It’s just interesting how people relate my success when I would like to think that I worked my ass off for a reason and that it’s about the music and not because I was on a TV show.
MELANIE MARTINEZFound euphoria in the comfort of my own home.
More Melanie Martinez Quotes
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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 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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I 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.
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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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The title is the first thing that I have. Then when I have that title, I have to make sure that the title is like, so I have to make sure I can tell a whole story from that one title and like make sure that it, from beginning to end it makes sense.
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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 never had a lot of friends growing up so having this insane amount of love and support really means a lot to me.
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Is it easier to pretend we are as perfect as the stars above?
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I definitely have worked trying to create music that inspires girls to feel confident and strong, and feel like they can do anything.
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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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Life boils down to two paths, love and fear. Which will you choose?
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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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A lot of people say if you can’t love yourself, then you can’t love others. It’s always different, but I definitely have loved a lot in my life.
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I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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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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