"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.
Melanie MartinezI 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.
Melanie MartinezI think that every decision I make in my life is based off of an emotion - and it definitely hurts me in some situations, and helps in some situations, like obviously writing and stuff is my favourite thing to do because I get to use all of my emotions and express them in that way.
Melanie MartinezEventually I realized that Cry Baby was a character that was based off of me, and that we had a lot of similarities.
Melanie MartinezI think that the next album is specifically for sure from Cry Baby's perspective, but it's not necessarily about her family-life or her love-life, or anything like that, it's more about this place in this town. The place has different characters in there, so in every song there's gonna be different characters that appear.
Melanie Martinez