“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.” WantFeelsFirstsHardArtistSongBattlePicksAskingAlbumsVideoAsking For Money Author:Melanie Martinez
“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.” WritingFirstsLongWantedSongCryBabyLong TimeAlbumsInsecurityCry Baby Author:Melanie Martinez
“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.” FirstsAbleWatchesHavensFirst TimeScareExorcist Author:Melanie Martinez
“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.” FirstsI CanEndsWholeStoriesMake SenseTitles Author:Melanie Martinez
“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.” WantFirstsKindStoriesBiggerAlbumsFocusedLove LifeFamily Life Author:Melanie Martinez
“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.” KnowsFirstsHumansWellsMeanStillsTodayEmotionalAdultsInterviewsCried Author:Melanie Martinez
“I think because "Dollhouse" was the first story that I put out. It was the first thing that people were able to listen to and find the aesthetic of my music, so I figured we could use that as a title.” PeopleThinkingFirstsStoriesUseAbleTitlesAestheticDollhouses Author:Melanie Martinez
“"Dollhouse" was really insane. We shot it at this top house studio in Brookyln. It was really cool. I designed a mini dollhouse that we used. I made it all by hand and decorated each room, and we based the actual set off of that. The Dollhouse was just plain wood and I put roofing on it and everything. I got real carpet for it. It was crazy. It was definitely an interesting experience. It was the first music video I've ever made. It was definitely stressful but awesome. Everybody was really amazing on set; we just had a blast doing it.” FirstsMadeRealHandsUsedHouseInterestingRoomsCrazyShotsStudiosWoodsVideoInsaneMade ItCarpetReally CoolBlastStressfulReally AmazingDollhousesRoofing Author:Melanie Martinez
