Melanie Martinez Portals Explained: It Was Always a Return

Everyone talks about Portals like it's about a death. I think it's about a return. Melanie Martinez spent years reading past life regression therapy books, accounts from people under hypnosis describing what happens between dying and being born again. Every song on this album is one stage of that. So I went through all of it. Every song, the whole visual world, where that look actually came from, and the thing I keep coming back to at the end. She calls it a circle. I think it's a spiral. You don't come back to the same place, you come back able to see more. I'm an artist and a graphic designer of over 10 years, so this is me telling you what I see. What did I miss? I know you caught things I didn't. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:40 Her inspiration for the album 04:32 Art style 07:14 Death 08:55 Void 10:56 Tunnel Vision 12:18 Faerie Soirée 13:36 Light Shower 15:26 Spider Web 18:20 Leeches 19:43 Battle of the Larynx 20:52 The Contortionist 22:03 Moon Cycle 23:06 Nymphology 25:32 Evil 26:11 Womb 28:23 Powder 28:56 Pluto 29:33 Milk of the Siren 32:06 What is Portals actually about? 📚 MY BOOK A World Within, written and drawn by me Paperback and Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/World-Within-A... Hardcover: https://www.aristravelsphere.com/prod... ✨ MORE Website, 1:1 creative coaching and free downloads: https://www.aristravelsphere.com Substack: https://substack.com/@aristravelsphere Instagram: @aristravelsphere My aerial and circus channel: @ariscircusphere Self-publishing series:    • How to Self-Publish a Children's Book (Com...