ASTEROID BELT (album)

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## *ASTEROID BELT*

* Standard Edition
* Japanese Edition
* Standard Back
* Japanese Back
* CD #1
* CD #2
* CD #3

## Studio Album

### Genre

Alternative, indie pop, ballad, trap, dark pop, punk pop, pop rock, electropop, bubblegum pop, Folk, indie rock, Classical

### Tracks

17
24 (Deluxe Edition)

### Length

1:17:47
1:49:23 (Deluxe Edition)
1:57:49 (Kilo Deluxe Edition)

### Label

Atlantic Records
Warner/Chappell Music

### Producer(s)

Melanie Martinez
Kinetics & One Love (Jeremy Dussolliet and Timothy Sommers)
CJ Baran
Verde
Michael Keenan
Phoebe Ryan
Felix Snow
Jennifer Decilveo
Kara DioGuardi
Blake Slatkin
Kyle Shearer
Michael Miller
The 23rd
Pearl Lion
Cautious Clay (Deluxe/Joshua Karpeh)

## Singles

1. "APHRODITE"
Released: February 20th, 2022
2. "IRIS"
Released: February 20th, 2022
3. "FLORA"
Released: February 21st, 2022
4. "DORIS"
Released: February 21st, 2022
5. "ARIADNE"
Released: February 21st, 2022

"***ASTEROID BELT***" is the fifth studio album by Melanie Martinez. It was released on February 22nd, 2022, with a film that came out in April 23rd, 2023, by Atlantic Records through digital download, CD, cassette and vinyl. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 313,000 total copies sold in its first week.

It is apart of the series "A Journey Through Space", along with "PLANETARY", "TRANSNEPTUNIANS", "MOONLIGHT", "GALAXY7", "CONSTELLATIONS", "COSMIC WEB", "universal escape" and "cherubs in the sky".

Melanie embarked on the *ASTEROID BELT Tour* beginning on April 31st, 2022, and ending on November 12th, 2022, in support of the album. The second leg of the tour, titled the "*ASTEROID BELT Winter Tour*" began on January 3rd, 2023, and ended on March 1st, 2023. The third leg, titled the *ASTEROID BELT Autumn Tour*, began on September 3rd, 2023, and ended on November 29th, 2023.

## Background

### 2021

On November 2nd, 2021, Melanie posted a tweet on Twitter saying "𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔧𝔲𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔰, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔡 ❃ 𓋇.", an hour later she posted a snippet of the music videos for VESTA and METIS with the caption saying "ASTEROID BELT, 2/22", fans then immediately thought she was referring to the rumour that was spreading in 2020 that an album that will be released in January-February 2022. A few weeks later, a song was distributed among streaming services under Melanie's name, titled "RUBBER BAND HEART", which would later turn out to be an edited variant of the song "IRIS", the second single for the album.

Later in December 29th, She posted 2 YouTube Shorts with the titles being "𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢" and "𝔡𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔰".

## Release & promotion

The promotion for *ASTEROID BELT* was the second time Melanie released animated snippets alongside animated visuals to tease the upcoming project, this was later on used for her sixth studio album, *LA FORÊT MYSTÉRIEUSE*. January 28th, 2022, She released the snippets for VESTA, ASTRAEA, HYGIEA, SAPPHO, ARIADNE, FORTUNA, VICTORIA, PERSEPHONE on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Instagram.

### Asteroid hatching

*Main article: Asteroid hatching*
Starting on February 3rd, the new promotion strategy was introduced, and implied continuously. The promotion happens when a fan account, usually on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok platforms, is contacted exclusively by *Atlantic Records* (the label releasing *ASTEROID BELT*), and inquiring them regarding the user's address. It typically takes 2-3 days to receive the expected package, which withheld a synthetic egg adorned by fake moss with an accompanying note. The note read as follows:

*Hatch me*
*A piece of the puzzle has been given to you*
*Eat the shell, eat the goo*
*What's inside is important, so please do share*
*I trust that you'll handle this asteroid with care*

When the egg is shattered, a USB drive connected to a tropical white morning-glory is revealed. The drive contained a hard copy of a particular snippet in M4A format.

### Lyric reveal page

The lyric reveal page was a list of all 17 tracks on the album and their lyrics. The lyric reveal page was first announced on February 8th through Melanie's Instagram stories and it officially confirmed the track list for *ASTEROID BELT*.

