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  1. Posted

    17 hours ago, The Siren said:

    wait when did mel and oliver break up? im curious to see it in the timeline of Portals sessions

    Such a good question actually, @Coloringbooks

    might be able to give you a legit answer. If not, the easiest bet is to pull up the PORTALS timeline and look closely at sessions made after they supposedly broke up, but before she announced it. And then of course, everything after that too.

     

    I just think it's pretty telling that October/November of 2020 is when she starts writing songs like Void, Garden, etc., then in late 2021 - early 2022, we get songs like EVIL. As if she was trying to be subtle in the beginning, and not draw attention to who she was really talking about, but after a couple years decided he didn't deserve that much.. personally I support that.

     

    This just genuinely seems to be the year that so many people, Melanie included, have decided to go nuclear on their narcissistic exes. As a survivor of a violent narcissist myself, I truly hope to see the trend continue.

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  2. Posted

    KOI finally restocked Mel's collab, and a bunch of fans spent good money with them(a single pair of their shoes can be fairly expensive) only to get emails that their orders wouldn't be shipped if they used discount codes.. codes worth less than $15 off, that the website literally asks you if want to enter, with no notice that your order will be denied if you do.

     

    The emails were confirmed to have come directly from the owner too, saying at the end "You should not reproduce, distribute, store, re-transmit, use or disclose this email to anyone(this is not legal). The views expressed in this communication may not be official policy of Koi Footwear, but the personal views of the originator(neither is this lol).”

     

    It's really shitty and weird, and I feel bad for all the people who shopped with them and either don't get their order at all, or get nickle-and-dime'd by this scammy owner over a discount worth an average of $6-$10 in order to complete their shipment. Doesn't seem like a business worth supporting, IMO. :wtf:

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  4. Posted

    1 hour ago, The Siren said:

    that was weeks go :eartha: 

    Whoops, I don't keep up with him at all(and I'm sure all of us here know why) so I thought it was more recent than that when it came up.

     

    And I'm not surprised if it is edited, but a ton of people were claiming to have seen it live themselves so I believed it at first, lol. This one is still funny if it's fake tbh

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  6. Posted

    On 6/28/2023 at 12:42 AM, Nightmare said:

    it’s not! i’ve seen lots od videos of it on tiktok… what a scam… i cant believe people are paying for this shit. melanie is hitting the lowers points of her career with these cash grabbing moments

    I typed a reply to this a few days ago and decided not to post it, but now this is BLOWING UP and exaggerated articles are being written about it and pushed all over SM, so it's back on my brain..

     

    I get that PORTALS has become her passion project and she wants funding really badly. But that shouldn't mean using her(mostly teenage) fans for money, pushing them cheaply made jewelry(for $700), NFTs, hologram "meet and greets", etc. Next thing you know they'll be paying for a M&G with a her cardboard cutout for $300/ticket, and it'll be "okay" because "she told you that's what it'd be, didn't you read?". Like, just open a GoFundMe. We'd probably all pitch in.

     

    Besides, if she'd used more of the leaks for the final tracklist, set aside more promo budget, and put out less but higher quality merch, she'd have made so much more money off initial sales. She's intentionally put herself in a corner and I wonder if it'll be worth it in the end, let alone what she envisioned.. Especially after we've seen her waste opportunities on the music videos to save ideas for the movie almost no one wants.

      

    All in all I guess I'm just confused and have no idea how to feel other than being exhausted by the constant controversy chewing on this fandom ever since 2017. :awkney2:

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  8. Posted

    19 minutes ago, The Siren said:

    Do we know if the faerie creature is still named cry baby or does she have a different name?

    Don't worry, we'll find out in about 5 more years

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  9. Posted

    So she's saying in a recent interview that she has "scars all over her body now" from the "intense stunt work" in VOID.. what stunts is she referring to? 90% of the video is just her thrash-dancing and running around in front of green screens.

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  10. Posted

    13 hours ago, The Siren said:

    Cute (but cheap looking) tour outfit

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtnduiGPwtE/?igshid=ZWQyN2ExYTkwZQ==

    I actually prefer this one over most of the others, but I think that's just because it's so simple yet effective, and I've been struggling to get used to a lot of the wardrobe we've seen so far.

     

    Like, I LOVE the concept of fairy clothing and earth themes, but the execution with all the torn fabric, grunge elements and randomly sewn patchwork pieces just hasn't been my thing. I'd love to see more detailed costumes and changes like we got in the K-12/AS era, or at least get more outfits like the mossy 2 piece instead of these Depop fairycore dresses. Some of them look more like streetwear to me than anything. Doesn't really fit the "fairy from another world" vibe.

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  11. Posted

    8 hours ago, OverYourHead said:

    Seeing her as herself at the start of the video really solidified my dislike for the alien gargoyle costume, she’s always been so facially expressive in her music videos I miss that, Void is one of my fave songs from the album but oof…that video :bye:

    Before PORTALS released, I genuinely thought this was going to be her best era yet, and draw a ton of new fans and followers to her. Now, I'm not so sure what to think. If anything, she seems to be losing more original fans than gaining new ones.

     

    It just feels like she's pushing herself even further into a corner here, even lowering the quality of her art to pull off certain ideas, and the aesthetic(mostly the costume) is even more divisive than Cry Baby/K-12 which says a lot.. it makes me doubt that the movie all of this effort is going towards is even going to be worth it for her in the end. This is a metric fuckton of effort for what might amount to a huge, extremely expensive misstep.

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  13. Posted

    28 minutes ago, Anonymcomenter said:

    Thinking about how the Void was a BOP when she teased it as a snippet but as soon as she released it it got boring real quick… idk :pft::smokes3:

    Probably because she(and every TikToker, apparently) uses it for almost every single video and "teased" more than half of it before it even released. 

