Academy (album)

## Singles

"Under the Desk"
Released: November 29th, 2023

"**Academy**" is the third studio album by Melanie Martinez. It was released on October 3rd, 2023, while her second feature film is was released on December 1st, 2023. The deluxe version, *Official Scholar* was released on August 30th, 2024, featuring 4 bonus tracks.

Melanie embarked on the *Academy Tour* beginning on January 5th, 2024, and ending on October 22nd, 2024 in support of the album and the film. The second portion of the tour began on March 10th, 2024 and ended on January 15th, 2025.

## Background & Promotion

Melanie began recording the album in 2017 and finished in 2020. It was officially released on October 3rd, 2023. The standard version of the album has a total of 13 songs. Each track represents an experience Cry Baby had during her time in college.

In an interview with Billboard, (December 2nd, 2019), Melanie revealed that her third album would pick off where Cry Baby is met with the portal. New characters would be introduced and the album would be based off of Cry Baby's experiences in this place. Melanie gave hints throughout the interview revealing that Cry Baby didn't actually go through the portal and ran away, betraying her friends.

On April 28th, 2023, Melanie officially unveiled the album cover on all social media platforms, revealing that the album is titled "Academy". On May 18th, 2023, a teaser trailer for the film was released, revealing that the official title of the film was also titled "Academy". Melanie began promoting the album with projects on July 30th, 2023.

On August 3rd, 2023, the album tracklist was revealed along with the pre-order. The Academy Tour was announced on August 6th, 2023. Fans who pre-ordered the album up until September 4th gained early access to tickets.

Beginning in October 2023, Melanie promoted the album by having the Cry Baby's pink car from the film drive around the world, stopping at various locations to sell exclusive merchandise. The second portion of the Academy Tour was announced on January 27th, 2024 with tickets going on sale four days later.

In an interview with V Magazine, Melanie confirmed that a deluxe version will likely be available in 2024. It was later revealed on February 9th, 2023, via Melanie's Instagram story that the deluxe version would be released in the format of an extended play titled *Official Scholar*.

On February 13rd, 2024, Melanie started a TikTok challenge to show their best "desk dance" to promote Under the Desk as a single.

## Story and theme

The album is set in Cry Baby's college and is told from her perspective. According to Melanie, it is Cry Baby trying to live her life to fullest and squeeze every single juice out of it.

The album also introduces new characters, specifically new friends of Cry Baby, at her college, although Cry Baby is still a main focus.

## Characters

* Cry Baby
* Abigail
* Aurora
* Iris
* Lily
* Evelyn
* Anthony
* Dominic
* Delilah
* Quinn
* Florence
* Ophelia
* Isaac
* Hudson
* Robert
* Henry
* Aunt
* Uncle
* Lilith
* Ms. Leah
* Ms. Claire
* Ms. Audrey
* Mr. Kyle
* Mr. Smith
* Chemistry Professor
* Math Professor
* Astronomy Professor
* Medicine Professor
* Philosophy Professor
* Law Professor
* Psychology Professor
* Linguistics Professor
* The Principal
* Janitor
* Police

## Locations

* Cry Baby's house (featured in Notebook)
* Delight College Academy
	+ Road (featured in Test Me's prelude, Erase Her, and Field Trip's prelude)
	+ Entrance (featured in Test Me)
	+ Garden (featured in Test Me, Absorb, Brain & Heart, and Trophy)
	+ Final Exam Room (featured in Test Me)
	+ Foyer and Staircase (featured in Absorb's prelude, Function's prelude, and Trophy's prelude)
	+ Chemistry Lab (featured in Absorb)
	+ Corridor (featured in Brain & Heart's prelude, Function's prelude, Erase Her, Under the Desk, Lost & Found, and Trophy's prelude)
	+ Lockers (featured in Brain & Heart, Function's prelude, Numbers' prelude, History, Under the Desk's prelude, and Glued's prelude)
	+ Anatomy Classroom (featured in Brain & Heart)
	+ Dorm Rooms (featured in Function)
	+ Math Classroom (featured in Function, and Numbers)
	+ Waiting Room (featured in History's prelude and Erase Her's prelude)
	+ History Classroom (featured in History)
	+ Study Hall (featured in History)
	+ The Principal's Office (featured in Erase Her's prelude)
	+ Campus police's Office (featured in Erase Her)
	+ Counselor's Office (featured in Erase Her)
	+ Abigail's Dorm (featured in Erase Her)
	+ English Classroom (featured in Under the Desk)
	+ Sociology Classroom (featured in Glued's prelude, and Lost & Found's prelude)
	+ Art Classroom (featured in Glued)
	+ Bathroom (featured in Glued)
	+ Archaeology Classroom (featured in Lost & Found's prelude)
	+ Janitor's Closet (featured in Lost & Found's prelude)
	+ Lost and Found Box Room (featured in Lost & Found)
	+ Biological Sciences Class (featured in Field Trip's prelude)
	+ Woodlands (featured in Field Trip)
	+ Lake (featured in Field Trip)
	+ Bridge (featured in Field Trip)
	+ Forest (featured in Field Trip)
	+ College Roof (featured in Trophy's prelude)
	+ Trophy Room (featured in Trophy)
	+ Discipline Room
	+ Astronomy Classroom
	+ Medicine Classroom
	+ Philosophy Classroom
	+ Law Classroom
	+ Psychology Classroom
	+ Linguistics Classroom
	+ College Cafeteria
	+ Basketball Field
	+ Balcony
	+ Window Room
* Doll Factory (featured in Numbers)

