Melanie Martinez is back! Cry Baby is gone,
The New York-born Latin-American singer, songwriter and alt-pop phenom returns with “POSSESSION,” an edgy number built on a track reminiscent of her previous album PORTALS.
“Welcome to Melanie Martinez’s new world order,” reads a statement accompanying the surprise release. “Cry Baby is dead.”
It’s her first new music since 2023’s Portals, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, her third consecutive top 10 appearance on the chart. Portals went all the way to No. 1 on Australia’s ARIA Chart.
The new track “peels back the ways power can masquerade as love,” read a message from Warner Music. “The song is haunting, satirical and spotlights Melanie’s trademark blend of charm, mischief and bite.”
On “POSSESSION,” Martinez tackles the ugly scenario of domestic violence, singing: “He leaves me all alone, from dusk to f—in’ dawn / I’ll clean up after all his s—, I’m the housekeeper / He comes home drunk at night, of course he picks a fight, I try my best to bite my tongue, but it keeps bleedin’.”
Last week, Melanie sent fans into a tizzy by wiping her socials clean. Notably, fans noticed her Instagram had zero posts and her profile picture was void. After the drought, Martinez released a video teasing her new alter-ego names Circle. Previously, the singer masqueraded as a character named Cry Baby.
The Cry Baby character had a story told between her first three album (Cry Baby, K-12, and Portals). The “Trilogy” of eras was officially put the rest after the conclusion of her “Trilogy Tour.”
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