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.
MELANIE MARTINEZI’ve had a lot of people come up to me after shows and tell me that “Dollhouse” really helped them with whatever they were going through with their families. I thought that was really amazing, that it could mean one thing for me but another thing for someone else.
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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 always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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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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My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
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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 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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You are the seashell planting your existence on the shore catching the attention of many even if they aren’t picking you up, but just merely walking by.
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Just because I’m an artist doesn’t mean I should be treated differently.
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Everyone got to choose what they wanted to wear on stage, and by the third time going into wardrobe the stylists already knew what I’d love and what I would never throw on my body in a million years. They were fantastic, and it was so lovely working with them.
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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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And still as an adult like I do as well, you know what I mean like I literally just cried in the first interview that I had today. Like, I’m just a very emotional human.
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When I was younger I used to be really into photography, and I still am, I just don’t really get to do it besides taking my own artists photos and stuff like that.
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I just don’t really get to watch a lot of movies, like recently at least I haven’t been able to but I did watch The Exorcist for the first time ever, recently, and it didn’t scare me like I thought it was gonna scare me.
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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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I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me.
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