The second single from the latest Melanie Martinez album Portals continues in the same trippy universe from the first single, a strange and visceral world of exotic and unsettling creatures.
The visual style is not the only place she is taking risks. Via Stereoboard:
“This is the first song I fully produced on my own. I remember screaming that chorus while crying, it felt like a weight I needed to get off of me. The weight of my anxiety, the weight of my brain. A void. A dark place where you are left alone with your own thoughts for introspection, in order to find the light within yourself.”
If you’ve been following the releases, you know these four-eyed beings from the album cover and rom “Death,” released as the first single.
She is currently on tour, and the costumes and sets from these videos are going with her. One concertgoer revealed the trippy experience:
The curtains drew back to reveal an intricate set design that fully immersed the band and background dancers in a mystical forest filled with moss and mushrooms, vines and of course, a portal made of light and smoke. She opened with “DEATH,” which is also the first song on the album. The enormous screen that took up the background of the stage played video footage of the setting featured in the song’s music video.
Images: YouTube / Melanie Martinez
