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Melanie Martinez – Carousel
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“Carousel” exemplifies a love that goes in circles—Melanie sings about chasing after someone that she can never truly reach.
This is Cry Baby’s “first love encounter,” making her
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Melanie Martinez – Show & Tell
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“Show & Tell” is the fourth track from Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album, K-12. The track details Melanie’s struggle with becoming a public figure and being forced into the
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Melanie Martinez – Glued
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On “Glued”, backed up by sweet, fairy-tale instrumentals, Melanie sings about attachment and detachment, and how it’s important to find a balance between the two.
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Melanie Martinez – Soap
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In an interview with ELLE, Melanie Martinez stated that the “Soap” is about being vulnerable, and also explained its background:
Everyone is allowed to be vulnerable. I think
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Melanie Martinez – Creep
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[Verse 1] / You were here before, couldn't look you in the eyes / You're just like an angel, your skin makes me cry / You float like a feather in a beautiful world / I wish I was
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Melanie Martinez – PLUTO
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“PLUTO” is the second deluxe track on American singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez’s deluxe edition of her third studio album, PORTALS.
The song’s title track was teased by Melanie
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Melanie Martinez – Nurse's Office
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“Nurse’s Office” is the fifth track from Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album, K-12. Several sounds like coughing and ripping of band aids are used in the audio of the track.
On
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Melanie Martinez – A Thousand Words
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[Verse 1] / How can I see when my eyes are closed? / How can you be so far away and already wanna go? / How can we talk when our mouths are closed? / And I want you to know I can't
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Melanie Martinez – Cake
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“Cake” is a metaphorically sweet song about Melanie standing up to a toxic sexual relationship lacking a specific ingredient–love. The track was one of the three featured tracks
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Melanie Martinez – MILK OF THE SIREN
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“MILK OF THE SIREN” is the third and last deluxe track on American singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez’s deluxe edition of their third studio album, PORTALS. The song is a
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Melanie Martinez – Training Wheels
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Melanie Martinez told Pop Dust that “Training Wheels” is the first love song she’s ever written:
I’m not used to writing happy songs like that. I wanted to challenge myself in
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Melanie Martinez – Alphabet Boy
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After being stuck on a carousel of a relationship, Cry Baby decides to break things off.
Melanie Martinez told VICE that “Alphabet Boy” is her and Cry Baby’s break-up song:
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Melanie Martinez – WOMB
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[Intro] / Ah, ooh / Ah, ooh / [Verse 1] / A seed in mother and I chose that space for me / Little does she know it's free, ooh, yeah / I'm undercover, as they wait for joy, I cry
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Melanie Martinez – Pieces
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[Verse 1] / I tried to be perfect / But nothing was worth it / I don’t believe it makes me real / I thought it’d be easy / But no one believes me / I meant all the things I said
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Melanie Martinez – Mrs. Potato Head
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“Mrs. Potato Head” talks about plastic surgery, insisting that even if pretty does hurt, it’s probably not worth it to start cutting and pasting because one may regret trying to
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Melanie Martinez – Orange Juice
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“Orange Juice” is the ninth track from Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album, K-12. It is one of the only two non-explicit tracks on the album. This track discusses eating disorders
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Melanie Martinez – Lunchbox Friends
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“Lunchbox Friends” is the eighth track from Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album, K-12. In the track, Melanie details her aversity to fake friendships.
On May 17th, 2016, Melanie
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Melanie Martinez – The Bakery
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“The Bakery”, sprinkled with sweet metaphors, describes Melanie’s high-school work experience at a bakery, replete with monotony and trouble from a tough boss.
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Melanie Martinez – Teddy Bear
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In an interview with Groundsounds, Melanie said “Teddy Bear” is about a teddy bear that’s trying to kill her. Perhaps this homicidal bear might just be the one she viciously ripped
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Melanie Martinez – Race
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One of Melanie Martinez’s the many unreleased songs who didn’t make it to Cry Baby’s final cut.
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Melanie Martinez – Class Fight
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“Class Fight” is the second track from Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album, K-12.
