I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me.
MELANIE MARTINEZI’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 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’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.
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I listen to a lot of music. But I definitely haven’t looked at an artist and like thought I want to have a song like this.
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I’m gonna write from personal experience, from emotion, from whatever the hell I’m feeling that day.
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If I don’t see a music video to it while writing it, I just scrap it immediately. It’s very visual.
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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 love Nicoletta Ceccoli , and I love Tim Burton movies. So those are like my biggest inspirations I think.
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I was very vocal about how I wanted to be portrayed on the show, and how I wanted the stage setup to be.
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Cry Baby is just a character in this world that I’m trying to create, and the music videos are really important to me, and I’ve fought to obviously get all of them approved.
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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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Just wanna be held once in a Blue Moon.
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I’m glad I got to introduce myself to America by doing a Britney [Spears] song, haha!
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My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
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Time traveling through roots to birth healing fruit.
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Life boils down to two paths, love and fear. Which will you choose?
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On the show [the Voice] I obviously wasn’t allowed [singing my own original music], because it’s not that type of show. I think it’s really cool that I get to do my own thing now.
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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.
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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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I have definitely noticed I am very passionate. So if I’m fighting with someone I’ll be SO super loud and aggressive, and make sure that my point is heard.
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There are obviously so many artists that are very inspiring, but I can’t say that they like – that I have someone in mind that is like a creative direction of where I want to go as an artist. I think I’m just doing my own thing.
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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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Everyone wants to be good but good is only what we’re taught to perceive.
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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 see things that nobody else sees.
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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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