I’m glad I got to introduce myself to America by doing a Britney [Spears] song, haha!
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.
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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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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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Love starts inside of you.
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There is a certain level of patience you have to have with yourself to get to the finish line.
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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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I’m very, very in touch with my emotions.
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Eventually I realized that Cry Baby was a character that was based off of me, and that we had a lot of similarities.
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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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Cry Baby is a character so I think that the next album is going to be about a specific thing in her life or another place in her world. It’s going to be a bit deeper into a bigger picture.
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Loving yourself + others is a magically addictive sensation.
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I’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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If you can’t handle a heart like mine, don’t waste your time with me.
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Is it easier to pretend we are as perfect as the stars above?
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We 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.
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Found euphoria in the comfort of my own home.
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Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.
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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’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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I’m happy that I get to work with people that I enjoy being around. It’s really cool when people understand and want to help your vision and are like rooting for you. I just, I love them a lot.
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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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I love Nicoletta Ceccoli , and I love Tim Burton movies. So those are like my biggest inspirations I think.
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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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Life boils down to two paths, love and fear. Which will you choose?
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I’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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Everyone wants to be good but good is only what we’re taught to perceive.
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Doing 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.
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