I’m glad I got to introduce myself to America by doing a Britney [Spears] song, haha!
MELANIE MARTINEZI’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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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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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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I 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.
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The flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them, away.
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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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Loving yourself + others is a magically addictive sensation.
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Even if the song meant a lot to me, I would still probably perform it live.
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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’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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Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.
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Found euphoria in the comfort of my own home.
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I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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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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It’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.
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Time traveling through roots to birth healing fruit.
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