     

    It's a great song, even better that she did it all herself, but the fact that it already feels overplayed and it's only been out for like 3 months says a lot, lol..

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  14. Posted

    19 hours ago, The Siren said:

    truthfully, i dont think she's thinking about the plot for the separate music videos. shes just going with something quick to get them over with so she can get to the full film quicker - but thats dreadfully taking away from what COULD be her best visual work overall.

    im upset :crossed: 

    Exactly. These videos were probably intended to be placeholders that are nice to look at, but have little to no plot or substance because she's "saving that for the movie"(that most of her fans don't even want now that she's cutting quality elsewhere to make room for it).

     

    I get that this is her vision, and to an extent I was willing to sit back, shut up, and appreciate that. But now it just feels like she's more or less given up on her art outside of the film medium, which isn't giving me much hope. Even K-12 was more fun than this.. like, right off the bat.

     

    I'm just confused I guess. This era feels like it should be so much more fun than it has been, but something's so off.

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  16. Posted

    30 minutes ago, Anonymcomenter said:

    The visuals are well done and I get the concept but to me it felt flat. A lot of chaos and little meaning… I’m also sooo over the costume by now :bebe:

     

    Those awkward movements felt cute during CB and K-12 (or even sexy in The Bakery) but I think she’s over-doing it here, no need to seem THAT insane every moment 

    I'm not sure she's trying to look insane so much as desperate, but I know what you mean. It'd be nice to see her do more actual dancing than all of the violent thrashing and head-whipping.

     

    And I wonder what Cry Baby era Melanie would've done with these songs.. She would've killed it with the budget that these videos must be getting. Even when she hardly had a budget, she still created some of the best, most creative videos I've ever seen. Just compare the clean CGI and set design in Mad Hatter to VOID, for instance.. it's probably just me, but I feel something missing here.

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  17. Posted

    19 minutes ago, sadness is a butterfly said:

    The opening was good, underwhelming and blurry otherwise. :um2:

    The opening WAS really good, pretty much up until the first chorus for me. After that it just felt kind of messy and fell a little flat.

     

    I'm hoping she's going to give it a much better treatment in the movie(if it even gets approved), but I really don't see the point in having both when she could've just put out some really great, high budget music videos and left it at that.

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  18. Posted

    I can appreciate what she's going for but I'm not really into these visuals. It's just missing the immersive feeling and "magic" of her past work. VOID was 90% violent dance-thrashing and blurry CG IMO, particularly the scene where she's being chased by herself, which looked a little.. low budget? I just expected something completely different I guess.

     

    I'm glad we at least got to see her again outside of the costume again, though. For that alone, 10/10 :et:

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  21. Posted

    1 hour ago, WildChild said:

    Melanie absolutely PEAKED with the Mad Hatter mv

    Mrs. Potato Head is my personal favorite Cry Baby video, but I'm really into both of the Soap videos too. Wish she hadn't taken down the original! It really fit the song. I love that she had it playing on the TV in the second one though.

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  22. Posted

    2 hours ago, The Siren said:

    we wont get the next album until 2036 :crai:

    She also said in the latest interview that she's looking to produce most of her songs by herself in the future. I'm happy for her, but I'm also not sure how I feel about that.

     

    Her best work has been with K+OL in my opinion and it'll be sad if we never hear more from them. I get why she was upset about the mass leaks, but I still think they were really robbed of their spot on the PORTALS album.

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  23. Posted

    25 minutes ago, x VB said:

    I love Mel but I think she wants to do too many things at the same time. She wants to release 13 music videos (cool, I'm here for that), but we're still waiting for VOID's one and it's been months... how is she going to record (and edit) 11 music videos while she has a show per day till July? She also hinted that there will be a second American leg "next year"... and the film too... :crai: 

    There is NO WAY all of that will be done on time if it's done right. I don't even think anyone wants both at this point.. not unless they're looking forward to 5 more years of video and film production. It took enough time just to produce and release the Cry Baby videos and those weren't nearly on the level of what she's trying to do now(extensive CGI, full body costuming, etc).

     

    Why does she put so much on her plate all the time, all at once? An album release, a whole tour in costume, press and interviews, music videos, and a movie? I just do not get it. She's really pushing her boundaries with this era and she'll burn out eventually if she's not careful.

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  24. Posted

    On 6/4/2023 at 3:47 PM, Anonymcomenter said:

    dementia… the skips are Light Shower, Void, Death and BOTL 

    If some of y'all keep logging in with the hot takes like these, I'm going to have to divorce this thread.

     

    It's getting sad here, guys.

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  25. Posted

    49 minutes ago, Anonymcomenter said:

    Still waiting for Cake to get viral on TikTok so the label forces her to make a video out of it :crossed: it deserves the recognition :true:

    that way she can leave that atrocious costume to the side and finally show us her face again

     

    I think everyone just needs to stop asking for her to release more Cry Baby material/videos/concert performances at this point. She's expressed openly how tired she is of it and I don't blame her considering how much her style has changed since then.

     

    And is the costume really that bad to some of y'all? Honestly asking, not trying to be rude. She's always been an experimental artist. We shouldn't be surprised that she's stepped in the direction of full body costumes now.

     

    I did notice this time around that she had the prosthetics done differently for her face, leaving her lower jaw open to sing more easily, and probably also to keep her cooler with less material sitting on her bare skin. I think that's a good idea if she's really going to keep up with the prosthetics for the whole tour since it's so hot everywhere. Definitely agree that I'm going to miss seeing her face, though.

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