## Tracklist

There are 13 tracks on the CD, and a separated 4 additional tracks, also known as Official Scholar, for the deluxe version. There are currently 18 songs that were intended for *Academy,* but only some of them made the final cut, (5 tracks are unreleased, and 13 tracks are released).

There is both an explicit version of the album and a clean version. The standard album contains eleven explicit songs, and two non-explicit songs, while the deluxe version contains sixteen explicit songs, and four non-explicit songs.

* 🅴 indicates the song is explicit, but also has a clean version.

**Official Scholar - Deluxe Edition**

## Cut songs

Melanie had written and recorded various songs between 2017 and 2020 with the intention of including them on the album. The list below are the known tracks that did not appear in the final track list for *Academy*.

### Key

* **Bold** typing indicates that the song has been fully leaked online or officially released.
* *Italic* typing indicates that the song was never released and has yet to leak fully online.

### List

1. "**Decapitated**"
2. "**Classroom Madness**"
3. "*Pictionary*"
4. "**Reading Time**"
5. "**Word Bomb**"

### Concept instrumentals

These are the tracks that were only instrumentals and concepts.

1. "**banana peel**"
2. "**braids drum**"
3. "**night club**"
4. "**nostalgia beat**"
5. "**pencil case**"
6. "**tea time**"
7. "**violin 4 chair**"

## Projects

Projects were a method that Melanie Martinez used to promote her third album, *Academy*. They were released in specific areas around the world and showcased a snippet of a song from the album. There are 13 released projects in total.

## Gallery

All of the photos were shot by Jimmy Fontaine.

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## Physical releases

As part of the promotion, a various amount of versions of *Academy* dropped with album release announcement, including CD and vinyl variants. A few apparel released as well.* CDs
* Vinyl
* Apparel
* Accessories
* Cassette

Standard CDHungry Bear CDLimited Edition Film Cover CD

Alphabet Cereal (Webstore Exclusive)Balloon Digits (Webstore Exclusive)Hot Air Balloon (Barnes & Noble Exclusive)Daisy Vase (Barnes & Noble Exclusive)Glue Spill (Urban Outfitters Exclusive)

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## Trivia

* "Numbers" is the longest song on this album, both on the deluxe and standard version, with the song length at 4 minutes and 40 seconds. "Notebook" is the shortest song on the standard version of the album, lasting for 2 minutes and 31 seconds. "Spin the Bottle" is overall the shortest song on the deluxe version of the album, Official Scholar at 2 minutes and 7 seconds long.
* Melanie's favorite song on the album is Test Me.
* The album 'Academy (Official Scholar - Deluxe Edition)' surpassed 3 billion streams on Spotify.
* The official instrumentals for all of the songs on the standard and deluxe edition have been leaked.
* History had the biggest debut on Spotify and Apple Music, receiving an estimated 991K-998K streams.
* The album debuted on Spotify with 13 million streams.
* The album debuted at #15 on Spotify US Album Charts and #24 on Spotify Weekly Album Charts.
* The album charted for 27 weeks on Billboard 200.
* The Academy album was certified gold by the RIAA on February 28, 2024.
	+ It was then certified platinum on December 15, 2024.
	+ It was then certified 2x multi-platinum on March 9, 2027

* Erase Her's third demo was leaked five days before the album was released.
* "Reading Time" was the first scrapped song to be leaked from the album.
* The album cover was taken by Jimmy Fontaine.
	+ Jimmy Fontaine is the same person who shot the album cover for *PORTALS*, *K-12*, and *METEMPSYCHOSIS*.
* The first known song recorded for Academy is "Notebook", with the last known recorded being "Classroom Madness"
* Melanie thinks the colors pastel salmon, pastel purple, fairy green, and pastel yellow describe this album best.
* Academy is the shortest standard album in Melanie's discography, at 46 minutes and 1 second.

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