A snippet of the song was released through an interactive game on August 8th, 2019 and was later
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Melanie Martinez – Milk and Cookies
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“Milk and Cookies” follows the fantasy story of the Cry Baby character being assaulted in “Tag, You’re It.” In an interview with VICE, Melanie said that she offers the wolf
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Melanie Martinez – Field Trip
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On “Field Trip,” a breezy snapback with instrumentals reminiscent of her 2015 song “Pacify Her,” Melanie references their Hispanic heritage and shows off her zodiac signs. As she
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Melanie Martinez – Strawberry Shortcake
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“Strawberry Shortcake” is the seventh song from Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album, K-12. The song was teased through an advertisement for the K-12 Tour on Facebook and Instagram
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Melanie Martinez – Wheels on the Bus
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“Wheels on the Bus” is the opening track to Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album, K-12.
The track plays while Cry Baby, Martinez’s character in the K-12 film, is on a bus ride to “
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Melanie Martinez – The Principal
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“The Principal” is the third song on Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album, K-12. The Principal character in the K-12 movie, and the subject of this song, are a reference to The 45th
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Melanie Martinez – Mad Hatter
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In an interview with Artist Direct, Melanie said “Mad Hatter” is about “being okay with being crazy”:
[Cry Baby] wouldn’t have it any other way. That is who she is and cannot
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Melanie Martinez – Numbers
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“Numbers” is the fourth track on Melanie Martinez’s EP, After School. The song is the longest on the EP, sitting at a 4:40 time duration and showcases Melanie’s strong vocals
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Melanie Martinez – Intervals
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This was recorded during Melanie’s acoustic era, before she was signed to a label.
This song is about a long distance relationship where a guy had moved away and the girl misses
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Melanie Martinez – Brain & Heart
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On “Brain & Heart”, Melanie Martinez reflects on the separation of emotion (the heart) and thought (the brain), forced by society’s expectations. Accompanied by minimal beats and
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Melanie Martinez – Pacify Her
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“Pacify Her” follows “Tag, You’re It,” which covers the topic of sexual assault. Melanie told VICE that “Cry Baby” becomes a different person after that experience and embraces her
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Melanie Martinez – Recess
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“Recess” brings Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album K-12 to a sweet, fairytale close. In the album’s accompanying film, “Recess” plays during a nightmarish ball, where K-12 students
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Melanie Martinez – Gingerbread Man
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“Gingerbread Man”, a sarcastic, minimalist track, serves as a “sweet and spicy” early Christmas gift from Melanie Martinez.
The full audio for the single dropped on YouTube and
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Melanie Martinez – Smoke
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“Smoke” is Melanie’s oldest song that can be found on the Internet, as it was performed when she was 14.
This song is about a little girl whose mother is always smoking in front
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Melanie Martinez – Strawberry Fields (Cover)
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“Strawberry Fields Forever” is a song originally by The Beatles that Melanie Martinez covered for her debut album, “Cry Baby” but was later scrapped from the final album.
It’s
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Melanie Martinez – Run
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[Intro] / Run / [Verse 1] / Honey, please get out of that hole you're in / Talkin' to yourself like you're some schizophrenic / I've tried to make you love me / But you're too
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Melanie Martinez – Fire Drill
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“Fire Drill” finds Melanie singing about people being artificial and constantly seeking attention, leaving behind their family lives and hiding their true personality to appeal to
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Melanie Martinez – Synchronicities
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“Synchronicities” is an unreleased song by Melanie Martinez from the sessions of her upcoming third studio album, set to be released in 2022. Low quality snippets of the song began
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Melanie Martinez – Tag, You’re It
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“Tag, You’re It” covers the topic of sexual assault, utilizing the children’s game, “Tag” as a metaphor. In an interview with Noisey, Melanie said the following about the track: “
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Melanie Martinez – Mother of Pearl
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“Mother of Pearl” is an unreleased song by Melanie Martinez from her upcoming third studio album, set to be released in 2022. Low quality snippets of the song began to surface in
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Melanie Martinez – Teacher's Pet
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“Teacher’s Pet” is the eleventh track from Melanie Martinez’s sophomore album, K-12. The track details an inappropriate relationship between a student and a teacher in which he
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Melanie Martinez – Mistakes
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“Mistakes,” alternatively titled, “Dressed in Mistakes” is registered under Martinez’s name on ASCAP. She wrote the song with Robopop, who also worked on her song “Bittersweet
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Melanie Martinez – Bittersweet Tragedy
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[Verse 1] / Sweet boy, straight out of the movie screen / Candy hearts and chocolate dreams / I met my prince upon a popcorn bowl / He held my heart and let it go / Ice cream upon
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