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.
MELANIE MARTINEZWhen 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.
MELANIE MARTINEZAnd 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.
MELANIE MARTINEZIf you can’t handle a heart like mine, don’t waste your time with me.
MELANIE MARTINEZMark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.
MELANIE MARTINEZIs it easier to pretend we are as perfect as the stars above?
MELANIE MARTINEZIf I don’t see a music video to it while writing it, I just scrap it immediately. It’s very visual.
MELANIE MARTINEZI think honestly when I was younger I use to love going to carnivals in Long Island. I use to love carnival season; I would drive to every town going to carnivals. That was definitely a favorite memory.
MELANIE MARTINEZIt’s just weird because like when I was writing Cry Baby I like the only thing that I was thinking about, when writing it, was the concepts and the visuals, and the way that it sounded kind of happened naturally.
MELANIE MARTINEZWhen 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.
MELANIE MARTINEZEveryone wants to be good but good is only what we’re taught to perceive.
MELANIE MARTINEZI 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 MARTINEZMy favorite performance would definitely be “Toxic,” which was my blind audition song. It was the start of it all and it was a song I had been covering before the show, so it was very dear to my heart.
MELANIE MARTINEZI always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
MELANIE MARTINEZI was always hard on myself for taking things too personally.
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 MARTINEZThere are a lot of people who go their whole lives without truly knowing what love is, or ever experiencing that.
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