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\n\tNext stop, HADES<\/em>. <\/p>\n \n\tMelanie Martinez<\/a> returns with her fourth studio album,\u00a0HADES<\/em>, the songwriter and alternative pop artist\u2019s social commentary on today\u2019s upside-down world.<\/p>\n \n\tArriving in full today, March 27, the collection spans 18 tracks and houses lead track<\/a> \u201cPOSSESSION,\u201d her first release in three years, and followup \u201cDisney Princess.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI started this album thinking I was writing a futuristic dystopia,\u201d she explains in a statement from Warner Music, her label home, \u201cbut I realized I was just documenting the world we\u2019re already living in. HADES<\/em> is a cracked mirror. Beneath the rage, it\u2019s a refusal to go numb \u2013 a call to feel, to see clearly, and to ask if we can still create something beautiful from the chaos we\u2019ve been given.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHADES <\/em>is the New York-born, Latin-American artist\u2019s first new music since 2023\u2019s Portals<\/em>, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, her third consecutive top 10 appearance on the chart. Portals<\/em> went all the way to No. 1 on Australia\u2019s ARIA Chart<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tMartinez entered our lives back in 2012 as a contestant on season 3 of The Voice<\/em>. Although she didn\u2019t collect top prize, she won the long game. In her career to-date, she\u2019s accumulated 30 billion-plus career streams, upwards of 5.5 billion official YouTube views and more than 62 million followers across platforms.<\/p>\n \n\tHer debut album from 2015, Cry Baby<\/em>, peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the perfume of the same name, which was self-released the following year and was a sell-out. Later, she partnered with Flower Shop Perfume on a perfume line, the first of which arrived in 2023 \u2014 with similar success to its predecessor. The collection has since expanded to include candles, body sprays, and perfume pendants. \u200b<\/p>\n \n\tMartinez has presented the new album to fans at sold-out listening parties in London, Amsterdam and Toronto. HADES <\/em>will get another push with a small run of special performances, kicking off tonight at New York\u2019s United Palace, then visiting Mexico City, and Los Angeles, where on April 8 she\u2019s locked-in for an exclusive spot at the Grammy Museum\u2019s Clive Davis Theater<\/a>. There, she\u2019ll give an in-depth exploration of her creative process, and perform a mini set for 200 guests.<\/p>\n \n\tStream HADES<\/em> below.<\/p>\n