A "void" refers to something that is empty, lacking, or without substance or value. This song finds Melanie Martinez going through some rough times with severe anxiety, sadness, and overthinking. She feels like she's stuck in a bottomless pit of self-criticism. In other words, a void. Martinez needs to dig deep to find her inner light. The song starts with Martinez realizing something's wrong inside her and feeling society is to blame for some of it. But she knows she's the only one who can judge herself. The chorus focuses on the negative voices in Martinez' head that bring down her self-esteem. She wants to escape this void and turn down those voices, but it's easier said than done. In the post-chorus, Melanie uses the image of confessing to a priest to symbolize her own self-evaluation and quest to defeat her dark side. She describes herself as feeling tangled up in her own thoughts and emotions, like a bloody mess. Martinez released "Void" as the second single from Portals. The album contains 13 tracks about death, grief and what lies beyond. The singer wrote most of the songs in her home's "portal room" - a space she described to Apple Music as "an entry point for benevolent spirits to come and rest on their journey." Portals begins with the song "Death," which is about the initial shock and pain of losing someone close to you. "Void," the second track, is about the numbness and confusion that can come with grief. "'Void' has many layered meanings for me aside from it being generally about my anxiety, my tendency to overthink, and being overly critical of myself," explained Martinez. "It is also the second stage of the afterlife that I found was the most commonly described experience in hypnotherapy. It is about finding yourself in a dark place that feels like an endless abyss of self-criticism. There is not God, nor man there are able to judge you. You are left alone with your harshest critic, yourself, and the only way out is to find The light within." "Void" was the first song Melanie Martinez fully produced on her own. She started with the bass guitar top line, which she had recorded in a voice memo a few days earlier. The chorus melody and lyrics came naturally while looping the bassline. Martinez added a basic programmed drum loop that Rhys Hastings later replaced and mixed with live drums.
Melanie is a full hands on creative. She is in total control of every aspect of her art from scrums design, set design, writing and every production( this was the first song she not only wrote but produced. Every album has accompanying visuals and this is her 3rd album and aer that follows a character that was at once human but has died and reincarnated as a nymph. All of her songs have ,ultiplr meaminf and her first 2 albums correlate real world child, teen and adult problems within a ctoryline about growing up and the second about school and how much the lessons we learn outside of the Curriculum and within social relationship can teach us lesson just as important them a book. This newest album is more spiritual in Melanie’s own way p (not religious spiritual) and introduced the creature nymph prosthetics it’s kind a comeback after a 4 year hiatus. We will get videos for every song on the album just like her lad an albums. Although her second album is accompanied by a movie she wrote and directed.
As a big Melanie fan I've gotta say this song is a slow burn for me, it took many many Encounters and each Listen I gradually loved it more and more but I definitely didn't start off loving it😊❤
Melanie is actually a really great actor! She's made so many music videos for her albums, 13 for her first album and 3 so far for her recent release. For her second album she created and entire musical movie (I saw it in theatres!) for which she wrote, storyboarded, directed, produced, costume designed, co-edited.. the list just goes on. Check out her older stuff from the album Crybaby to see her acting without the character prosthetics 🤣 Or maybe watch her movie, K-12 Her current album is really a concept album and this is her character. It's basically her spirit in the afterlife. But thank you for being so understanding of her art, it can be overwhelming for newcomers but the fans get it
Ran across u today, listening to your reactions to a capella now. I love PTX, Home Free, Voctav and VoicePlay. Could you do a couple from VoicePlay like, Creep, Valhalla Calling, In the Air To Night and their newest one Black Hole Sun. 😂🤣😂🤣 Watching hour reaction to Martinez, she is different and takes some getting used to. I know she started on one of the programs on TV, I think it was The Voice. Love how you feel about music.
