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.
MELANIE MARTINEZI 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.
MELANIE MARTINEZThe 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.
MELANIE MARTINEZI 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.
MELANIE MARTINEZDollhouse 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.
MELANIE MARTINEZWe all have holes, chips and scratches on us but these wear marks represent our journey, our wisdom, our knowledge, our lessons learned, our strength, and our vitality.
MELANIE MARTINEZI’m obsessed with the venue and the people so it’s going to be really fun.The last couple of tours I didn’t have anything like that because of the budget, so I’m super excited because this is really going to bring the album to life.
MELANIE MARTINEZI always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
MELANIE MARTINEZLoving yourself + others is a magically addictive sensation.
MELANIE MARTINEZEventually I realized that Cry Baby was a character that was based off of me, and that we had a lot of similarities.
MELANIE MARTINEZTangled in transformation.
MELANIE MARTINEZHad to retrieve the key to my heart, Let these roses represent how it all fell apart.
MELANIE MARTINEZDoing music is time consuming, will drain you, and stress you out at times. But in the end if you love doing it, and you’re putting out music you’re proud of, it will never feel like work. It’ll just feel like love.
MELANIE MARTINEZI always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
MELANIE MARTINEZI’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.
MELANIE MARTINEZMy love language is chocolate.
MELANIE MARTINEZI’m probably the most proud of “Mrs. Potato Head,” because I had that idea in my head for so long, and I tried writing that song one time and I just couldn’t tell the story the way I wanted to, and I couldn’t figure it out.
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