Just went to the first HADES concert and it was SO FUCKIN GOOD. I can't wait for more pople to see. It was really such an amazing performance and makes me so excited to what Melanie does with the music videos.
(Spoiler pics & rant under cut)
First and foremost, as an artist I was INFATUATED with the backgrounds for each song. Sadly I dont have all of them because I took pictures of some with my digital camera and haven't pulled those yet.
It really felt less like a concert and more like a performance, and the environments really added to the story she was telling
This was 'GARBAGE's. It really encapsulated Circle's (Melanie's character) beginning life as a cultist and being blinded by the "perfect" life.
'IS THIS A CULT?' Being on the inside now, the enviorment is ghostly. Disillusioned and questioning the power and systems in place.
'POSSESSION' was on my digi, but it was lighter. A white shelf with trinkets, someone's "possessions", if you will.
'WHITE BOY WITH A GUN', again inside. Seems fine at a glance, but there's cobwebs and whatnot, hinting at negligence. Circle and the actor played the part of a toxic wife/husband dynamic. Circle, being the girl boss she is, killed him.
'DISNEY PRINCESS' was also in my digi, but it was a pink castle.
Then due to Cirlce goung against the grain, THIS HAPPENS
In the story, this was the leaders punishing Circle for going against what they wanted and infusing her with a chemical that would make her more compliant and perform for us.
Watching this animation was so fucking AWESOME.
'GRUDGES'. Getting into the darker stuff, the house lost it's light whimsy, there a giant fucking bug (which i totally realized was there before putting this picture up haha) and the red all over the center stage. Brought the angry energy to this. The red light flashed a lot too.
'MONOPOLY MAN' was a bank. 'Nuff said
She sang to someone on the center stage for 'AVOIDANT', so the camera was on them the entire time.
'MONOLITH' was also one where the camera was on her. She had everyone put on their flashlights for this one and there were balls of light around her and the dancers on the center stage.
'WEIGHT WATCHERS' OMFG I LOVED THIS ONE. Not only was the performance itself great, but the background was too. Not only is this doll open for presumed surgery to remove her organs to make her thinner and smaller(vital ones at that),they removed some of those organs for a fetus (for the pregnancy line), and THE DOLL FUKN MOVED TO THE MUSIC. Not enough to distract from the stage and the performance going on, but slightly to the beats of the chorus. It was easily my favorite.
'THE PLAGUE' was a hospital wing, self explanatory, and occasionally a projection of rats would be on the center stage.
'BATSHIT INTELLEGENCE' is the house from 'GRUDGES' (talking about the same "house")but a little brighter so you can see the cracks in it and the foundation. Bats also flew across the house.
'GUTTER' QNOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITES WITH THE ANIMATION OMFGGGGG
So we start with this, houses made of wood, obviously not as extravagant as the houses or buildings we've seen before, very obviously poorer people's housing.
Then as we're talking about taking away people's ability to afford housing and afford to live, around the second chorus/bridge, feet come down and crush all the houses leaving
THIS
I was so into the story, I forgot to take a picture or video of it happening, but yeah, the came, crushed people's homes and left a burning pyre in their wake.
(I can only do 10 photos at a time i shall come back to this when I have time)


