* **9 February 2022:** The lyric page link was shared on Martinez's Instagram stories, featuring the lyrics for "ASTEROID BELT".
* **10 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "ASTEROID BELT" and unlocked "VESTA", officially revealing lyrics to the song.
* **11 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "VESTA" and unlocked "APHRODITE", officially revealing the lyrics to the song.
* **12 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "APHRODITE" and unlocked "DESDEMONA", officially revealing the lyrics to the song.
* **13 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "DESDEMONA" and unlocked "ASTRAEA", officially revealing the lyrics to the song.
* **14 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "ASTRAEA" and unlocked "IRIS", officially revealing the lyrics to the song.
* **15 February 2022:** The lyric page eventually locked "IRIS" and unlocked "HYGIEA", officially revealing the lyrics to the song.
* **16 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "HYGIEA" and unlocked "FLORA".
* **17 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "FLORA" and unlocked "JUNO", officially revealing the lyrics to the song.
* **18 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "JUNO" and unlocked two lyrics for the first time: "SAPPHO" and "DORIS", revealing the lyrics for the both of the song.
* **19 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "SAPPHO" and "DORIS" and unlocked "ARIADNE" and "FORTUNA"
* **20 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "ARIADNE" and "FORTUNA" and unlocked "METIS"
	+ It was the same day as the two singles for the album, "APHRODITE" and "IRIS" were released.
* **21 February 2022:** The lyric page locked "METIS" and unlocked three lyrics for the first time: "VICTORIA", "IRENE" and "PERSEPHONE"
	+ Three singles, "FLORA", "DORIS" and "ARIADNE" were also released on the same day.
* **22 February 2022:** The lyric page released all the track lyrics at once, marking the official global release of the album.

## Commercial & chart performance

Globally, the album was a commercial success. It represents Melanie's highest debut week gross, reaching almost 315,000 copies, 4.9 times higher than ghosts. The album debuted atop the Australian and New Zealand Charts, becoming her first chart-topper in those countries respectively. The album reached the Top 3 in the UK, Scotland, Ireland and the United States becoming her highest charting album in all of them. Elsewhere, the album reached the Top 10 in The Netherlands, Germany and Lithuania. The album also appeared in the Top 30 in both Belgium regions, Finland, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

Notably, the album is on track on being Melanie's best selling album to date.

## Theme

In an interview with Apple Music, Melanie had revealed the theme of the album, stating:

> *Like the other albums and EPs on this series, i wanted to make it a space-themed and a Greek/Roman mythology vibe, since half of the asteroids are named after gods and goddesses from Greek and Roman mythology.*
> Melanie Martinez
>
>

## Singles

Before *ASTEROID BELT* was released, She released 5 singles off of the album. The last single was released a minute before the release of the album.

* "APHRODITE" is the lead single off of "*ASTEROID BELT*". It was released on February 20th, 2022, along with "IRIS".
* "IRIS" is the second single off of "*ASTEROID BELT*". It was released on February 20th, 2022, along with "APHRODITE".
* "FLORA" is the third single off of "*ASTEROID BELT*". It was released on February 21st, 2022, along with "DORIS" and "ARIADNE".
* "DORIS" is the fourth single off of "*ASTEROID BELT*". It was released on February 21st, 2022, along with "FLORA" and "ARIADNE"
* "ARIADNE" is the fifth single off of "*ASTEROID BELT*". It was released on February 21st, 2022, along with "FLORA" and "DORIS".

"APHRODITE""IRIS""FLORA""DORIS""ARIADNE"
## Tracklist

There are 17 tracks on the CD, and a separated 7 additional tracks, also known as *GALAXY7*, for the deluxe version. There are currently 18 songs that were intended for ASTEROID BELT, but only some of them made the final cut, (31 tracks are unreleased, and 17 tracks are released). It is currently unknown how many songs she made for ASTEROID BELT.

There is both an explicit version of the album and a clean version. The standard album contains fourteen explicit songs, and three non-explicit songs, while the deluxe version contain six explicit songs, and one non-explicit song.

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

**GALAXY7 – Deluxe Edition**

**CONSTELLATIONS - Kilo Deluxe Edition**

 **COSMIC WEB - Mega Deluxe Edition**

**universal escape - Giga Deluxe Edition**

**Apple Music (bonus video)**

 **Japanese Edition**

## Cut songs

Melanie had some songs between 2020 and 2022 with the intention of including them on this album. This list is of known songs which didn't make the final cut.

