Choraxas (Album)

Choraxas (also known as babylon ) is the full length third studio album by Melanie Martinez released through Lazy cat Records & Anthrax Records on May 2, 2021 mainly through Digital Download, Vinyl, CD & Cassette. The album debuted at #1 on the billboard 100 album chart and sold 78,000 copies in its first week

Melanie embarked on the Choraxas World Tour beginning June 1, 2021 and ending on November 23, 2021. the second leg of the tour entitled the Choraxas World Tour 2.0 began on January 19, 2022 and ending on March 25, 2022. the final leg of the tour entitled the Choraxas Mini Tour began on May 4, 2022 and ended on May 14, 2022

Background
The album was recorded from early January to mid 2021. The album was completed on December 19, 2020 according to Jack Antonoff

On January 1, 2020 during a instagram Q&A a fan asked "when will you release new music"? Melanie answered the question by saying that she would release her third album sometime in march or may of 2021

During a interview with V Magazine on January 10, 2020 Melanie revealed that she had started recording for her next album

on January 24, 2020 Melanie posted a snippet of &quot;Queendom&quot; with The caption &quot;Shh....&quot;.

on February 13, 2020 Melanie posted a snippet of &quot;Lights, Camera, Fashion!&quot; on her Tiktok with the caption &quot;Lights, Camera, Fashion!&quot;.

On February 24, 2020 &quot;Jewelry Box&quot; was registered on Melanie’s BMI and Songfile

On March 6, 2020 Melanie posted a instagram story of her and Micheal Keenan in the studio producing a song. The song was later revealed to be the albums promotional single &quot;Lights, Camera, Fashion!&quot;

During a interview with Billboard Melanie revealed that her next album [Choraxas] would be a lot more [darker] then her previous works

During a instagram live a fan asked Melanie if she would release her new album in 2020. Melanie answered by saying no, it will probably come out in mid 2021 or early 2022

During a livestream Melanie did for the release of &quot;Queendom&quot;, she described the album as &quot;a very dark."She also mentioned that she was still working on it, possibly signifying a change from its initial direction.

On June 14, 2020 a teaser for the film was released on Melanies YouTube channel. The trailer revealed the name of the album and film &quot;Choraxas&quot;.

On July 16, 2020 &quot;The Sunrise&quot;, &quot;The Sunset&quot; & &quot;The Night&quot; were all leaked in high-quality by a unknown user on SoundCloud

On July 19, 2020 Melanie posted a snippet of the track "Walk On Water" to her Instagram. She later archived the post but the video remained available on her Facebook page.

On July 22, 2020 a second teaser trailer for the film was released. A third teaser was released on July 27, 2020 along with the album and film's release date. On August 6, 2020, a preview featuring clips of the movie and a snippet of a new song, later revealed to be Walk On Water, was premiered at the MTV Movie Awards. Melanie began promoting the album with Faeries on August 24, 2020.

On August 27, 2020 Melanie tweeted &quot;Lights, Camera, Fashion!&quot; teasing the albums Promotional single &quot;Lights, Camera, Fashion!&quot;

On November 23, 2020 Melanie created a radio station called &quot;Babylon Radio&quot; were she would debut the singles from the album

On December 3, 2020 Melanie tweeted &quot;Get Ready FOR.. A NEW SINGLE On 2020/12/15&quot; meaning that &quot;Queendom&quot; would be released on December 15, 2020

On December 14, 2020 Melanie hosted a livestream for the release of, Queendom The Stream began at 1:10pm (EST) and ended at 5:26pm (EST).

On December 15, 2020 &quot;Queendom&quot; was released with a music video & lyric video on YouTube. The music video accumulated 890K+ views in one hour.

On June 3, 2021 a book entitled &quot;The Choraxas Coloring Book&quot; was released at Barnes & Nobles to promote the album

Recording Sessions
The following is a list of known dates on which Martinez was in the studio, either writing or recording songs for the album.

2020

 * January 25 (the demo of Queendom is recorded)
 * January 29 (Upon A Dream is conceptualized)
 * February 6
 * February 10
 * February 13 (the demo of Upon A Dream & Needle & Thread are recorded)
 * February 19
 * February 24 (Sky Hight is conceptualized)
 * February 28
 * March 4 (the second demo of Queendom is recorded)
 * March 7
 * March 10
 * March 13 (Nebula Hexagon & Getaway Car)

Tracklist

 * extra_column = Producer(s)
 * headline = Digital Edition
 * title1 = Queendom
 * extra1 = Keenan, Winter
 * length1 = 3:12
 * title2 = Sky High
 * extra2 = Björk, FKA Twigs
 * length2 = 2:22
 * title3 = Needle & Thread
 * extra3 = Keenan, Bean, Winter
 * length3 = 4:41
 * title4 = Nebula Hexagon (ft Ashnikko)
 * extra4 = K&OL, Keenan
 * length4 = 3:09
 * title5 = Sunshine
 * extra5 = Bean, Winter
 * length5 = 3:45
 * title6 = Upon A Dream
 * extra6 = Björk, Winter
 * length6 = 2:13
 * title7 = Getaway Car (ft Brendon Urie)
 * extra7 = Keenan, One Love
 * length7 = 3:17

Chapters
On streaming platforms, 4 distinct EPs, called "chapters", featuring thematic compositions of songs from the album were released in January and March 2021.

Melanie introduced the chapters' releases in a tweet, explaining that "the songs on Choraxas fit together in different groups and “chapters” - based on how they fit together thematically".

The first chapter, called The Warm Feelings Chapter, was released on January 11.