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I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.

Melanie Martinez

The title is the first thing that I have. Then when I have that title, I have to make sure that the title is like, so I have to make sure I can tell a whole story from that one title and like make sure that it, from beginning to end it makes sense.
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Beginning End Music Myself Song Story Structure
It’s like visual is super important to me. So if I am writing a song, like, I have to have the title.
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Important Myself Song Visual Writing
I listen to a lot of music. But I definitely haven’t looked at an artist and like thought I want to have a song like this.
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Artist Listening Music Myself Song
It’s very hard to be an artist, on my first album, and I’m like asking for money for a music video for every song – it’s so hard to do. You have to pick your battles for sure, but I definitely want – and I’ve always worked to make it all connect – for all of it to feel cohesive.
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Album Artist Battle Connection Hard Money Music Myself Video Work
I’m insane, I’m emotional, but I’d rather be that than a robot. So that’s definitely something that I wanted to get out there. Especially with Cry Baby’s story, because the album is about Cry Baby but I realized that me and her went through the same change.
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Change Emotional Herself Myself Sanity
When I was younger I used to be really into photography, and I still am, I just don’t really get to do it besides taking my own artists photos and stuff like that.
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Artist Myself Photography Young
I also made a lot of really great friends on that show [the Voice], so that’s one of the most important things that I’ve taken out of that experience.
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Experience Friendship Greatness Important Myself
My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
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Different Myself Sweet Youth
I’ve had a lot of people come up to me after shows and tell me that “Dollhouse” really helped them with whatever they were going through with their families. I thought that was really amazing, that it could mean one thing for me but another thing for someone else.
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Family Help Myself People Thinking
You are the seashell planting your existence on the shore catching the attention of many even if they aren’t picking you up, but just merely walking by.
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Attention Existence Plant Yourself
I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it’s all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well.
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Direction Love Music Myself Visual Writing
I never had a lot of friends growing up so having this insane amount of love and support really means a lot to me.
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Friendship Growth Love Myself Sanity Support
I have a few songs that I’m figuring out and writing. I’m still figuring out the whole concept and how it’s gonna connect to Cry Baby, but I have some ideas, yes.
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Connection Ideas Music Myself Song Writing
Dollhouse was definitely inspired by the whole Edward Scissorhands vibe where all of the houses are perfect, but inside each home there are very messed up families.
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Family Home Inspirational Mess Perfection Toy
Had to retrieve the key to my heart, Let these roses represent how it all fell apart.
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Heart Key Myself Represent Rose
I love Nicoletta Ceccoli , and I love Tim Burton movies. So those are like my biggest inspirations I think.
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Idol Inspirational Love Movie Thinking

I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.

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