A Thousand Ways to Kill Kelly (Album)

***A Thousand Ways to Kill Kelly*** is the upcoming third studio album by American singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez.

## Leaks

Parts of the album were leaked on July 27, 2021, through Discord. These included audio, music video, lyric, cover art and instrumental leaks.

### Leaking order

The leaks happened in the following order:

* Killing Kelly Tour - The tour's existence was confirmed. It is set to begin on June 6, 2026, in Kelly's home.
* "MURDER!" - A lyric snippet was leaked.
* "MURDER!" - An audio snippet was leaked.
* "Burn Kelly" - An image was leaked of the single cover, without text. The song was unknown at the time.
* Rumour - Melanie is said to be known as "Mean Melanie" during the course of this album.
* "MURDER!" - The cover art was leaked.
* "Burn Kelly" - The title was confirmed.
* Unknown song - A lyric snippet was leaked. The song is also speculated to be a demo.
* "MURDER!" - The song was accidentally called "MURDERER!".
* "Burn Kelly" - The leaked image was confirmed to be unfinished and that the final version was unleaked.
* "Burn Kelly" - The final version was leaked soon after.
* Rumour - A song, titled "Favorite Crime" was speculated to be a collaboration with Olivia Rodrigo and scrapped from the album. The song was rumoured to have been sold to Olivia Rodrigo for a solo version.
* Unknown song - An audio snippet of the previously leaked lyrics was leaked.
* "A Thousand Ways to Kill Kelly" - The title track is rumoured to be on the album.
* "A Thousand Ways to Kill Kelly" - An audio snippet of the song was leaked.
* "Burn Kelly" - The pre-chorus and chorus of the song were leaked.
* Second unknown song - A snippet of the instrumental was leaked. It was also rumoured to be titled "Cemetery", "(I Won't Go to Your) Funeral)", "Kelly Is Dead" and "MURDERER".
* "MURDER!" - A snippet of the audio from the music video and instrumental were leaked. Part of the audio was previously leaked.

### Lyric leaks

**A Thousand Ways to Kill Kelly**

* First audio leak - *"There's a thousand ways to kill Kelly / Yeah, a thousand ways to kill Kelly"*.

**Burn Kelly**

* First audio leak - *"Had to choke her because it was bothering me, bothering me / My momma always said if it fucks with you, then fuck with it back, back / I had to hurt her really, really bad / So, I burned Kelly / Burn Kelly / Until she went away / I went and saw her ashes the other day / Burn Kelly, burn Kelly / So, I burned Kelly / Burn Kelly / Until she went away / I went to her funeral and laughed at her grave / Like ha-ha-ha / That's what you get bitch / Burn Kelly, burn Kelly"*.

**MURDER!**

* First lyric leak - *"[Stabbing noises] / Nobody will know"*.
* First audio leak - *"Haha-haha-haha (nobody will know) / Haha-haha-haha-ha[...]"*.
* Second audio leak - *"Haha-haha-haha (nobody will know) / Haha-haha-haha-ha / [Scream]"*.

**Unknown song**

* First lyric leak - *"Honey, oh / Honey, what's that word you call[...]"*.
* First audio leak - *"Honey, oh / Honey, what's that word you call [inaudible]"*.

### Image leaks

"Burn Kelly" single cover."Burn Kelly" unfinished single cover."MURDER!" single cover.
### Other leaks

The album's title was originally revealed to be *Killing Kelly*, but leakers confirmed that this was just a placeholder name, and its official title is *A Thousand Ways to Kill Kelly*.

## Tour

> *Main article: Killing Kelly Tour*
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Melanie is set to embark on the Killing Kelly Tour on June 6, 2026, which begins in Kelly's home.

## Track listing

### Confirmed songs

* "A Thousand Ways to Kill Kelly"
* "Burn Kelly"
* "MURDER!"

### Possible songs

* "Cemetery"
* "(I Won't Go to Your) Funeral"
* "Kelly Is Dead"
* Unknown song
* Second unknown song

## Trivia

* "Favorite Crime" featuring Olivia Rodrigo was scrapped, but Olivia later recorded and released a solo version on her debut album "SOUR"
* Melanie said this is her darkest album yet, but that's why it's her favorite album of hers.