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.
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Continuing...
'UNCANNY VALLEY' was a clothing shop. They also has skins with hair as a prop. The whole "shopping for a body".
So there was a costume change between 'UNCANNY VALLEY' and 'THE VATICAN', so we got this hellish looking cathedral, fitting for what we were going into for the next song.
The cathedral gets lit up in blue once the song comes on, making it look "heavenly". Close to when the song ends, everything get lit in a white light, making everything "clearer"
'HELL'S FRONT PORCH' had a wavy and melted looking house and of course the fan in the arch at the bottom. There was warm lighting that really gave it it's summery feel. Sadly, I didn't take a photo of the house when it actually started melting and the lamps caught fire.
I found 'CHATROOM''s backdrop really interesting because it was actually in integral part of the performance. The center screen was a live video from the computer she was sitting at on stage, up until she was dragged away from the computer during the chorus. Then it became another lyric screen. The dancers did smaller dances around the computer until they dragged Melanie away from it, then they started taking up more of the stage.
The thing I found interesting about this performance is that if you solely focused in the screen, you'd miss what was going on around her on stage, but if you solely focused on the stage, you really wouldn't really get to see Melanie. It really felt like one of those "dont focus on one thing" type performances.
'THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH' had a very homey vibe to it. A lot more modern too. She performed on the center stage for this one and had a little living room situation going on with a TV and couch. It really felt like a comfortable home. And of course, things caught fire, and the backdrop became that of an apocalypse, really making her and the other dancer performing with her the last two people on earth.
All in all, I absolutely loved this show/concert and its definitely one I'll never forget. Melanie did an amazing job with the performance, storytelling, and of course, the visual storytelling with the backdrops. This whole concert had me on my feet excited to what she was doing. It was truly and amazing experience!














