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.
MELANIE MARTINEZOn 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.
MELANIE MARTINEZI’m pretty excited for people to listen to the story of each song. It’s definitely like a giant book with different stories in it. They are all very child-like but also a balance between light and dark.
MELANIE MARTINEZIt is aurora borealis when your eyes are shut. It is beyond what our language can convey or comprehend.
MELANIE MARTINEZMake sure this [music industry] is what you love to do, and you can’t imagine doing anything else.
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 MARTINEZI definitely feel like if I put out a song that was like me being super vulnerable, people would look as me as weak. I don’t know if that has to do with me being a girl, or if that really has to do with anything, but I’m sure.
MELANIE MARTINEZSo 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.
MELANIE MARTINEZTangled in transformation.
MELANIE MARTINEZI see things that nobody else sees.
MELANIE MARTINEZI was genuinely happy when I wrote that song [Training Wheels] and very in love. That’s a very rare emotion to evoke out of me.
MELANIE MARTINEZI definitely have worked trying to create music that inspires girls to feel confident and strong, and feel like they can do anything.
MELANIE MARTINEZI never had a lot of friends growing up so having this insane amount of love and support really means a lot to me.
MELANIE MARTINEZI’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
MELANIE MARTINEZI obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me.
MELANIE MARTINEZI go with what I like and I generally just cling to things that are pastel and remind me of being a little kid. It’s just what it is right now, but I go through phases.
MELANIE MARTINEZI always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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