Multi-Platinum alternative-pop phenom Melanie Martinez has unveiled plans for her most ambitious concert tour to date. The Trilogy Tour will see the evolution of Martinez’s alter ego “Cry Baby” performed live. It will include hits from all three of her Top 10 groundbreaking albums: Cry Baby, K-12, and Portals which have collectively amassed over 14 Billion streams worldwide. The tour gets underway on May 10, 2024 at Seattle Wa’s Climate Pledge Arena and then visits arenas across North America through mid-June. Highlights include such historic venues as Inglewood, CA’s Kia Forum (May 15), New York City’s Madison Square Garden (June 5), and Toronto, On’s Scotiabank Arena (June 9). Joining the ... Read more...
- 11/10/2023
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
Melanie Martinez’s fan-favorite albums Cry Baby and K-12 are back from the dead. On Thursday, the singer announced that she will be embarking on an arena tour, titled the Trilogy Tour, that will celebrate her trio of LPs, including 2023’s Portals.
Martinez announced the tour dates on her Instagram, sharing a tour poster showing her Cry Baby character laying alongside the pink-skinned, four-eyed fairy creature she’s been performing during her tour to promote Portals.
“The cycle of life – from the beginning of crybaby’s story to the end ,” Martinez wrote on Instagram.
Martinez announced the tour dates on her Instagram, sharing a tour poster showing her Cry Baby character laying alongside the pink-skinned, four-eyed fairy creature she’s been performing during her tour to promote Portals.
“The cycle of life – from the beginning of crybaby’s story to the end ,” Martinez wrote on Instagram.
- 11/9/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Singer, songwriter, and producer Melanie Martinez makes sleek, dark pop with a satiric edge and real emotional bite. Martinez debuted with her fantastic 2015 LP Cry Baby, a concept album about a young girl who gets kidnapped and eventually kills her captor that’s full of sparkling, self-aware tunes like “Pacify Her” and “Dollhouse.” She followed it with 2019’s K-12, as well as a feature film of the same name, building a devoted cult following in the process. Martinez has come a long way from being the hopeful teenager who made...
- 3/30/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Alternative pop artist Melanie Martinez is just a few weeks away from releasing her third studio album, and her fans couldn’t be more excited. Martinez has built a successful career in the music industry, but she might not be where she is today without The Voice, where she got her start. As we wait for her new album to drop, let’s take a look at the audition that started it all and how far she made it on NBC’s singing competition.
Melanie Martinez on ‘The Voice’ Season 3 | Tyler Golden/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Melanie Martinez auditioned for ‘The Voice’ Season 3
Martinez auditioned for The Voice Season 3 when she was just 16 years old. For her Blind Audition, she performed an acoustic rendition of Britney Spears’s “Toxic.” Martinez made the song her own with breathy, drawn-out notes and changes to the melody. Coaches Adam Levine,...
Melanie Martinez on ‘The Voice’ Season 3 | Tyler Golden/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Melanie Martinez auditioned for ‘The Voice’ Season 3
Martinez auditioned for The Voice Season 3 when she was just 16 years old. For her Blind Audition, she performed an acoustic rendition of Britney Spears’s “Toxic.” Martinez made the song her own with breathy, drawn-out notes and changes to the melody. Coaches Adam Levine,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Elise Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Goodbye, Cry Baby. On Wednesday, Melanie Martinez announced her return after four years with the release of her third studio album, Portals. To accompany the announcement, she shared a video of herself hatching from an egg as a pink, deep sea-styled creature. Portals is set to release on March 31, and it’s Martinez’s first record since leaving behind her “Cry Baby” persona.
“Portals screams death is life is death is life is death is life,” she said in an ominous press statement. “A continuous loop. A circle.”
Earlier this week,...
“Portals screams death is life is death is life is death is life,” she said in an ominous press statement. “A continuous loop. A circle.”
Earlier this week,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Update (3/22): Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a bill banning transgender girls from playing school sports on Tuesday, Associated Press reports. The news follows Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s decision on Monday to veto a similar bill banning transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports.
“I struggle to understand so much of it and the science is conflicting,” the Republican governor wrote in his veto letter. “When in doubt however, I always try to err on the side of kindness, mercy and compassion.”
Utah legislative leaders already announced a...
“I struggle to understand so much of it and the science is conflicting,” the Republican governor wrote in his veto letter. “When in doubt however, I always try to err on the side of kindness, mercy and compassion.”
Utah legislative leaders already announced a...