### 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. "**Amphitrite**"
2. "*Atalanta*"
3. "*Athene*"
4. "**Alkmene**"
5. "Aegina"
6. "**Aurora**"
7. "*Antigone*"
8. "**Bellona**"
9. "**Cybele**"
10. "**Circe**"
11. "**Dynamene**"
12. "**Demeter**"
13. "**Diana**"
14. "**Danaë**"
15. "**Egeria**"
16. "**Echo**"
17. "**Euphrosyne**"
18. "*Euterpe*"
19. "**Eros**"
20. "**Freia**"
21. "**Feronia**"
22. "*Harmonia*"
23. "**Iphigenia**"
24. "**Lilaea**"
25. "**Leukothea**"
26. "**Melpomene**"
27. "**Mnemosyne**"
28. "**Medea**"
29. "**Massalia**"
30. "**Nemausa**"
31. "**Nemesis**"
32. "**Polyhymnia**"
33. "**Psyche**"
34. "**Proserpina**"
35. "**Parthenope**"
36. "**Pomona**"
37. "*Panopaea*"
38. "**Toutatis**"
39. "**Themis**"
40. "**Thetis**"
41. "Terpsichore"
42. "**Urania**"

### Concept Instrumentals

These are the tracks that were only instrumentals and concepts.

1. "**idea 1 hello over inst**"
2. "**idea 4 hello over inst**"
3. "**Hello? Over**"
4. "**acoustic gtr vibe**"
5. "**demo eunomia**"
6. "**euphrosyne piano synth beat**"
7. "**melanie in space**"
8. "**GNr rough 54 v2**"
9. "**hello over v2**"
10. "**the harp of peace demo**"
11. "**erotic loviedovy**"
12. "**sleepy wagon**"

### Uncomfirmed songs

1. "**Big Bang"**
2. "**Remnant Low**"

## Assignments

Assignments were a method that Melanie Martinez used to promote her sophomore album *K-12* and her fifth studio album *ASTEROID BELT*. They were released in specific areas around the world and showcased a snippet of a song from the album. There are 17 released assignments in total.

## Trivia

* This is the only album of Melanie that doesn't have a "taboo" song.
	+ It is possible that "Eros", "Parthenope" and "Thetis" were originally going to be the "taboo" song.
* "APHRODITE" and "FLORA" are the longest songs on this album, both on the deluxe and standard version, with the song length at 5 minutes and 51 seconds.
	+ "JUNO" is the shortest song on the standard version of the album, lasting for 2 minutes and 45 seconds.
	+ "ANDROMEDA" is the longest song on the deluxe version of the album, with the song length being 5 minutes and 42 seconds long.
	+ "TRIANGULUM" is the shortest song on the deluxe version of the album, at 2 minutes and 32 seconds long.
* Melanie's favorite song on the album is "ARIADNE".
* The first known song recorded for ASTEROID BELT is "Melpomene", with the last known song recorded being "SAPPHO".
	+ Due to SAPPHO being the last recorded, it was going to be renamed and put in GALAXY7 but the idea was later scrapped.
* One of the concept instrumentals, "euphrosyne piano synth beat", is a possible early version of "PSYCHE", even though it has "Euphrosyne" in it's name.
* The song "winter" is the track that played in the background during the scene where Cry Baby and Angelita open the door to the room with ghosts dancing in K-12.
* "Pomona" was the first scrapped track to leak from the album.

## Gallery

Scrapped Japanese coverScrapped Standard backDORIS' second coverIRIS' second coverTrack listUnedited track list image

## Inspiration

* Cry Baby by Melanie Martinez
* K-12 by Melanie Martinez
* After School EP by Melanie Martinez
* PORTALS by Melanie Martinez
* Mythology by SnoeLeopard
* SOLAR SYSTEM by .mispurgatory
* Ghostly Daylight by iamjune22

## Notes

1. The font i used for the logo is Marola.
2. The font i used for the AJTS logo is Wicked Seventies/Seventies.
3. Image credits to @foureyednymph, @ev\_exclusive and @tomuchmelanie on Instagram.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/foureyednymph/
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/ev\_.exclusive/
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/tomuchmelanie/
4. ↑ they make the best ai photos, change my mind <3

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