I always cling to things that remind me of being a kid again. Melanie Martinez More Quotes by Melanie Martinez More Quotes From Melanie Martinez I'm not used to writing about happy emotions, I'm just used to pulling from my sad or angry - happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music. Melanie Martinez used emotion writing I'm obsessed with the venue and the people so it's going to be really fun.The last couple of tours I didn't have anything like that because of the budget, so I'm super excited because this is really going to bring the album to life. Melanie Martinez couple fun people It's very hard to be an artist, on my first album, and I'm like asking for money for a music video for every song - it's so hard to do. You have to pick your battles for sure, but I definitely want - and I've always worked to make it all connect - for all of it to feel cohesive. Melanie Martinez battle artist song 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. Melanie Martinez photography artist stuff 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. Melanie Martinez lovely body years I'm probably the most proud of "Mrs. Potato Head," because I had that idea in my head for so long, and I tried writing that song one time and I just couldn't tell the story the way I wanted to, and I couldn't figure it out. Melanie Martinez writing song ideas Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist. Melanie Martinez mark my-favorite artist I 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 song baby character 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. Melanie Martinez video writing thinking 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. Melanie Martinez titles stories firsts I don't really think about what people think of my music, and how they listen to it or what my demographic is. Melanie Martinez demographics people thinking I was very vocal about how I wanted to be portrayed on the show, and how I wanted the stage setup to be. Melanie Martinez stage shows wanted 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. Melanie Martinez trying baby character So like what I want to do is connect all of my albums and make it tell a bigger kind of story. So the first album is very focused on her family life and her love life. Melanie Martinez love-life albums stories "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 Martinez perfect house home I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me. Melanie Martinez connections song mean It's just weird because like when I was writing Cry Baby I like...the only thing that I was thinking about, when writing it, was the concepts and the visuals, and the way that it sounded kind of happened naturally. Melanie Martinez writing baby thinking 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. Melanie Martinez writing song baby I'm glad I got to introduce myself to America by doing a Britney [Spears] song, haha! Melanie Martinez haha song america Cry Baby is a character so I think that the next album is going to be about a specific thing in her life or another place in her world. It's going to be a bit deeper into a bigger picture. Melanie Martinez baby character thinking
