In February 2019, Halsey performed the entire song live on Saturday Night Live. Halsey also performed 'Eastside' solo on her 2018 tour. Live performances īlanco, Halsey, and Khalid performed the song at the American Music Awards of 2018, with a 'bedroom setting'. The song was then released for streaming and as a download, and the music video was released on the same day. Release īlanco premiered the song on July 12 on the Beats 1 station on Apple Music, in an interview with Zane Lowe. Lyrically, 'Eastside' discusses the development and complexities of a forbidden romantic relationship it also discusses maturing, similar to a coming of age story. The song is musically based around a 'hazily' plucked guitar riff. 'Eastside' is originally in the key of A major, with a tempo of 89 beats per minute and a chord progression of F ♯m–E–A–D–E.

Outside of the United States, 'Eastside' topped the charts in New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in several other countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, and Norway.Īdditionally, 'Eastside' spent 45 weeks on Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart, tying the longevity record for the most weeks spent on the chart with Khalid and Normani's ' Love Lies' and Dua Lipa's ' New Rules' this record has since been broken and is currently held by The Weeknd's ' Blinding Lights'. The single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated July 28, 2018, at number 56, and peaked at number nine on the chart, marking Blanco's first top 10 single credited as an artist and his 27th top 10 as a songwriter. The song was released on July 12, 2018, as Blanco's debut single. ' Eastside' is a song by American record producer Benny Blanco and American singers Halsey and Khalid Robinson.

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