Melanie Martinez Takes Fans To 'HADES' With New Album

Official Announcement | Published: Mar 27, 2026 4:25 PM EDT

(2b) Melanie Martinez returns with her fourth studio album, HADES - an 18-track descent into the psyche of our times. Is dystopia just a YA fantasy book or is it already upon us?

Melanie spoke in depth with her longtime collaborator, songwriter and producer CJ Baran, on Justin Tranter's Unfamous podcast, where the two dive into their creative partnership and process. Watch below:

On April 8, she will celebrate HADES with an exclusive evening at the GRAMMY Museum's Clive Davis Theater in Los Angeles. The intimate 200-seat venue sets the stage for an in-depth conversation about her creative process, followed by a mini-live performance staged exclusively for this event.

On the release, Melanie shares: "'UNCANNY VALLEY' was the last song I wrote for HADES. The song is about how social media and AI have warped our relationship to beauty, constantly comparing ourselves to edited faces, reshaping how we look just to feel desirable, needing a filter to feel normal.

"I started this album thinking I was writing a futuristic dystopia, but I realized I was just documenting the world we're already living in. HADES is a cracked mirror. Beneath the rage, it's a refusal to go numb - a call to feel, to see clearly, and to ask if we can still create something beautiful from the chaos we've been given."

Stream or purchase the album here