Melanie Martinez is a remarkable artist from Long Island, New York – a stunning and provocative singer, songwriter and visual presence. On May 20, 2014, she released her debut EP Dollhouse, largely collaborating with Kinetics & One Love (B.o.B), with an additional track produced with Robopop (Jessie J, Lana Del Rey). Having spent much of 2013 selling out clubs across the country, Martinez celebrated the DOLLHOUSE EP with her biggest tour yet, covering virtually the entire United States. She has since been putting the finishing touches on her eagerly awaited Atlantic Records debut album, Cry Baby.
Her first official single “Dollhouse,” which Martinez co-wrote with the aforementioned, GRAMMY Award-nominated tunesmiths Kinetics & One Love, is a brutally honest depiction of a family falling apart, set to a spare dance beat. The song “positions Martinez as an American version of Lorde,” writes Newsday. “(Martinez) sings about a picture-perfect family that is much more troubled under the surface,” declared Us Weekly, noting that Martinez – a former contestant on NBC’s smash reality singing competition series, The Voice – “might be the show’s first real breakout star.” The Dollhouse video, conceived, co-directed & co-produced by Melanie, has blasted past 15 million views (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcVv9R1ZR84).
Melanie Martinez: Soap
Melanie captured the country’s imagination with her arresting performances on the highly rated Fall 2012 season of NBC’s The Voice, driving her unique renditions of “Too Close” and “Seven Nation Army” to top 5 sales on the iTunes Store. Her rendition of “Toxic” lit YouTube on fire, quickly earning over 6 million individual page views. Look for the release of Cry Baby in the Summer of 2015.
Melanie Martinez: Soap Lyrics:
Think I just remembered something
I think I left the faucet running
Now my words are filling at the top
Darling you’re just soaking in it
But I know you’ll get out the minute
You notice all your fingers pruning up
I’m tired of being careful, gentle, trying to keep the water warm
Let me under your skin
Uh-oh there goes, I said too much it overflowed
Why do I always spill
I feel it coming out my throat
Guess I better wash my mouth out with soap
God I wish I never spoke
Now I gotta wash my mouth out with soap
I feel it coming out my throat
Guess I better wash my mouth out with soap
God I wish I never spoke
Now I gotta wash my mouth out with soap
Think I got myself in trouble
So I fill the bath with bubbles
Then I’ll put the towels all away
Should’ve never said the word ‘love’
Threw a toaster in the bathtub
I’m sick of all the games I have to play
I’m tired of being careful, gentle, trying to keep the water warm
Let me under your skin
Uh-oh there goes, I said too much it overflowed
Why do I always spill
I feel it coming out my throat
Guess I better wash my mouth out with soap
God I wish I never spoke
Now I gotta wash my mouth out with soap
I feel it coming out my throat
Guess I better wash my mouth out with soap
God I wish I never spoke
Now I gotta wash my mouth out with soap
