“POSSESSION,” the surprise new single from Melanie Martinez, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Jan. 30) on Billboard, choosing the artist’s latest arrival as their favorite new release.
“POSSESSION” debuted in a week that also saw new music streaming in from Bruce Springsteen, Cannons, Noah Kahan and Labrinth. Martinez’s track swooped in with a landslide victory, with 80% of the vote going her way.
A press release issued for “POSSESSION” described the song as one that “peels back the ways power can masquerade as love,” and said it’s “haunting, satirical and spotlights Melanie’s trademark blend of charm, mischief and bite.”
Lyrically it addresses an abusive relationship, with Martinez singing in the chorus: “Baby, I’m your possession, handle me like a weapon/ Gaslight me right, tell me, ‘Keep quiet’/ I’ll go along, di-di-dum/ Put me up like a prize, I’ll be a good housewife/ You won’t see me cry when women come by.”
“POSSESSION” — the first taste of an upcoming new LP from Martinez — follows her 2023 album Portals, which spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart and reached No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard 200.
2024 brought an arena tour for Martinez, The Trilogy Tour, and a set at Lollapalooza.
Among the new releases trailing behind “POSSESSION” are Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis,” with 8% of the vote; Cannons’ “Starlight,” with 6% of the vote, and Noah Kahan’s “The Great Divide,” with 3% of the vote.
See the final results of this week’s poll below.
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