thebloojae

K-12

Item: K-12
Rating: 9.5
Author: thebloojae

Melanie Martinez (2019)

9.5/ 10

“Breaking the Sophmore Album Curse ”

“K-12 was the perfect follow up to the insanely successful crybaby. After recording 13 stellar music videos for that record Melanie went heads in deep with another concept record made entirely with a film that dropped the same night (and became free on top of it). K-12 while being my preferred album to crybaby has 1 song that even in the film that didn’t feel as seamless to the record which to me is Recess . While having great vocals the song itself doesn’t feel like a true closer like High School Sweethearts is. The first 12 tracks however make my favorite work that Melanie has done to date (before hades comes out tomorrow). The school narrative similar to crybaby being ever present as ever allows the listener once agent to be sucked in to her perfect world. K-12 graduated from the school of pop perfection. Top 3: High School Sweethearts, Lunchbox Friends, Show & Tell”