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thecurlymuffin liked a post in a topic by Sweethearts in Melanie Martinez May 23, 2021

I find it weird that Melanie/her team would allow a fanpage to release a whole scrapped project of hers after saying she didn't feel like she could experiment anymore without it being leaked.

Pop The Balloons liked a post in a topic by Sweethearts in Melanie Martinez May 22, 2021

I find it weird that Melanie/her team would allow a fanpage to release a whole scrapped project of hers after saying she didn't feel like she could experiment anymore without it being leaked.

Sweethearts liked a post in a topic by Say Yes to Heaven in Melanie Martinez May 19, 2021

I talked to the photographer when those those two photos first leaked and he said he only posted them because he had taken them so long ago (probably in early 2017) that he had assumed the album had already been released at that point. He said they were meant to be the front and back cover of the actual album. Not sure why they were scrapped tho or why the photoshoot was done so early if the album wasn't done at that point (unless she did think she was close to finishing it at one point?)

Sweethearts liked a post in a topic by untilsunrise in Melanie Martinez May 19, 2021

I dont think the movie's failure is completely Melanie's fault. She kinda worked what she had and clearly the final product ended up turning out differently than what she meant it to be. She had to literally scrap like more than half of the movie's script/story due to budget and that alone will easily ruin a movie but she also had to fit 13 songs into it (+couldnt even fit one of the songs which says alot ab how much the movie had to be changed) which took up more than half of the script, meaning the final product had about like 1/3 of actual movie script it was originally supposed to have. Imo its almost impossible to make a good movie with all of that going on, the fact that she made something somewhat watchable and that connected in some way that made sense at all is impressive especially regarding the fact that its literally the first movie she ever made and she did it all by herself. And some of yall might say that if she knew shed have to cut out so much of the story and all she shouldve just not made the movie at all which is not a good point bc I think she's really into this movie stuff and she has to start somewhere, good filmaking doesnt usually magically happen at first attempt.

BUT.. Salem is 100% right. She couldve done stuff to avoid some of (if not all) of these issues.

1. As Salem also pointed out, the location was one of the main things that messed everything up because of how much money it took to film there and stuff. She couldve gone for a simpler style for the schools setting (like those old promo pics we got for an earlier K-12 concept, when we thought "bluffington" was a thing) and that wouldve made everything WAY easier and wouldve still been very interesting to look at bc it wouldve felt very artistic. Then she could have also built up with following movies.

2. When she realized that she would have to completely change the movie script drastically she couldve found a experienced writer who could have helped her condense the movie in a way that would be better, it still probably wouldnt have made the best movie but it wouldve been better

3. She couldve not forced 13 songs into the movie and only chosen some main tracks that are important to the films story and then made music videos after the release of the movie that would go along with the movie and add to it

hopefully she'll find some way to avoid these problems in mm3 but since mm3 is probably gonna be in some sort of spiritual realm she'll rlly have to be smart about everything to get it to turn out well

Sweethearts liked a post in a topic by Doja Cat in Melanie Martinez May 19, 2021

Not her talking about growth when K-12 and After School were a step down from Cry Baby both visually and sonicly, all those leaks shit on everything post Cry Baby, those leaks did more good than harm to her because it revived her fandom in some sort of way, lt's what keeps people talking about her and her music until she comes back with MM3, I think it's what keeps Charli XCX fanbase alive and so united, she has a loyal fanbase because they get so many leaks to keep the attention on her until the next release. If it weren't for the leaks the people would forget about her and there would be no hype for whatever is in the future.