory" on the piano by age nine.

Halsey sings about staring at the Milwaukee sky, hoping that her father would call.

While living on the street, she bought a four-pack Redbull with the last $9 she had to her name to stay awake over the next two to three nights. It was safer to be sleep-deprived than be assaulted or kidnapped while asleep.

Halsey Is Diagnosed with the Same Mental Illness as Her Mother

At 17, Halsey, who always felt like a misfit at school and home, tried to take her own life. The attempt failed, and her parents sent her to a psychiatric hospital for two and a half weeks when she confided in them.

Only after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the facility did the teen learn that her mother suffered from the same condition. During her mother's manic episodes, she fed her children ice cream for dinner.

The singer uses her music as therapy and does not want to be seen as a messed-up martyr. She aims to produce music that does not just make others feel better about themselves; she wants the music to help her feel "normal" as well.

Halsey Mentioned Her Father in the Song "929"

In the track "929" on her sophomore album "Maniac," Halsey sings about staring at the Milwaukee sky, hoping that her father would call. The song is named for her birth date, September 29, and was written during her summer tour two years before the record's release.

In a January 2020 interview, the singer-songwriter confirmed that she has a great relationship with her father and said that their relationship has always been good, save for a time when she "was not receptive to any male energy" in her life.

Chris escorted his daughter to the 59th Grammy Awards in February 2017. He did not walk the red carpet with Halsey, but he's pictured sitting next to her during the ceremony donning a navy tie and pocket square that matched her satin day pajamas.

On his birthday in 2020, the singer, who was born four days after him, called her dad a "charming, intelligent, kind dude" in an Instagram tribute and promised to cook him dinner. The same year, she said on Father's Day that she was grateful for all he had given her.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. Other international suicide helplines can be found at befrienders.org.