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\n\tHalsey wants fans to go see Americana<\/em>, the film she co-stars in alongside Sydney Sweeney, who is facing controversy over a recent American Eagle campaign.<\/p>\n \n\tThe singer-actor posted on Thursday via Instagram stories in support of the Tony Tost-directed crime thriller, which has had a rocky start in the box office, ostensibly due to Sweeney\u2019s involvement in the recent American Eagle campaign. \u201cYou should go see this movie. because [director] @tonytost made an exceptional film, in honor of a genre he knows intimately,\u201d Halsey wrote on her Instagram Story, according to a report by Page Six<\/em>, which included screenshots of Halsey\u2019s posts.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cBecause his work and his vision are greater than the 24 hr gossip tabloid denim bullshit,\u201d\u00a0the singer added. \u201cIf you love cinema, then you should know that cinema comes first. This is cinema,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n \n\tThe denim remark appears to address the recent controversy surrounding co-star Sweeney. In July, American Eagle debuted a denim ad featuring the actress with the tagline \u201cSydney Sweeney has great jeans.\u201d The decision to focus the ad around the \u201cjeans\u201d and \u201cgenes\u201d homophone has turned the campaign into a culture-war flashpoint. Moreover, Sweeney was, through no fault of her own, already a culture-war flashpoint due to the gross politicization of her body, particularly from those on the right.<\/p>\n \n\tIn a separate post, Halsey wrote: \u201cI do agree that our words are important in this climate. I don\u2019t, however, think that it\u2019s fair for the news cycle to predatorily rip a hardworking director and his hardworking crew for this film that is completely separate-from and unrelated-to a (pretty dumb) advertising take.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIf it\u2019s not clear who the actual people I\u2019m standing up for are, I\u2019m sorry look closer,\u201d Halsey concluded. A rep for Halsey did not immediately return Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing the Sweeney backlash, American Eagle said in a statement on Instagram: \u201c\u2019Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans\u2019 is and always was about the jeans. Her jeans. Her story. We\u2019ll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way. Great jeans look good on everyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tHalsey shared the Instagram stories posts following Americana<\/em>\u2019s theatrical debut, which earned an unimpressive $500,000 during its Aug. 15 launch, per\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \n\tTost, who made his directorial debut with the film, addressed the controversy on Friday. \u201cOne of the great things about movies is that they outlive the zeitgeist into which they were released,\u201d he\u00a0wrote on social media. \u201cAs someone whose first film sorta got gobbled up by the zeitgeist, I\u2019ll be curious to see how it\u2019ll stand up after this moment is over. Hopefully fairly well!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSweeney has not publicly commented on the backlash as of press time. 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