Music

Melanie Martinez Opens the Gates on 18-Track Album ‘HADES’ Out Now

Mar 27, 2026

Melanie Martinez has returned, and she brought the entire underworld with her. ‘HADES,’ her fourth studio album, is out now, an 18-track alternative pop record that documents a world already tipping into dystopia, filtered through the singular artistic vision that has made Martinez one of the most distinctive voices in modern music.

The album arrives with real momentum behind it. Lead single “POSSESSION,” her first release in three years, debuted with 2.7 million Spotify streams in its first 24 hours and has since surpassed 33 million global streams. Follow-up “DISNEY PRINCESS” has added another 11.1 million globally. The newest track, “UNCANNY VALLEY,” closes the creative loop on the album’s themes. Martinez wrote it last, and it may be the record’s sharpest statement, targeting how social media and AI have distorted our relationship with beauty and identity.

Martinez recently spoke with Ross Golan on And the Writer Is… and joined Justin Tranter’s Unfamous podcast alongside longtime collaborator and producer CJ Baran for a deep dive into the making of ‘HADES.’ On April 8, she celebrates the album with an exclusive evening at the GRAMMY Museum’s Clive Davis Theater in Los Angeles, featuring an in-depth conversation and a live mini performance in an intimate 200-seat setting. Tickets are available now.

The numbers behind Martinez speak to a fanbase that has grown with her across every project. Over 30 billion global streams, 5.54 billion official YouTube views, and 62.2 million followers across platforms. Her 2015 debut ‘CRY BABY’ logged 208 non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200. ‘K-12’ and ‘PORTALS’ both debuted Top 3 on that same chart, with all three albums hitting Number 1 on Billboard’s Alternative chart.

‘HADES’ is Martinez at her most urgent and unfiltered, an album she describes as a cracked mirror on the world we are already living in. It is essential listening.

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