- 3/23/2022
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
The 2020 Billboard Music Awards finally aired on Wednesday after a six month delay, with three-time host Kelly Clarkson returning to preside over NBC’s semi-virtual ceremony.
Post Malone was the night’s big winner, taking home nine awards for his album “Hollywood’s Bleeding,” including Top Artist and Top Male Artist.
Other winners included Billie Eilish, for Top Female Artist; Lizzo, for Top Song Sales Artist; Luke Combs, for Top Country Artist; and K-Pop sensation BTS, for the fan-voted Top Social Artist award. Rapper Killer Mike was awarded the first ever Change Maker award for his social activism, while country star Garth Brooks was honored with the 2020 Billboard Icon Award.
Performers for the show included host Kelly Clarkson (joined by Pentatonix and Sheila E. for the opening number), Alicia Keys, Bad Bunny, Brandy feat. Ty Dolla $ign, BTS, Doja Cat, En Vogue, John Legend and Demi Lovato.
The 2020 Billboard Music...
Post Malone was the night’s big winner, taking home nine awards for his album “Hollywood’s Bleeding,” including Top Artist and Top Male Artist.
Other winners included Billie Eilish, for Top Female Artist; Lizzo, for Top Song Sales Artist; Luke Combs, for Top Country Artist; and K-Pop sensation BTS, for the fan-voted Top Social Artist award. Rapper Killer Mike was awarded the first ever Change Maker award for his social activism, while country star Garth Brooks was honored with the 2020 Billboard Icon Award.
Performers for the show included host Kelly Clarkson (joined by Pentatonix and Sheila E. for the opening number), Alicia Keys, Bad Bunny, Brandy feat. Ty Dolla $ign, BTS, Doja Cat, En Vogue, John Legend and Demi Lovato.
The 2020 Billboard Music...
- 10/15/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The 2020 Billboard Music Awards will be held tonight, October 14, but who will win? Hundreds of Gold Derby users have placed their bets in 15 top categories here in our predictions center. Their forecasts have been combined to generate our official racetrack odds. Scroll down to see who we’re betting on, listed in order of their odds with projected winners highlighted in gold.
Post Malone goes into this event with the most nominations (16), so it’s probably not surprising that we’re betting on him to take home plenty of hardware. Out of the categories we’re predicting, he’s tipped to win Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Rap Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album (“Hollywood’s Bleeding“). And that may just be scratching the surface of his ultimate haul given the chart success of “Bleeding” and its single “Circles.”
SEEBillboard Music Awards performers 2020: Who is performing at the BBMAs?...
Post Malone goes into this event with the most nominations (16), so it’s probably not surprising that we’re betting on him to take home plenty of hardware. Out of the categories we’re predicting, he’s tipped to win Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Rap Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album (“Hollywood’s Bleeding“). And that may just be scratching the surface of his ultimate haul given the chart success of “Bleeding” and its single “Circles.”
SEEBillboard Music Awards performers 2020: Who is performing at the BBMAs?...
- 10/14/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
At Los Angeles County’s Wednesday coronavirus news conference, County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said a small swath of the county’s students would be allowed to resume in-person instruction. Hair salons and barbershops are also being allowed to reopen indoors at 25 percent capacity.
Beginning Monday, September 14, K-12 schools may offer in-school services for small cohorts of students with Individualized Education Plans, students requiring instruction for English as a Second Language or students needing assessments or specialized in-school services, as long as the school is able to fully implement the Health Officer’s re-opening protocols.
Davis said the Public Health Department would not be opening the waiver program for at-large instruction of students in grades K-6 as the department monitors the implementation of this effort to safely get students needing specialized in-school services back to school.
Public Health Revises Health Officer Order to Allow Schools K-12 to Offer Services...
Beginning Monday, September 14, K-12 schools may offer in-school services for small cohorts of students with Individualized Education Plans, students requiring instruction for English as a Second Language or students needing assessments or specialized in-school services, as long as the school is able to fully implement the Health Officer’s re-opening protocols.
Davis said the Public Health Department would not be opening the waiver program for at-large instruction of students in grades K-6 as the department monitors the implementation of this effort to safely get students needing specialized in-school services back to school.
Public Health Revises Health Officer Order to Allow Schools K-12 to Offer Services...
- 9/2/2020
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Melanie Martinez accomplished a neat trick with her 2015 debut album, Cry Baby. Nothing from the album cracked the singles chart, which sometimes indicates that a release is a flop. But listeners kept returning to Martinez’s tracks, savoring them over long periods rather than devouring them in a quick gulp. Cry Baby earned a platinum certification about 16 months after it came out, and there appears to be no expiration date on Martinez fandom: In 2019, 11 different songs on her debut have been certified gold or platinum.
