REVIEWL With her new album ‘Portals,’ dark-pop rebel Melanie Martinez (MelanieLBBH) officially closes her “Cry Baby” era and begins a new chapter. The result is the most inventive and personal music she’s ever made.
of the same name, building a devoted cult following in the process. Martinez has come a long way from being the hopeful teenager who made Christina Aguilera’s eyes roll when she competed onThis February, Martinez got us ready for her next chapter by sharing a 30-second visual that showed a close-up of the words “RIP Cry Baby” etched into a giant mushroom surrounded by candles at a gravesite. It was a final goodbye to her beloved Lolita-like character.
“Void” opens with an ethereal ambience, before Martinez’s sweet vocals arrive over a gritty, guitar-driven track as she reflects on her low self-esteem, merging the identity she’s invented for the album with her own real-life experience. “Like a priest behind confession walls, I judge myself/Kneeling on a metal grater,” she chants. “Light Shower” goes in the opposite direction, setting soft guitar strumming atop bare production.
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