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Melanie Adele Martinez is a american singer, songwriter, photographer, actress and director. She was born in April 28, 1995, and is now 28 years old.

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At 3 years old, she was already singing. She began learning to play the guitar on her own a year later, because her parents were not able to pay for music classes. She started writing songs at the age of 14, uniting her admiration for poetry and music.

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The young artist was influenced by populars sogwriters like, Regina Spektor and Feist.

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Melanie went to Baldwin Senior High School and, during high school, she started to like photography, especially portraits and conceptual art pieces. On the musical side, she also participated in talent shows and recitals on Long Island, near the town where she lived.

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The singer became known after participating in the american version of television show "The Voice" in 2012, she performed a jazz version of "Toxic" (a song by Britney Spears) in the blind auditions. Although she didn't win, her participation helped her attract the public's attention and was a starting point for her career in music.

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Her first single was Dollhouse, it was relesead in February 10, 2014. Melanie Martinez is known for her unique style and for constantly talking about serious topics in her musics and videos.

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To date, Melanie has only received one grammy in 2016 as best album of the year, and in the same year she won the New American Music Awards as artist of the year. In 2015 she won a VMA for "Best New Artist" and "Best Screenplay" as she writes her music videos and composes her songs.

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In 2020 the singer released an EP called "Afterschool", and, in March of this year (2023), she released her new album "portals", which was her latest work.

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[Verso 1]

Hey girl, open the walls

Play with your dolls

We'll be a perfect family

When you walk away, is when we really play

You don't hear me when I say

[Pré-Refrão]

"Mom, please wake up,

Dad's with a slut,

And your son is smoking cannabis"

No one ever listens, this wallpaper glistens

Don't let them see what goes down in the kitchen

[Refrão]

Places, places, get in your places

Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

Picture, picture, smile for the picture

Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

[Pós-Refrão]

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees

(D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees)

[Verso 2]

Hey girl, look at my mom, she's got it going on

Ha! You're blinded by her jewelry

When you turn your back

She pulls out a flask

And forgets his infidelity

Uh oh, she's coming to the attic

Plastic, go back to being plastic

[Pré-Refrão 2]

No one ever listens, this wallpaper glistens

One day they'll see what goes down in the kitchen

[Refrão]

Places, places, get in your places

Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

Picture, picture, smile for the picture

Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

[Pós-Refrão]

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees

(D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees)

[Clímax]

Hey girl (Hey girl X7)

Hey girl, open your walls, play with your dolls

We'll be a perfect family

[Refrão]

Places, places, get in your places

Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

Picture, picture, smile for the picture

Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

[Pós-Refrão/Término]

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees

(D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees)

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Melanie's discography is sung from the point of view of an alter-ego named Cry Baby, officially introduced on the album of the same name. According to the singer herself, Cry Baby is a character that shows all the vulnerability and confusion of a child, portraying in the songs about serious and adult themes in a more naïve way. The character had her childhood portrayed in the album "Cry Baby", her adolescence shown in the album "K-12" and the phase after school on the EP "After School". The aforementioned EP, made in 2020 was the last appearance of the character, the singer's last album, "Portals" was made with a completely different aesthetic.

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Dollhouse talks about a family that looks perfect on the outside and does everything to maintain that appearance even though it's not the truth, sung from the point of view of the younger sister, we hear about the mother who is an alcoholic due to the infidelity of her husband and the brother who had his life consumed by drugs. In the song, the singer uses a dollhouse as a metaphor for the fallacious life lived by the family.

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According to Melanie, this song can also be analyzed as a metaphor for how people view celebrities. As she confirmed in an interview: "People put them in glass cases and think they're perfect and when something happens, when they're human beings, people don't like it."

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In the clip, the singer correlates the scenery with the lyrics. One of them is the human girl who plays with the dolls, who represents the people who don't know what the family life is really about. Another element is Melanie's heavy makeup, thus symbolizing a way to look perfect in the eyes of outsiders. Another connection is the moment in the clip where they spend a lot of time preparing to take the picture, while she sings "Smile for the picture", insinuating that they should smile for the camera even though they're anhappy.

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https://youtu.be/HcVv9R1ZR84?si=yOWXknBWEuQAQPlv

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Melanie Martinez - Dollhouse (Official Music Video)