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\n\tNext stop, HADES.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\tAfter sharing the new single \u201cPOSSESSION,\u201d her first new music in three years<\/a>, Melanie Martinez<\/a>\u00a0is taking us on a trip to HADES<\/em>, her fourth studio album that\u2019s set to drop March 27.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cEach song on this record explores a different trap set by the kind of evil, patriarchal energy that is HADES<\/em>. It isn\u2019t about predicting a dystopian future,\u201d she explains in a statement announcing the new collection. \u201cIt\u2019s about recognizing destructive patterns that already exist. The same dynamics repeating in different places. Control disguised as protection. Cruelty framed as logic. Exploitation sold as opportunity. Once you start noticing those threads, it becomes hard to ignore them.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHADES<\/em> is an appropriately hot theme for this alt-pop phenom. Following its release last month, \u201cPOSSESSION\u201d was by some distance the favorite new cut of the week, as chosen by readers of Billboard.com<\/a>. Also, the track debuted with more than 2.7 million Spotify streams in its first 24 hours and has surpassed 10 million to date, according to reps at Warner Music. It\u2019s now Martinez\u2019s fastest-streaming release and the biggest female debut of 2026.<\/p>\n