Prismatic (Album)

Prismatic is American singer Ellise 's 2nd studio album, following the release of her last extended play, Stranger//Stalker. It was inspired by alternative rock band Florence + The Machine's sophomore album, Ceremonials.

Background
On December 24th, 2021, Bloodline was released with a music video, as "a cute surprise for my fans 💓 el2 in 2022, lets goo 😎", as announced on Twitter.

On January 14th, 2022, Lost was released with a music video, as "a taste of the more live, theatrical, element of el2 🎭"

On February 10th, 2022, Ellise did a Twitter Q&A about the album, and confirmed two track titles, that there would be merchandise, and the inspiration behind the album.

On February 11th, 2022, Sour Heart was released as the final single from the album, alongside a music video and the announcement of the album's cover, release date, and the standard tracklist.

On March 1st, 2022, Ellise accidentally made an outtake from the album, titled Masks, public on SoundCloud.

On March 11th, 2022, the album was released, with a music video for Prismatic.

Starting a few days after the album's release, Ellise went on a world tour for the album, performing the entire standard album, along with two of the deluxe tracks, Mirror, and Pink. At one concert, she performed Green. At different concerts, either songs from Chaotic or songs from Stranger//Stalker were performed as an encore. During interludes, she explained the meanings behind different songs.

On April 15th, 2022, the deluxe edition of the album was released as a surprise release, with a music video for Mirror, continuing from the storyline of Prismatic ' s music video.

Theme
This album is a compilation of songs written based on different experiences in Ellise's life, featuring as a collection, put together into a story. Ellise has stated that the album is intended to be performed live.

Outtakes
Underlined text indicates that the song has leaked in full.
 * Green
 * Masks
 * Nobody (Studio Version)

Trivia

 * Ellise has stated that "flo + the machine's ceremonial album is a whole vibe and it lowkey inspired prismatic, i sampled like five songs from it".
 * Puzzle Pieces features a sample of Leave My Body.
 * Sour Heart features a sample of Bedroom Hymns.
 * Bloodline features a sample of Landscape - Demo.
 * Aimless features a sample of Breath Of Life.
 * Yellow features a sample of Strangeness And Charm.
 * Ruin features a sample of What The Water Gave Me.
 * Blue features a sample of Breaking Down.
 * Lost features a sample of All This And Heaven Too.
 * Prismatic features a sample of Spectrum.
 * Mirror features a sample of Lover To Lover.
 * Seven Devils is a cover of Seven Devils.
 * Pink features a sample of Remain Nameless.
 * Nobody features a sample of No Light, No Light.
 * Green features a sample of Heartlines.
 * Masks features a sample of Never Let Me Go.
 * The cover art for the album and its singles use edited pictures from the Chaotic Virtual Live show because Ellise "wanted to capture the more live vibes of this album, compared to my last one".
 * On May 23rd, 2022, after fan demand, Ellise posted the official instrumentals, stems, and original files for every song on the album, on an additional page on her website.
 * These mistakenly included the original file for Green, Ellise later commenting "oh well, she's a good song, idk why i even scrapped her 💀 stream her if you want, we'll pretend it was a deliberate surprise gift for you all <3".
 * Two weeks before the album's release, Ellise accidentally made the private upload of Masks on SoundCloud public. It was later deleted, however fans reuploaded the track.
 * Ellise commented "oopsy- she was the first song for the album, strong chaotic vibes, i guess its a nice transition to the new era!".
 * Ellise has joked that she deliberately made the upload public, however this is not confirmed.
 * The version of Nobody featured on the deluxe version of the album is the acoustic version, however the studio produced version later leaked after Lilspirit played the song during a Twitch livestream.