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Me when i'm the Portal Room on Zillow

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"

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 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

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

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. 

Me when i'm the Portal Room on Zillow

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

Me when i'm the Portal Room on Zillow

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. 

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.

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. 

I don’t think it’s a song for song replacement type thing, I think in a way she started fresh and then pieced back in some that she wanted to include. Tbh none of the songs on the final album give the energy that either of those songs have.  

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. 

The whole process here is really as fascinating as it is frustrating. I’d love to hear more of the complete story some day, but it won’t come from Mel most likely. K&OL need to spill 

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

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. 

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. 

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. 

Wow this album was great, much better then k-12 and after school which were arguably.... trash.
I think every song is excellent except Spider Web which lacks compared to the rest of the album. I didn't even mind Moon Cycle, huge improvement from the horrible leaked version.
CJ BARAN WE LIKE YOU!!