The video has earned more than 2.5 million views in three days
Multi-platinum alternative-pop phenom Melanie Martinez has released the official music video to “Faerie Soirée.” The video directed, conceived, and costume designed by Martinez herself is currently top 10 on YouTube trending for music and has already earned over 2.5 million views since its release only three days ago.
Martinez is preparing to embark on her most ambitious concert tour to date, The Trilogy Tour will see the evolution of her alter ego “Cry Baby” performed live. It will include hits from all three of her Top 10 groundbreaking albums: Cry Baby, K-12, and Portals which have collectively amassed over 14 billion streams worldwide. Dates get underway on May 10th at Seattle WA’s Climate Pledge Arena with stops at arenas across North America through mid-June. Highlights include such historic venues as Inglewood, CA’s Kia Forum on May 15th, New York City’s Madison Square Garden on June 5th and 6th, and Toronto, ON’s Scotiabank Arena on June 9th. Special guests throughout the tour include Men I Trust, Beach Bunny, and Sofia Isella.
She recently wrapped her blockbuster run of The Portals Tour . The tour played to sold-out houses across North America, Asia and Australia, celebrating last year’s arrival of Martinez’s album, Portals, available now in an expanded deluxe digital edition featuring three additional tracks via Atlantic Records. The album proved Melanie’s highest charting debut on the Billboard 200 upon its March 2023 release, arriving at No. 2 with 142,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week – Martinez’s third consecutive Billboard 200 Top 10 album debut. Portals further debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Current Alternative Albums, Current Pop Albums, Top Album Sales, Current Album Sales, Internet Albums, Digital Albums, and Top Alternative/Rock Albums charts, along with a No. 2 debut on the Top Vinyl Albums chart. An instant global sensation, the album proved Martinez’s first No. 1 album debut in Australia, also landing at No. 1 in New Zealand, No. 2 in the UK, No. 3 in Canada and Ireland, and top 10 chart placements in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain.
