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Dying! All 4 Portals perfumes were voted as the worst marking campaigns of 2023 for a fragrance on fragrantica. Why she couldn't just do one perfume, actually give it some depth with top mid and base notes, and also re-release crybaby perfume milk while she's at it so I can finally get it in Australia.

The fact that After School and its outtakes would’ve made a better album than K-12

MIMA is one of my favorite albums. Each song feels like a chapter of a memoir or a page from a diary. It feels like this woman is reflecting on these relationships years later. And I love that!  I hope the next album is like this (she did tease a "sister album" so hopefully it'll be similar). I hope we get some type of announcement soon. Even if Nicole just releases b sides on Bandcamp I'd be happy.

MIMA is one of my favorite albums. Each song feels like a chapter of a memoir or a page from a diary. It feels like this woman is reflecting on these relationships years later. And I love that!  I hope the next album is like this (she did tease a "sister album" so hopefully it'll be similar). I hope we get some type of announcement soon. Even if Nicole just releases b sides on Bandcamp I'd be happy.

MIMA is one of my favorite albums. Each song feels like a chapter of a memoir or a page from a diary. It feels like this woman is reflecting on these relationships years later. And I love that!  I hope the next album is like this (she did tease a "sister album" so hopefully it'll be similar). I hope we get some type of announcement soon. Even if Nicole just releases b sides on Bandcamp I'd be happy.

MIMA is one of my favorite albums. Each song feels like a chapter of a memoir or a page from a diary. It feels like this woman is reflecting on these relationships years later. And I love that!  I hope the next album is like this (she did tease a "sister album" so hopefully it'll be similar). I hope we get some type of announcement soon. Even if Nicole just releases b sides on Bandcamp I'd be happy.

Y'all after watching the MV a few times I've thought about how if you read the lyrics, it's obviously about someone only wanting to sleep with Melanie (idk if I can say the word on here). But the concept of the music video leads me to believe that the song could also be about someone or a group of people (her label or her fans or both) or people in general who only want Melanie to act a certain way or they want her to look a certain way. It was a video game where Melanie isn't in control. Someone else is. If y'all have anything to add please do bc I'm going to need more time to think about this. I just LOVE the concept.

Y'all after watching the MV a few times I've thought about how if you read the lyrics, it's obviously about someone only wanting to sleep with Melanie (idk if I can say the word on here). But the concept of the music video leads me to believe that the song could also be about someone or a group of people (her label or her fans or both) or people in general who only want Melanie to act a certain way or they want her to look a certain way. It was a video game where Melanie isn't in control. Someone else is. If y'all have anything to add please do bc I'm going to need more time to think about this. I just LOVE the concept.

This is my fave MV from this era so far.

Y'all after watching the MV a few times I've thought about how if you read the lyrics, it's obviously about someone only wanting to sleep with Melanie (idk if I can say the word on here). But the concept of the music video leads me to believe that the song could also be about someone or a group of people (her label or her fans or both) or people in general who only want Melanie to act a certain way or they want her to look a certain way. It was a video game where Melanie isn't in control. Someone else is. If y'all have anything to add please do bc I'm going to need more time to think about this. I just LOVE the concept.

This is my fave MV from this era so far.

Y'all after watching the MV a few times I've thought about how if you read the lyrics, it's obviously about someone only wanting to sleep with Melanie (idk if I can say the word on here). But the concept of the music video leads me to believe that the song could also be about someone or a group of people (her label or her fans or both) or people in general who only want Melanie to act a certain way or they want her to look a certain way. It was a video game where Melanie isn't in control. Someone else is. If y'all have anything to add please do bc I'm going to need more time to think about this. I just LOVE the concept.

Y'all after watching the MV a few times I've thought about how if you read the lyrics, it's obviously about someone only wanting to sleep with Melanie (idk if I can say the word on here). But the concept of the music video leads me to believe that the song could also be about someone or a group of people (her label or her fans or both) or people in general who only want Melanie to act a certain way or they want her to look a certain way. It was a video game where Melanie isn't in control. Someone else is. If y'all have anything to add please do bc I'm going to need more time to think about this. I just LOVE the concept.

atlantic needs to trust her and give her Budget. her ideas are great but i feel like money's limiting her in terms of execution. 

I Liked the ending. It was better than the whole music video. But the video overall was also better than VOID so I'll take it I guess.
Idk about you but I'm sick of her falling through all these portals. I get it. It's the whole album and it has meaning and it's supposed to feel tiring, but now I feel the pattern is boring and too on the nose already.
 
What's saving me my fan status is that Ive started paying real attention to all the Portals session outtakes, like Death (2020), Hawaii Space Guitar, Garden, Dragons Blood and Mother of Pearl. I'm seeing how beautiful, spirital and etheral this era could have been, and these songs pull me much more emotionally. But for some reason the songs she chose for the final cut make it seem less about the concept she's going for aesthetically and more about human crybabys life. Likes its been a mix up.

Whatever tf that was, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't care how nonsensical that was, I was having the time of my life watching

2:40-3:17 and 4:05-4:23 from the Void video are still the best visuals we've gotten from this era 

This is my fave MV from this era so far.

literally only complaint is the backup dancers being there, and even then, that's a personal choice, because I love when Mel's alone in her videos, or seriously invested in realism. The effects were amazing, she looked stunning, and the concepts were all just perfect. Chef's kiss to her.

I have a feeling the Tunnel Vision MV won't be released until January. I could be wrong tho.

I've never been into the pink alien costume and I'm so beyond over it now, it really ruined the whole rollout for me and it’s why I didn’t go to the tour, I’m not paying to see Mr Blobby’s offspring prance around the stage. Since Cry Baby she’s really let her music suffer for the sake of visuals, even the quality in her lyrics went down after her debut, comparing songs like Mrs Potato Head to literally anything that came after it is so ??? Like what happened? Why did she become less about the music and more about aesthetic and visuals, such a disappointment from someone with so much potential and influence that just feels wasted now

After seeing the jingle ball and in agreeance with what Grayson Stark said, I think this break she's taking will benefit not only her but us. I hate to think about the wait but if it means she puts out better quality music and actually is able to do things better then so be it 

I wonder how many unreleased stories and storylines Melanie has, artists like her never stop ideas and for sure has sprung many ideas we'll never hear of.

When the Jingle Ball show was first announced I was really excited and hoped she'd either show up in full prosthetics or just go on as herself. But instead we just got the same half-assed costume as the tour shows, with a handful of Portals songs that she struggled to sing(if it weren't for backing tracks her touring career would've ended years ago).
 
It just feels like we've been seeing the same thing all year and I really feel like she missed an opportunity to do something more unique from her current shows. And it didn't have to be anything flashy or expensive.. just her going on stage and doing a stripped acoustic set in a plain white T-shirt and jeans would've had Twitter screaming for months.

These jingle ball shows were an opportunity to grow her fan base, you have SZA and Olivia Rodrigo fans in there and most of them are not going to want to listen to someone dressed as a creepy pink alien. This isn't the portals tour where the fans are expecting that this is a live streamed festival with A List headliners... I mean her choice it's just not a good one lol