I like pop music because it can really affect a large amount of people and if I tell stories and spread messages that I think are really important for people to be aware of, I would want it to be on the biggest platform and I feel like pop is that. I use it as a way to tell stories.
MELANIE MARTINEZI’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.
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I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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If I don’t see a music video to it while writing it, I just scrap it immediately. It’s very visual.
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I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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So like what I want to do is connect all of my albums and make it tell a bigger kind of story. So the first album is very focused on her family life and her love life.
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Indulging in the pleasures of creation.
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I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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Had to retrieve the key to my heart, Let these roses represent how it all fell apart.
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I go with what I like and I generally just cling to things that are pastel and remind me of being a little kid. It’s just what it is right now, but I go through phases.
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There are obviously so many artists that are very inspiring, but I can’t say that they like – that I have someone in mind that is like a creative direction of where I want to go as an artist. I think I’m just doing my own thing.
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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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And still as an adult like I do as well, you know what I mean like I literally just cried in the first interview that I had today. Like, I’m just a very emotional human.
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I don’t really think about what people think of my music, and how they listen to it or what my demographic is.
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I think, being emotional is this thing that people think you’re not strong. They don’t look at you as a strong person, and it’s weird ‘cuz honestly being emotional has nothing to do with your strength.
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I’ve had so many insecurities, and am still getting over a lot.
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I definitely have worked trying to create music that inspires girls to feel confident and strong, and feel like they can do anything.
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