HADES
Melanie Martinez · Alt-Pop
Reviewed
The Roast
“Melanie Martinez lanzo un album conceptual de 18 temas sobre distopia llamado HADES.”
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The Bright Side
Martinez es una de las pocas artistas pop que se compromete totalmente con un universo visual y conceptual. El primer single POSSESSION alcanzo 33 millones de streams.
Hardest Sneer
“Dieciocho temas sobre distopia y maldad patriarcal. Dieciocho.”
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Issues (3)
18 tracks of concept
Receipt
Eighteen songs exploring dystopian patriarchal traps is a lot. Even concept albums need pacing, and HADES occasionally forgets that not every thought deserves its own track.
Fix
A great 12-track album is hiding inside this 18-track one. Find it.
Subtlety deficit
Receipt
Songs called 'Possession' and 'Uncanny Valley' exploring patriarchal evil leave nothing to interpretation. The metaphors are not metaphors when you explain them in the press release.
Fix
Trust the listener. Let the art speak. Stop annotating your own subtext.
Concept fatigue
Receipt
After Cry Baby, K-12, and PORTALS, another mythology-driven concept album risks feeling formulaic even when the execution is strong.
Fix
Martinez has earned the right to make a record without a lore bible. Just once.