Melanie Martinez

**Melanie Adele Martinez** is an American singer, songwriter, screenwriter, director, actress and photographer of Puerto-Rican and Dominican origin.

## Personal Life

Melanie's earliest memory was her third birthday when her parents hired a "sketchy" Barney for her birthday party. However, due to how "sketchy" it was, she stated it was her "worst birthday party ever". She has been afraid of the dark ever since she was a child. Her hair is naturally brown, and she began experimenting with different colors when she was sixteen, after watching *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* and going off on her own despite not being allowed to. Melanie only changes the color of the right side of her hair, always leaving the left side black.

Melanie is very shy. She is known to smoke marijuana to calm her nerves and reduce her anxiety before shows. She also stated that she drinks occasionally. She recently said that she found other alternatives to calm her anxiety.

On July 21st, 2018, Melanie came out as bisexual through her Instagram story.

## Trivia

* Melanie deleted all the pictures related to the Dollhouse EP era (Concerts, photoshoots, etc.) from her Instagram.
* Before taking a picture with her, fans should ask permission first. This is because she's a very shy person.
* Melanie claims to be really good at doing hair and makeup but says that she is terrible at nails.
* Melanie's pre-show ritual is crying and fitting a "million" chocolate chip cookies into her mouth before getting on stage.
* Her shoes are never tied.
* She says that she always needs some sort of chocolate after every meal.
* She always loses her phone.
* Melanie can shoot chocolate milk through the gap between her two front teeth.
	+ She can also stick Swedish Fish in her gap.
* She has been to Disneyland.
* When Melanie is alone, she blasts Muddy Waters' music and makes up dances to every song.
* She hates vegetables.
* Melanie has really vivid dreams.
* She stated that she'd stumble or trip at least eight times a day.
* She isn't afraid of anything except for the dark and bees.
* Melanie loves Play-Doh.
* Her first word was 'mine' when her father snatched a Push Pop out of her hand.
* Melanie claims she can't really cook.
* She still has two baby teeth.
* Melanie is of Puerto-Rican and Dominican descent, but does not know much Spanish.
* She almost never performs with shoes on and tends to wear lacy socks, however, she has worn boots to perform at festivals.
* She collects toys from the fifties and sixties.
* Melanie said that she didn't own a pair of jeans or sweatpants, however, recent photos prove that this is no longer true.
* She often wears her 'Crybaby' necklace.
* She eats at least five chocolate chip cookies a day.
* Melanie said if she were not a singer/songwriter, she would like to be a tattoo artist, however, she has said that probably wouldn't work out because she's a klutz.
	+ In an interview from September of 2019, however, she instead stated that she would be a poet.
* Her apartment looks like a baby nursery.
	+ At the moment Melanie lives in a house, with some baby pink walls, a few of her vintage toys are displayed all around, and she has a heart-shaped pool
* Her favorite visual artists are Mark Ryden and Nicoletta Ceccoli.
* Her favorite songs from Cry Baby and K-12 are Mrs. Potato Head and Nurse's Office respectively.
* Her first celebrity crush was Dylan Sprouse.
* When asked what song she had wished she wrote, Melanie had an unexpected pick from a deep cut off of MARINA's album *Electra Heart*. She said, "I think Marina's a brilliant songwriter. There's this one song she has called *Teen Idle*, it's just perfect. The lyrics are perfect. The melodies are insane."
* She is obsessed with *American Horror Story*.
	+ Her favorite character from the show is Dandy.
* She has stitches on her chin and hand.
* Melanie thinks that the video for *Mrs. Potato Head* was the hardest to film and write.
* Melanie has at least 38 or 39 tattoos.
	+ Her favorite tattoo is the one she got in honor of her deceased rabbit, Whinnie.
* She once dyed Whinnie's fur.
* She previously owned a Vine account, however, she wasn't active on it.
* Her favorite holiday is Christmas.
* She wants to collaborate with The Weeknd.
* Her dad, Jose Martinez, tours with her.
* During the *Dollhouse Tour*, three items were stolen from her.
* Melanie's height is 5'2", which is around 1.57 meters.
* Her zodiac sign is Taurus.
* She is allergic to red apples.
* Her lucky numbers are five and three.
	+ The number 222 is also very special to her, as she has a tattoo of it on her right bicep.
* She is obsessed with vintage Garbage Pail Kids cards, Animal Rummy cards, and Valentine's Day cards from the fifties.
* When she was younger, her favorite show was *Ren & Stimpy*.
* She has mentioned that she is a fan of the Netflix TV show *Stranger Things*.
	+ Her favorite character from the show is Eleven.
* Her favorite book is *Go Ask Alice*.
* Her favorite movie is the 1988 film *Alice*, directed by Jan Švankmajer, which also inspired the *Cry Baby* music video.
* Her favorite Tim Burton film is *Edward Scissorhands*.
* She has donated to the Trevor Project, an LGBT+ suicide prevention non-profit organisation.
* She loves amusement parks and roller coasters.
* She hates the Dominican cake.
* Melanie has posted her astrology chart on Instagram, however, the post has since been deleted.
* Her favortite milk flavor is Chocolate.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt0vgP--wUg
2. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/videos/interviews/6685879/melanie-martinez-cry-baby-role-model-the-voice
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6vuT8mpxWk
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoq\_YyZRQEE
5. ↑ http://www.theroguemag.com/features/melaniemartinez
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGA3K23H1rg
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7CH3MjizbQ
8. ↑ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/#