Eagerly awaited video premieres
Multi-Platinum alt-pop phenomenon Melanie Martinez has shared the long awaited official music video for her hit single, “Void.” Directed, conceived and costume designed by Martinez, “Void” is airing at the top of every hour throughout the day on MTV Live, MTVU, and MTV Biggest Pop following its exclusive premiere earlier today on the Paramount Times Square billboards in New York City.
“This is the first song I fully produced on my own,” says Martinez, I remember screaming that chorus while crying, it felt like a weight I needed to get off of me. The weight of my anxiety, the weight of my brain. A void. A dark place where you are left alone with your own thoughts for introspection, in order to find the light within yourself.”
Recently announced as an iHeart Radio “On The Verge” artist of 2023, Martinez’s official music video for “Void” arrived this morning (Tues, June 13th) as the single is currently ascending the Top 40 at CHR/Top 40 radio outlets nationwide. “Void“ is featured on Martinez’s blockbuster new album, Portals, available now in an expanded deluxe digital edition featuring three additional new tracks. The album became the pop star’s highest charting debut on the Billboard 200 upon its release earlier this year, 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, and the biggest first week for any solo female artist in 2023 so far.
The album 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.
The project also includes the hit single, “Death,” which, along with “Void,” made history as Martinez’s first original songs to debut on the Billboard Hot 100. “Death” is joined by a cinematic companion video – directed, conceived, and costume designed by Martinez herself – which trended No. 1 on YouTube’s Trending Top Music Videos chart and now boasts over 23 million official views. The song was first teased with a series of eerie clips revealing the rebirth of Martinez’s character “Cry Baby,” quickly sparking a frenzy of theories and garnering over 115 million views across all socials.
Martinez is celebrating the new album with her blockbuster Portals Tour. Newly announced European and Australian/New Zealand runs begins October 29th in Stockholm, Sweden, and then makes stops in Oslo, Copenhagen, Prague, Milan, London, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin, Brussels, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Paris, Madrid, and Lisbon. Martinez will then bring the tour Down Under, beginning January 28, 2024 in Auckland, NZ, followed by shows in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne. Tickets for the European shows go on sale Friday, June 16th at 2 pm local tim. Australia and New Zealand shows go on sale Friday, June 16th at 3 pm local time.
The Portals Tour – which will see Martinez exclusively performing as the otherworldly new creature rebirth of her alter ego “Cry Baby” – is currently playing to packed houses across North America, with sold-out dates continuing through mid-July. The tour also includes sold out shows in Mexico City and Guadalajara this October, as well as Live Out Festival in Monterrey.
