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.
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 MartinezBasically it's the idea of celebrities being in the spotlight and just because you think that they should be perfect, that they're still human and they still have flaws just like everyone else. So that was the real meaning behind "Dollhouse", at least how it related to me because it's something I was annoyed with at the time.
Melanie MartinezI don't really think about what people think of my music, and how they listen to it or what my demographic is.
Melanie MartinezI 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.
Melanie MartinezCry Baby is about Cry Baby and the next album [which I think I have a title for but I don't wanna say anything yet because I don't know and it's too early] is a place in the weird town that I'm trying to create and its Cry Baby's perspective throughout this album. You're not learning about her, you're learning about the place that she's in and her perspective. Down the line for sure I will think of other characters in this world.
Melanie Martinez