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Well that was.. not what I was expecting. Kind of corny, but then again, it is a Cry Baby outtake and a lot of those edge into bad lyricism. Side note, a lot of the jewelry pieces from this latest drop are still unsold, and people are talking a lot of shit on Twitter. I wonder if that has anything to do with the leak. Her fans seem a bit over her lately and I can't blame them with the way things have been. I just wonder if this will have any effect on MM3 sales, or if we'll even get any interaction from her after all of this drama. At this point I wouldn't even be too surprised if she just never released the new album.

Yikes. Wish I could say I didn't see this coming. Not sure why people would spend so much on such cheap jewelry just because a celebrity made it and act surprised when it's crap. https://mobile.twitter.com/CBNation_twt/status/155056631408699392

The jewelry is selling much slower than the last drops, and she's getting serious criticism and harassment in the comments of each listing. I feel bad about it, but I'm also not sure what she expected from a fanbase that's at least 50% full of chronically online teenagers. It's just not smart to start marketing $50-$700 jewelry to people in the middle of a recession, and there are plenty of better ways she could make money. The lack of transparency is the real issue, though. If she needs money, she should just say that. If she's just selling stuff for fun, she should just say that. Hardly once this year has she interacted with her fans outside of selling them some overpriced crap and disappearing. At the end of the day, just because she can doesn't mean she should, and I don't think doing all of this at a time where her reputation is already damaged is a good move for her career. Or maybe this is just what happens when a psychic tells you you're special. Who knows.

No way, just doing weird shit lately. She needs the money for her crochet sweaters, I guess.

New IG story for more Depop jewelry tomorrow doesn't even show her face, and we have no updates. It's like she's trying to give us nothing at this point, lol. So much for that Spring/Summer single.

I was talking about the items she was selling on Depop in my last post referring to broken shipments, not about his posters. And his posters being overpriced are only a small part of the larger discussion in which people are dragging her HARD for being "money hungry" and arguing over whether or not all of this is a good move for her career. I'm just sharing my opinion on it. It's not that serious.

Agreed, and I never said they were forced to buy it. The issue that people have is with them overcharging people(usually teenagers who will regret such expensive purchases) for random items, often of questionable quality. For some people to have paid so much to have their non-refundable items arrive broken and poorly packaged was especially messy. It's just scraping a bit low for her, if you ask me. She could probably be making more money in better ways by doing less at this point.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think anyone is upset at him for selling prints of a photo he took. They're irritated because he and Melanie are consistently overpricing random things to make quick money, including used items that arrived broken and were non-refundable. There are better ways to profit off of your fans. A print like the one he's selling would usually be a MAXIMUM of $50, so to price is as high as he has is unnecessary. Again, good on them for getting their money, but there are ways to do it that don't involve selling people overpriced crap and NFTs. She couldn't even sign the posters. Also, if it's true that Melanie has suddenly decided to re-write the entire album(which I HIGHLY doubt), that's fine, but it shouldn't be on her fans to spend ridiculous amounts of money on her Depop to fund her career. Maybe she should just stop buying ugly $200 ripped up sweaters for a few months and use some of that money instead.

Pretty sure everyone is getting irritated because Melanie and her people are doing everything to make quick money besides her just "doing her job" and releasing music. She never posts, never gives updates, never does anything anymore. Her fans are tired of paying for a person that barely exists, and on one hand, that's on them for buying the merch, on the other hand I get it. Remember when she even released a whole new song on SoundCloud immediately after being accused of SA in 2017? That just shows that she *can* release unscheduled music, she just doesn't. It's not just a record label issue at this point.

The new Bella Poarch single was not it, as we expected. I still think it's hilarious that everyone on Twitter was so sure Melanie was going to show up in it, but then Grimes showed up of all people.

Lol, not people on Twitter blaming all of this on her new boyfriend as if she's not a grown woman making her own decisions.

Grimes and Bella Poarch? Weird choice. And I'm not sure wtf Melanie and her people are on lately, but it's getting too messy for me. If she's going to keep pulling weird shit I'd at least like a decent explanation. I guess when 90% of your fanbase is nothing but obsessive 12 year olds you can get away with anything, though

Bad acting was definitely a trait of the K-12 era. I found the backup dancers at the concerts gyrating in diapers and making weird faces to be particularly off-putting..

Definitely. The lyrics and production are peak, especially for such a short demo. The chorus has been living rent-free in my head since it leaked, tbh

Same with K-12. It's not terrible, but it's just not really good either when you know what she's capable of creating. There's not a single song on the album that I regularly listen to if I'm being honest. I did like the majority of After School though, even though it took me a few listens. Test Me is one of her best songs. I'm glad she chose to move forward with music like that instead of once again trying to recreate the success of Cry Baby.

Soap and Sippy Cup are some of the few songs off of Cry Baby that haven't gotten old to me. The beats are just something else, especially over good headphones.

I should've been more clear, but yes, this is what I meant. I'm thinking Sirens already has a dedicated place and meaning for MM3, and hopes are that she won't scrap the song entirely if it has importance to the story.

Agreed, I don't think she would scrap it just because the demos were leaked. Look at Drama Club, no one thought it would make the album after it leaked but it did! Besides, it seems like most of her unreleased songs stayed unreleased because she personally didn't think they were her strongest material. I know for a fact that's not the issue with Sirens. At this point I feel like it'll just come down to whether or not she writes something she likes better to put in it's place.

Definitely, and I'm pretty sure that it was meant to be the lead single before the leak. I'll be shocked if she doesn't find some way to include it in the final album. I think it would have been best with a music video separate from the film too, so it would have been the perfect promo and probably one of her most interesting videos yet. I'm seriously looking forward to seeing what she's doing with the visuals on MM3, hope we get a single or at least some good news before the end of the Summer.

On another note, I keep thinking about how well Fingers Crossed was produced. The opening instrumentals are especially nice, and Melanie's vocals on that track are some of the best she's ever recorded. It fit her range perfectly and she really carried the instrumental on that one, IMO. I hope we at least get some version of it on the new album.

I definitely wouldn't go around believing anything these Twitter leakers say, honestly. They've been right before, but I'm not getting hopes up.

Bella's single will be out in about an hour and 45 minutes. We'll see if Melanie is in it, right now I'm leaning towards yes. Edit: Nvm lmao. She said "12 hours" only to release a teaser today, and the actual video is coming in 15 days. Kind of a messy release. On the other hand, it definitely sounds like Melanie was involved with the writing, so there's that.

Verdeonfilm, and Coachwave. He's a pretty talented photographer and he posts fairly often.

Her boyfriend posted some new pictures of her on Instagram. They're cute, but they're basically the same as every other photo he's posted of her lately. We did finally get a clip of her without a hat on though, and she's definitely not growing her hair out, for those who were asking. I'm wondering if the purple hair has something to do with the new era..

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