Just because I’m an artist doesn’t mean I should be treated differently.
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.
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Just wanna be held once in a Blue Moon.
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I also made a lot of really great friends on that show [the Voice], so that’s one of the most important things that I’ve taken out of that experience.
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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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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 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.
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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 see things that nobody else sees.
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Make sure this [music industry] is what you love to do, and you can’t imagine doing anything else.
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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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I’m gonna write from personal experience, from emotion, from whatever the hell I’m feeling that day.
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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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When I first started writing the album, “Cry Baby” was a song that I really wanted to write because it represented all of these personal insecurities that I had for a long time.
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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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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 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.
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