Mars Argo (album)

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Mars Argo (originally titled Guppy) is the self-titled debut full-length solo studio album by American singer and songwriter Mars Argo. It was released on October 8th, 2022, by her record label, Guppy Records. It was her first musical release without involvement from Titanic Sinclair or other band members.

Background
Argo separated from Sinclair in January 2014, soon resulting in the end of their joint collaborations for the Grocerybag YouTube channel and their planned second studio album.

Early Recording As Guppy
Argo first announced to Tumblr on December 21st, 2014, that she had begun working on new music. She described the genre as 'death pop', in comparison to past band material she considered alternative pop music. Argo posted a new demo from the project, "Momma", a few months later, on March 24th, 2015.

That month, Argo worked on merchandise for the project, including a beaded 'DEATH POP' bracelet, revealed through a "Guppyfeels" Tumblr page, as well as a prescription pill bottle containing 'Happy Heart' candy pills. Sinclair later discovered this plan and instructed Poppy and Børns to similarly sell candy pill bottles at their concerts and on their merchandise sites.

On August 17th, 2015, Argo reposted a Vine previewing the song "Angry" to Tumblr, confirming that the album was still in development. That month, she also created a "guppymusic" Twitter account, which she had followed on her "marsargo" account until May 2nd, 2021.

It was officially announced in an interview with Nylon Japan that new solo music was coming in January 2016. This, however, never came. It was eventually confirmed in a lawsuit by Argo on April 17th, 2018, that she scrapped the project altogether after Sinclair released his "Trust Fund" single, with a cover artwork referencing her candy pill bottles, and a B-side, "Guppy", named after the project.

Reworking Into Mars Argo
Following the cancelation of the original album, which had a scheduled release date for January 2016, Argo started rethinking the concept of her debut album. Throughout this year, the artist was silent on any news about upcoming music. This lasted until early 2017 when she seemingly started posting lyrics again, confirming that she had been writing songs in the meantime.

On April 17th, 2018, Argo filed a lawsuit against Sinclair. In it she described the abuse she had been experiencing from him, but also had opened up on questions regarding new music, confirming that she was still in the process of recording. After the lawsuit's involved parties had reached a settlement on September 14th that year, Argo's lawyer confirmed that she was ready to move on both "personally and professionally", indicating that she would continue to work on her upcoming album.

On April 5th, 2019, Argo confirmed to Twitter that she had been "writing songs in [her] sleep again", indicating a possibility of new music heading towards release. On June 13th, 2021, Argo posted an anonymous ask to her Tumblr page which simply stated "2019", potentially indicating towards a 2019 album release date. However, no new music from her had been announced or released that year. Argo continued posting possible song lyrics to her Tumblr page throughout 2020, and when a fan had asked her why she was "teasing" the songs, she confirmed that she was still in the process of writing them and that they were not done yet. In another answer, she confirmed that she would not be giving an announcement for the album yet, because "[she] likes surprises".

On May 26th, 2020, Argo posted to her Instagram story a screenshot of a FaceTime call with an unknown person. American musician and actor Luke Banter posted the same screenshot to his story causing fans to speculate a collaboration between the artists. Argo has had no comment on the speculation, but Banter replied to one fan who commented "Collab with Mars Argo" with a thinking emoji. In July 2021, Argo's friend Alice Glass hinted at a collaboration between her and Argo possibly releasing the following month. Glass later confirmed that she was not referring to an Argo collaboration, but that she'd love to work with her on music in the future.

Official Release
On August 28th, 2022, Argo conformed via Twitter that the album was complete, and that the lead single "Angry", would be released next month. Argo also conformed the release date for the album on the same day.

Trivia

 * The album is Argo's first official album release sense Technology Is a Dead Bird, which was released in 2009.