{"id":2256158,"date":"2026-01-29T12:52:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2256158"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:52:33","slug":"melanie-martinez-ushers-in-new-era-with-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/melanie-martinez-ushers-in-new-era-with-possession\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Martinez Ushers In New Era With ‘POSSESSION’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAnd just like that, Melanie Martinez<\/a> is back.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe New York-born. Latin-American singer, songwriter and alt-pop phenom returns with \u201cPOSSESSION,\u201d an edgy number built on a bed of rock.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWelcome to Melanie Martinez\u2019s new world order,\u201d reads a statement accompanying the surprise release. \u201cCry Baby is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s her 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\tThe new track \u201cpeels back the ways power can masquerade as love,\u201d read a message from Warner Music. \u201cThe song is haunting, satirical and spotlights Melanie\u2019s trademark blend of charm, mischief and bite.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tOn \u201cPOSSESSION,\u201d Martinez tackles the ugly scenario of domestic violence, singing: \u201cHe leaves me all alone, from dusk to f\u2014in\u2019 dawn \/ I\u2019ll clean up after all his s\u2014, I\u2019m the housekeeper \/ He comes home drunk at night, of course he picks a fight, I try my best to bite my tongue, but it keeps bleedin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMartinez\u2019s star rose in 2012 as a contestant on season 3 of The Voice<\/em>. Although she didn\u2019t collect top prize, there\u2019s little doubt that she\u2019s a winner, bagging 30 billion-plus career streams, upwards of 5.5 billion official YouTube views and more than 62 million followers across platforms.<\/p>\n

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\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\tIn 2024, Martinez set out on her first-ever global arena headline trek, The Trilogy Tour<\/em>, on which she played to sold-out successive nights at Madison Square Garden, and hit the stage at Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago and the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City.<\/p>\n

\n\tStream \u201cPOSSESSION\u201d below.<\/p>\n

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