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the portals pre release era was actually so exciting and fun
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and then the album dropped.. 

The album we were robbed from:
 
1.      Death                       (Demo)
2.      Void                          (Demo)
3.      Dragons Blood 
4.      Tunnel Vision 
5.      Faerie Soiree 
6.      Leeches 
7.      Spider Web 
8.      Moon Cycle              (Final) 
9.      Garden 
10.    Needle & Thread
11.    The Contortionist 
12.    Nymphology 
13.    Emerald 
14.    Fingers Crossed
15.    Mother Of Pearl 
16.    Sirens
 
medieval EP with outtakes: 
 
1.      Barely Juice 
2.      Synchronicities 
3.      Magents 
4.      Puzzle                (Finalized)
5.      Corpse 
 
EP to shit on her ex with a “rock” vibe:
 
1.       Pluto
2.       Evil
3.       Battle Of The Larynx 
4.       Powder 
 
 
and thaaaat would have ate! Album full of BOPs, no skips and concept clear! But she chose to mess it up unfortunately and now she’s missing all my streams for her unreleased bops… 
 
portals could have been AOTY (with another title of course) but instead it’s flopping, deservingly so 

still better than Battle Of the Shit and Gotta Scape the Shit (final)
 

it should have been an album with the leaks and then an Ep with Evil, Battle Of the Larynx and Powder so she could shit on her ex peacefully without compromising the album concept 
 
also all the piss and penises lyrics were not needed 

Very valid. Or at least just stop talking about and listening to what's displeasing.
 
Plus I'm tired of every thread update talks about her decline lol
Let's just leave the thread alone for now unless something new is announced.

I know talking about her artistic decay has been the topic of this thread for years now, but it still amazes me how someone, I though could do no wrong like her, has dropped the ball so hard in terms of quality! 
 
how’s possible she’s the same person who wrote Dollhouse, Tag, Your It, Miss Potato Head or Bittersweet Tragedy… and now doing songs like Battle of the Larynx, Glued, Brain & Heart or Field Trip… 
 
the leaks of Portals gave me some hope but she instead chose to release the messiest concept album in ages.
 
Crybaby was a perfect era cause, even though the outtakes are great, I can’t imagine the album any other way! It’s perfect the way it is and the songs chosen are ideal! They work so well to the narrative and still are cohesive without being boring 
 
in Portals, on the other hand, I can imagine the album with any tracklist other than the one we were given… that’s how bad she selected the songs. And don’t blame the leaks cause, for example, Miley had Plastic Hearts completely leaked months before it’s release and it’s still her best work. the same goes for many other artists… at the end of the day, leaks only get to hardcore fans, but the general public won’t even notice. That’s how hard you are willing to compromise the quality of your work? For a few twitter gays? 
 
she was my favourite artist by far, her concepts and aesthetic were sooo interesting, but she lost it for me… completely. It’s clear Kinetics + One love had a lot to do with it since her best songs are with them 

i love moon cycle idc the lyrics r weird but the production and music itself is so good 

Spill. Moon Cycle and Faerie Soiree bring those parts of the album down imo. Dragon's Blood exist, even Mother of Pearl. The concepts were there and she was serving life.

diamonds and rubbies, the star in all the movies
 

Moon Cycle Nymphology and Womb honestly they drag the whole album down... by the time you hear Womb, after Field Trip, Death, the billion other songs about this... it just feels like Recess you know? Super safe and boring way to wrap your message up.

I also love "Void" (both it and the 2020 song of the same name are beautiful sisters). The real enemy here is "Moon Cycle".

Well…. It has 
 
we are also surprised by her choices since she kept some Bops unreleased 

well to be more positive I love Melanie's concepts and her creativity never fails. I was and still am genuinely shocked how dedicated she is to this character I know it's not easy to practically live in a pink alien mask most of the time she's in public
 
I also really love her voice and it suits acoustic music so so well (Intervals & I Think I'm Crazy are so cute)

This is exactly what I've been thinking since the album came out. I love those songs but they don't fit with the concept.

This is exactly what I've been thinking since the album came out. I love those songs but they don't fit with the concept.

you guys were delusional for thinking she was going to release music a year after nymphology in the first place lmao

She can keep that, release Garden and Dragons Blood on streaming instead 

IDC at this point girls career is a huge mess and she should just give up being so stubborn because look where it's gotten her 😐 I love you Melanie but you're not helping yourself 

wait, u spilled 
 
I think she could have done both medieval and fairy concepts but she instead replaced the BOPs with some “rock” songs with no correlation with the concept (Battle of the Larynx, im looking at you) 

im sorry One Love's 2020 version of Death is so much better than the one on the album.. Finger's Crossed & Not Dead, Just Expired also got robbed of their place on the tracklist
or maybe I'm just boring and like slow songs 
 
I do love LIGHT SHOWER & MOON CYCLE though, cute production and always going back to listen 
 
I wish she kept the medieval concept shown in PORTALS outtakes instead of the spiritual fairy concept she opted for in the final release I honestly hate how she went over the top spiritual to the point where I was cringing in alot of the lyrics (NYMPHOLOGY shade)

The way all the Portals leaks eat up the actual songs on the album… my God is it bad! 
 
the only good songs we got are Tunnel Vision, Leeches, Moon Cycle, Nymphology and The Contortionist and most of them were already leaked… the production change on Moon Cycle was for the better tho 
 
Stiiiill not over Garden, Needle & Thread, Dragons Blood and Fingers Crossed not being released… like WTF!
 
Her label better start controlling her art, for real… she constantly complaints about the industry and how they “control” her but Crybaby is her best work so far and the label was heavily involved so… 
 
if I was her boss I would put her in a studio, record tons of songs and select myself which ones are included in the album, then give her a lower budget for a MV for every song, less CGI and, OF COURSE, no stupid costumes nor lyrics about penises and piss. Also, no 4 year gaps and some singles to feed the children 

there’s not a b sides it’s just her next album

Well imagine if we finally had the original Heart Shaped Bed album……. Embarrassing Love Songs 2. I need this more than anything!

The original demo of heaven was made for atropa belladonna which became mima (my source is the person who posted the heaven demo on tumblr) 
 
 

I LOVE this. I hope it's on MIMA b sides. 
https://youtu.be/M00LpEUj_X4?si=szVMSE7RYpCDBzkQ

I saw some interview about a week or two ago I think Melanie said she hasn't started writing any songs for the next album (if she hasn't she might start writing for it later this year). I think she's trying to figure out what direction to go in. Also that last part I agree 100%. A lot of the PORTALS outtakes were bops. I know most of them weren't finished but most of them should've been released. We're most likely not getting another album until 2027/2028. She'll go MIA at the end of this year until then.