Eventually I realized that Cry Baby was a character that was based off of me, and that we had a lot of similarities.
MELANIE MARTINEZSo 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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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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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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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 the transition between singing covers on a reality show to being able to do my own thing was really exciting. I’m no longer singing covers every second, and people are actually getting to hear my own original music.
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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.
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A lot of people say if you can’t love yourself, then you can’t love others. It’s always different, but I definitely have loved a lot in my life.
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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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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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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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My love language is chocolate.
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There are a lot of people who go their whole lives without truly knowing what love is, or ever experiencing that.
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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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Everyone wants to be good but good is only what we’re taught to perceive.
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I think that every decision I make in my life is based off of an emotion – and it definitely hurts me in some situations, and helps in some situations, like obviously writing and stuff is my favourite thing to do because I get to use all of my emotions and express them in that way.
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