Melanie Martinez, the multi-platinum alternative pop sensation, is set to commence her first-ever tour in Asia in January 2024, extending her globally acclaimed PORTALS Tour to the continent. Starting on January 19 in Tokyo, the tour will have stops in Seoul, Manila, and Singapore.
The PORTALS Tour, where Martinez assumes the persona of her newly reborn alter ego “Cry Baby,” recently witnessed sold-out performances across North America. In the upcoming months, the tour is scheduled to captivate audiences in Mexico, Europe, and the UK.
The PORTALS Tour celebrates the recent arrival of Martinez’s blockbuster new album, PORTALS, available now in an expanded deluxe digital edition featuring three additional new tracks here. The album became Melanie’s highest charting debut on the Billboard 200 upon its release earlier this year, arriving at #2 – Martinez’s third consecutive Billboard 200 Top 10 album debut.
PORTALS includes the hit singles, “VOID” and “DEATH,” both of which 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 #1 on YouTube’s Trending “Top Music Videos” chart and now boasts over 31M 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 115M views across all socials. The track and its compelling companion visual earned praise from the likes of Billboard, which raved, “The avant-garde pop auteur creates bold, expansive worlds with each project…While the dramatic five-minute track can be connected to her artistic reawakening, the kinetic drums and electronic elements will also make listeners feel reborn, too.”
Melanie Martinez: PORTALS Asia Tour will take place at the World Trade Center on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Live Nation Philippines’ members can secure tickets first during the exclusive LNPH Pre-Sale on Wednesday, October 18 from 10 am until 11:59 pm local time. Register for presale access at livenation.ph. General ON sale will start Thursday, October 19 at 12 pm local time at www.smtickets.com and SM Tickets outlets.
For details, ticket information, visit: livenation.ph.
About Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez is a multi-platinum, 14 billion-streaming alt-pop phenomenon. Her newest release, Portals, is her highest-charting album to date with a Billboard 200 #2 debut. The album features the official first single “Void,” written and produced by Martinez, along with “Death,” her first original song to debut on Billboard’s Hot 100 and her biggest first-week streams to date.
Portals marked the 28-year-old singer-songwriter-filmmaker’s first full-length release in nearly four years, following her 2.4 billion-streaming, RIAA Gold-certified second album, K-12. A sensation upon its release, K-12 entered the Billboard 200 at #3, debuting at #1 on the Alternative album chart and #1 on the Soundtrack album chart. Hailed by Forbes as “a perfect conceptual album in the streaming age,” K-12 also served as a soundtrack companion to an eerily enchanting musical film written, directed and starring Martinez, debuting as the sixth highest grossing film in the U.S. on the day of its September 3, 2019 theatrical release, with one-night-only screenings in over 425 cinemas in 32 countries. It now boasts over 113 million views on YouTube.
Martinez truly set forth on what has proven a remarkable creative journey with her 2015 debut album, Cry Baby, amassing over 6.5 billion worldwide streams along with 2x RIAA Platinum certification. Martinez continues to bring her vision to an array of diverse enterprises and has also shown herself to be an unforgettable live performer via sold-out headline tours and festival performances around the world.
PORTALS Tour Asia:
Toyosu Pit, TOKYO — FRI, JAN 19
Venue To Be Announced, SEOUL — SUN, JAN 21
World Trade Center, MANILA — TUE, JAN 23
Singapore Expo, SINGAPORE — THU, JAN 25
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