HADES
Melanie Martinez · Alt-Pop
Reviewed
The Roast
“Melanie Martinez bracht een 18-track conceptalbum over dystopie uit genaamd HADES, want blijkbaar was PORTALS niet genoeg mythologie voor een carriere. Elke song onderzoekt een andere 'val' gecreeerd door 'kwaadaardig, patriarchaal energie.'”
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The Bright Side
Martinez is een van de weinige popartiesten die zich volledig committeert aan een visueel en conceptueel universum over elk album. De leadsingle POSSESSION haalde 33 miljoen streams.
Hardest Sneer
“Achttien tracks over dystopie en patriarchaal kwaad. Achttien. Martinez keek naar RAYE's 17-track album en zei 'hou mijn concept art vast.'”
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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.