Halsey Playboy Jeans Upper Arm Tattoo

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Halsey has a tattoo on her arm to celebrate her Playboy magazine cover story. Rather than just getting the iconic Playboy bunny logo, her tattoo shows the backside of a pair of jeans with the Playboy bunny on the pocket, complete with the Levi’s red tag.

Her favorite tattoo artist Curt Montgomery first created the design as an illustration which he sent to Halsey to congratulate her. When her cover of the September/October 2017 issue was released she posted the drawing on instagram and wrote “Good time to post this cute drawing my friend @curtmontgomerytattoos gave me!!! Might have to go get this tatted now that it’s official!!!!” She visited his Toronto tattoo parlor in October 2017 when her Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Tour brought her to the area.

Halsey loves looking at vintage Playboy issues and has been a fan of the magazine for a long time. She told Playboy “My first encounter with Playboy was at my aunt and uncle’s house. I think I was like 8 or 9 years old. I’ve been kind of obsessed since. Whenever I’m somewhere that has vintage Playboys I’m obsessed with going through them. It’s been a long road for me and Playboy.”

She feels strongly that being comfortable with her sexuality is empowering and fired back on those who criticized her scantily-clad photoshoot. She posted a reply to a commenter who thought the shoot conflicted with her feminist ideals: “yeah, it’s crazy. I can show my tits in Playboy, perform at the Nobel Peace, speak at the Planned Parenthood Gala with Hillary Clinton, shake my ass on 300 stages, give a speech at the United Nations, do 150 shots of tequila, get a #1 album, and march in the streets of DC in just ONE year!!! Newsflash. A woman can be multi dimensional. #WeAreNotJustOneThing”

Usually insert some FUCKEN's and other swears here but instead, THANK YOU always @iamhalsey for all of the opportunity and kindness yourself and the gang bring always ??????? Alsooooo perm rad jeans buns for this PB cover babe ok had ta ???? Done'zo @holynoirtattoo #tattoo #tattoos #tattooartist #tatouage #tattooart #toronto #torontofashion #art #btattooing #blacktattooart #blackworkerssubmission #drawing #girlswithink #girlswithtattoos #ink #illustration #laserproof #хоумтату #black #minimalism #torontotattoo #darkartists #tato #tttism #equilatera

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Only way I can describe that Good Morning America performance is fun, sweaty, sleepy, and sexy! Idk who keeps letting me be on family friendly morning TV but no complaints! That was soooo fun being with you guys again after so long! I looooove New York! ?

A post shared by halsey (@iamhalsey) on Jun 1, 2018 at 7:21am PDT

Good time to post this cute drawing my friend @curtmontgomerytattoos gave me!!! Might have to go get this tatted now that it's official!!!!

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