Iahn, Buddy (June 10, 2023). "Melanie Martinez brings 'Portals' album to life with over the top production". The Music Universe . Retrieved July 8, 2023. On March 23 rd, 2023, a PORTALS Global Listening Event was hosted in local indie record stores around the world. It was announced on the same day " DEATH" audio version was released. People got to listen to the album before its release, including exclusive giveaways for the album. All events were free. A few hours later, Melanie announced that the "DEATH" music video would be released the next day on March 24 th. On March 29 th, Melanie released " VOID" as the second single, just two days before the album was released. Portals screams death is life is death is life is death is life. A continuous loop. A circle.” – MELANIE MARTINEZ

Quedan entradas? Melanie Martínez llega con toda su música al sideshow de Lollapalooza". RedGol (in European Spanish). February 27, 2023. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023 . Retrieved April 1, 2023. a b "Offiziellecharts.de – Melanie Martinez – Portals" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 6, 2023. The title of the album was slightly corroborated by Melanie after liking a TikTok comment asking if "Portals" was the album's name. [65] https://hollywoodlife.com/2020/12/16/melanie-martinez-streaming-concert-k-12-performance-new-album-film-interview/ Upon the shell's dissemblance, a USB drive is revealed. The drive contained a hard copy of a particular snippet in M4A format. Traditionally, Melanie would always post a promotional video with an extended version of the snippet into all of her socials, but in some cases like " SPIDER WEB" the promotional video were shorter than the snippet sent from the fan.Fabris, Andres (March 29, 2023). "Melanie Martinez releases 'Void' ". The Music Universe . Retrieved April 15, 2023. On September 14 th, 2021, Melanie replied to a comment on TikTok saying that the album would be released in 2022. [12] 2022

Portals (Target Exclusive) Vinyl". Target Corporation. Archived from the original on March 10, 2023 . Retrieved March 10, 2023. On November 9 th, 2020, Melanie revealed on the Travis Mills Show that she would be making the album with the same producers who helped on her debut album, Cry Baby, commenting on her session with Kinetics and One Love that was already booked. In the same interview, she also stated that the movie would "ratio out" to have "more film than musical scenes." [7]I died here, was rebirthed and transformed. The amount of synchronicities I've experienced in this house is staggering. Couldn't have dreamt of a more sacred space to create this album. Only ever coming here to finish this project. 🌻🌷💕 https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/pop/9464647/20-questions-with-melanie-martinez-after-school (Question 15)

a b Mier, Tomás (April 3, 2023). "Melanie Martinez Announces Portals Summer Tour". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023 . Retrieved April 5, 2023. Melanie Martinez looks terrifying at Lollapalooza Argentina | 103.5 KISS FM". The Fred Show. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023 . Retrieved April 1, 2023. The CD's were the Alien Face Picture of the character Melanie is portraying in her album and movie. In my little cave of creation, isolated for a month in Hawaii. Writing a film and album I feel destined to make. No human interaction, just killing dead parts of myself to make room for the new. ✨✨✨✨ When I create it is the only time the past, present and future all meet me at once. Releasing past feelings from past moments and past lives, by keeping the channel open/antenna out in the present, to be able to co-create with the universe something that will be felt, seen, and heard in the future.

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Melanie revealed in an interview for Apple Music that this album marks the end of Cry Baby's trilogy. While the first two albums, Cry Baby and K-12 told the story of Cry Baby's life, PORTALS delved into Cry Baby's afterlife, right before her rebirth. Caulfield, Keith (April 9, 2023). "Morgan Wallen's 'One Thing at a Time' Notches Fifth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved April 10, 2023.