Melanie Martinez, who is the California-based alternative pop singer-songwriter behind popular songs such as ‘Cry Baby’ and ‘Mad Hatter’, has been steadily cultivating a devoted fan base for the past 10 years due to her music style and visual identity that are distinctive from those of her peers. People have been waiting for the actress to perform her first concert tour since 2018. Yes, now when can we expect Melanie’s next show?
Martinez rose to fame shortly on the show The Voice in America back in 2012, and her first album, Cry Baby, was released in 2015. This album and its music videos created an aesthetic of creepy-cute and dealt with concepts of light and evil from the narrator, Cry Baby, which Martinez created as her persona. Songs such as "Dollhouse," “Pity Party," and “Soap” made her an official queen of Hot Topic and contributed greatly to the success of Cry Baby, even though Martinez left her major label contract to release the album on her own.
Martinez toured for one whole year after the release of Cry Baby in 2016 and 2017, then went back to the studio to work on her more personal K-12. The album and its 90-minute long motion picture were about Cry Baby, who was institutionalized and returned to school, and with the usage of pop, hip-hop, rock, R&B, and show tunes interspersed under the strongly emotional vocals of Martinez. K-12 full-length debut came out in September of 2019, which was accompanied by an enormous arena tour across North America, which in general raised Martinez from clubs to concert halls.
So after consistently going on the road for five years in support of her two concept records, people are eager to see Martinez get back behind the mic with new songs and a new live show. However, excluding a few individual concerts and performances during festivals and shows in 2021, Martinez has not unveiled an individual tour since the K-12 Tour, which ended in early 2020.
As for the third studio album that remained Martinez’s secret, she decided to reveal it on New Year’s Eve of 2021. Though no release date has been announced, as well as any other details, this update assured the fans that there is still a high possibility of a new tour announcement in the near future.
Martinez is evidently not in a hurry to release the follow-up for K-12, allowing her ample time to polish the music. This probably also implies that she is battling it out in the laboratory, crafting a new stage show for the next musical she wants to stage and adding other theatrical components that complement the themes of the tracks for a distinguishing live performance that she has come to be associated with.
While enthusiasts may be forced to wait a little longer to get more detailed information about the album, Martinez has been active on social media lately, indicating that he has been in rehearsal for a particular project. It’s not clear if this is related to tour preparations or if she is working on a music video; however, fans of the singer have been speculating on what the concept and visual theme of the next musical era could be, based on her outfit choice and visual cues.
Concert trade magazines anticipate that Martinez will have declared another large-scale tour before the year comes to an end. Still unanswerable questions concerning the scale of the tour are the size of the targeted market and the extent of the show’s production, as well as how much new material she will be able to prepare for a longer performance. But as more venues are already planning events for later in March 2023, it can be assumed that agents and promoters may be looking at the time for routing Martinez’s headlining show next spring or in autumn, depending on where this upcoming album is in its promotional campaign.
Although there is evidence of Melanie on stage, scarce fans can be comforted by the fact that she is still diligently working to deliver the next musical adventure. For an artist who initially offered her populist stardom through reality competition shows, she has deliberately shunned mainstream clichés in order to maintain independent ownership of her work and to release meaningful works. Staying patient for that pure vision has always proved fruitful with her past albums, tours, and phases, so one can only imagine what it will be like waiting for Melanie Martinez’s next live show the minute that tickets are available.