Melanie Martinez is back from the dead with “Death,” the first track from her otherworldly upcoming album PORTALS, out March 31st. Co-produced by Melanie Martinez and CJ Baran, “Death” was first teased via a 12-second clip on streaming platforms and a spellbinding trailer which teased the rebirth of fan-favorite character “Cry Baby”. Listen to the long-awaited song now below and pre-order PORTALS now.
“Portals screams death is life is death is life is death is life. A continuous loop. A circle,” explains Melaine Martinez.
Martinez lifted the curtain on PORTALS last month with an instantly viral TikTok video, with teasers now reaching 115 MILLION views across social. The cryptic clips confirmed the death of her notorious alter-ego “Cry Baby,” last seen considering whether to walk into the light at the beguiling conclusion of 2019’s internationally acclaimed full-length film, K-12. Further teasing has been led by top fan pages around the world receiving a white chocolate “egg” in the mail to hatch, each containing a separate flash drive with an audio snippet of an untitled track off the forthcoming album. Fans have downloaded each song and leaked it online, fueling the pandemonium and anticipation.
PORTALS marks the 27-year-old NYC-born singer-songwriter-filmmaker’s first full-length release in nearly four years following her 2 billion-streaming, RIAA Gold-certified second album, K-12, which proved a sensation upon its September 2019 release, entering the Billboard 200 at #3 – Martinez’s highest chart placement thus far – with further debuts at #1 on the Alternative album chart, and #1 on the Soundtrack album chart.