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It's just weird because like when I was writing Cry Baby I like...the only thing that I was thinking about, when writing it, was the concepts and the visuals, and the way that it sounded kind of happened naturally.

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Melanie Martinez
Age: 29
Born: 1995
Born: April 28
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Melanie Adele Martinez
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