That type of long tail...
That type of long tail...
- 9/6/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Melanie Martinez is taking her fans on a fantastical trip. In her directorial debut, the singer presented “K-12” in Los Angeles Tuesday (Sept. 3), ahead of the film’s worldwide one-night-only release on Sept. 5. The colorful feature-length production was financed by Martinez’s label, Atlantic Records, totaling an investment of $5 million to $6 million, she estimates.
A coming-of-age fantasy tale, “K-12” follows the character Cry Baby, played by Martinez, to a boarding school whose student body includes kids with magical powers, evil adults and angels who descend from above. As the story unfolds against a kaleidoscopic backdrop (Fernanda Guerrero served as production designer), real issues are tackled, including bullying, transphobia and gender inequality.
“Showing societal conditioning was a big goal of mine,” Martinez told Variety at the “K-12” L.A. premiere. “I thought it was the perfect metaphor. School being like this thing that we have to go through and learn from...
A coming-of-age fantasy tale, “K-12” follows the character Cry Baby, played by Martinez, to a boarding school whose student body includes kids with magical powers, evil adults and angels who descend from above. As the story unfolds against a kaleidoscopic backdrop (Fernanda Guerrero served as production designer), real issues are tackled, including bullying, transphobia and gender inequality.
“Showing societal conditioning was a big goal of mine,” Martinez told Variety at the “K-12” L.A. premiere. “I thought it was the perfect metaphor. School being like this thing that we have to go through and learn from...
- 9/6/2019
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Music and movies — beautifully strange movies — have always gone hand-in-hand for Melanie Martinez, whose feature directorial debut, “K-12,” will have a one-day-only theatrical engagement on Wednesday ahead of its worldwide streaming launch Friday.
Martinez was 16 when she debuted in 2012 on NBC’s “The Voice” with a downbeat acoustic cover of Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” The next year she launched an Indiegogo campaign to film her first music video, for her first single, “Dollhouse.”
The next year, she signed to Atlantic Records, which released her debut Ep, “Dollhouse,” from which the song “Carousel” was used for an “American Horror Story” Season 4 promo. This was followed in 2016 by her debut LP “Crybaby.” Through it all, she kept pitching ideas for videos, and her label trusted her to direct them.
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That led to 13 videos in total chronicling the life of Crybaby,...
Martinez was 16 when she debuted in 2012 on NBC’s “The Voice” with a downbeat acoustic cover of Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” The next year she launched an Indiegogo campaign to film her first music video, for her first single, “Dollhouse.”
The next year, she signed to Atlantic Records, which released her debut Ep, “Dollhouse,” from which the song “Carousel” was used for an “American Horror Story” Season 4 promo. This was followed in 2016 by her debut LP “Crybaby.” Through it all, she kept pitching ideas for videos, and her label trusted her to direct them.
Also Read: Disney and #BoycottMulan Campaign: How Studios Must Adapt to Social Media Firestorms
That led to 13 videos in total chronicling the life of Crybaby,...
- 9/4/2019
- by Zoe Hazen
- The Wrap
Universal’s Hobbs & Shaw isn’t going anywhere and will stay put in No. 1 this coming weekend with $28M-$30M, a decline of 50%-53%. This as five wide entries flood the market: Paramount/Nickelodeon/Walden Media/Mrc’s storied IP Dora and the Lost City of Gold, CBS Films/eOne/Lionsgate’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Disney/Fox’s The Art of Racing in the Rain, New Line’s 1978 femme mobster pic The Kitchen and Bleecker Street’s Brian Banks.
Why so much stuff? Some of these movies are bound to step on one another demo-wise. Word is many rivals were trying to avoid The Lion King, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Hobbs & Shaw. Another factor slowing down business this weekend: Kids already are going back to school, with K-12 going from 96% out last Friday to 84% this Friday. That number will reduce to 30% K-12 schools out by August 30. Meanwhile,...
Why so much stuff? Some of these movies are bound to step on one another demo-wise. Word is many rivals were trying to avoid The Lion King, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Hobbs & Shaw. Another factor slowing down business this weekend: Kids already are going back to school, with K-12 going from 96% out last Friday to 84% this Friday. That number will reduce to 30% K-12 schools out by August 30. Meanwhile,...
- 8/7/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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