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And i think she didn’t end up producing it until later that year. She did a session with Mikey in Sept/Oct 2020, maybe they recorded vocals that day since he’s a credited engineer

Maybe not as repercussions, but I think the leaks affected Melanie's creative process and how she views the recording studio. She's said multiple times that it's no longer a sacred place for her. Similarly, she keeps referring to the "Portal Room' instead of a studio when talking about the creative process. The leaks acted as a shift for Melanie to harness her capabilites as a producer and take back the songs she had already started on her own (FS, MC, Leeches). It took me like 3 different posts to figure out how to word this. But i think this is the extent of the "bad blood"

Me when i'm the Portal Room on Zillow

I'm glad Light Shower never leaked because K&OL never touched it. The song reminds me of when Melanie was active on TikTok, around the release of After School. Clips of her on her roof, writing and creating around the house. Pretty much exactly was she was describing when writing the song.

Light Shower was made before Needle & Thread though. I get that this song replacement game is thematic, but I don't think Melanie was seriously swapping songs in and out like that. She said in that one livestream (where she smushed her face into the birthday cake) that at the time (dec 2020 iirc) she had songs confirmed to make the album. Those were probably just Womb and Light Shower, and Melanie knew she wanted to use the titles Death & Void, but couldn't figure out the right vibes when working with K&OL. So i guess you could say LS, Womb, Death, and Void were destined to make the album in one form or another.

I wonder why One Love re-produced FS and MC if Melanie loved the producer beats so much. Maybe just because they had upcoming sessions (as stated in the IG story) and that was Melanie's freshest material at the time. However i'm wondering if they actually created together or Melanie just sent her ProTools sessions to One Love..... and i think i know the answer

I really feel Melanie is trying to redirect the narrative behind her production. The way she is so articulate about the production process in the liner notes, detailing how she used samples and her recording process, it feels like she’s trying to establish herself as a producer on paper. Instead of becoming a victim of producer hacks and the 2021 leaks situation in general, she’s getting the point across that she’s not dependent on producers, specifically K&OL CJ thanked Melanie's A&R Jeff for "moving mountains" with this album. I wonder if after the leaks there was a lot of damage control, new sessions with CJ booked, discussions with K&OL, etc

So after reading Melanie's liner notes, it seems she self produced Faerie Soirée, Leeches, & Moon Cycle using loops and samples from various producers, sent to her by her A&R Jeff. During this process, she sent her basic demo sessions to One Love, who took it upon himself to re-produce her demos, which is why we have demo leaks of those songs produced by One Love, yet his name isn't anywhere in the credits of those songs. Instead, the producers of the samples Melanie picked are credited. I also noticed CJ gave a shoutout to everyone involved on the album except Kinetics & One Love. Maybe there's bad blood after Melanie found out how easily One Love was hacked and the volume of material leaked from him.

evil (10/10) void (9/10) faerie soirée (9/10) battle of the larynx (9/10) death (8/10) tunnel vision (8/10) the contortionist (8/10) nymphology (8/10) light shower (7/10) spider web (7/10) leeches (6.5/10) moon cycle (6.5/10) womb (5/10)

The Lollapalooza spoken word intro being an interlude before Battle of the larynx...

I am thee official Faerie Soiree final version defender

Anyone else notice CJ reusing the Haunted intro FX not just in death but in the intro of Nymphology too! lolol it's kinda funny

Tunnel Vision .... wow

good morning its time

Are you talking about that picture of her with the piece of paper everyone's been trying to make out

Soooo what is everybody's OG LDR2/Tropico tracklist looking like with the new leaks

Oh girl im east coast... Guess im not getting it early I actually like that Melanie is using more live instrumentation. Yes, I wish the track had a little bit more to it, but I think it's commendable that her & CJ used a live drummer, guitar, and string section for the entire album. The "garageband" feel is VOID maybe lacking in transitions, and other ear candy. vocal performance is amazing, love all the tones she's playing around with

Transcribing the credits from a tiktok lol PORTALS Executive produced by Melanie Martinez & CJ Baran Mixed by Mitch McCarthy Mastered by Emerson Mancini for Demifugue Mastering, Larrabee Studios, Los Angeles CA DEATH Melanie Martinez Produced by Melanie Martinez & CJ Baran Drums by Rhys Hastings Cello by Martin Kutnar Violin by Matej Mihaljević Synths, Programming, Guitar by CJ Baran VOID Melanie Martinez Produced by Melanie Martinez Engineered by CJ Baran Drums by Rhys Hastings TUNNEL VISION Melanie Martinez, Jeremy Dussolliet, Tim Sommers Produced by One Love & CJ Baran Synths, Programming by One Love & CJ Baran FAERIE SOIREÉ Melanie Martinez, Jonathan Joseph Hoskins, Henry Peter Howard Flint, George Howard Michael Flint Produced by Hoskins, The 23rd, Melanie Martinez, & CJ Baran LIGHT SHOWER Melanie Martinez Produced by Melanie Martinez Engineered by Michael Keenan & CJ Baran SPIDER WEB Melanie Martinez, Christopher J Baran Produced by CJ Baran LEECHES Melanie Martinez, Simon Rosen Produced by Simon Says & CJ Baran Cello by Martin Kutnar Violin by Matej Mihaljević Synths, Programming by CJ Baran BATTLE OF THE LARYNX Melanie Martinez, Christopher J Baran Produced by CJ Baran Drums by Rhys Hastings Synths, Programming, Guitar by CJ Baran THE CONTORTIONIST Melanie Martinez, Christopher J Baran Produced by CJ Baran Cello by Martin Kutnar Violin by Matej Mihaljević Synths, Programming by CJ Baran MOON CYCLE Melanie Martinez, Jared Scharff Produced by Pearl Lion & CJ Baran Drums by Rhys Hastings Synths, Programming by CJ Baran Guitar by Pearl Lion NYMPHOLOGY Melanie Martinez, Christopher J Baran, Nick Long Produced by CJ Baran Cello by Martin Kutnar Violin by Matej Mihaljević Guitar by Nick Long and CJ Baran Synths, Programming by CJ Baran Transition Produced by Justin Greenwood EVIL Melanie Martinez, Christopher J Baran Produced by CJ Baran Drums by Ilan Rubin Synths, Programming, Guitar by CJ Baran WOMB Melanie Martinez, Omer Fedi Produced by CJ Baran Drums by Rhys Hastings Synths, Programming by CJ Baran

SAME

Tiktoks of the CDs on the shelves at Target... WHERE IS THE LEAQUEEEE

Where is Void

Actually the more I look it seems his drum pad (all the electronic sounds) must have reset or broke or something. the crew's scrambling around him during Dollhouse while he awkwardly keeps hitting a random conga thing

Also what's with the drummer not playing during the verses of half the songs No kick. And then every now and then accidentally hitting a random drum sample.

I saw a few stores were selling it early... Too bad nobody in this corner has received the vinyl yet bc the tiktok cry babies that did aren't playing it until release day

I think just the last 3 songs? Listening to Show& tell, she's live and full of energy, even with a little extra tune than usual