“DEATH” was originally teased as a 12-second snippet released exclusively to Spotify announcing the return of Melanie Martinez, after she began her musical hiatus after releasing her sophomore album “K-12". After an hour of the snippet being up on Spotify, Melanie posted a snippet of the intro on Instagram.

The song is a metaphor for the human experience of life, death, and rebirth; a haunting and introspective exploration of death and the afterlife. Melanie sings about a spirit who has returned from the dead and is struggling to connect with the living. Despite the efforts of those left behind to draw the spirit back in, the barriers are too strong to overcome.