Melanie Martinez is a popular singer, songwriter, actress and photographer who started her career in 2012. The girl gained her recognition in the media sphere thanks to her participation in the American program The Voice. She was on Team Adam Levine and was eliminated in the Top 6 round. A few years after performing in a large-scale project, Martinez actively developed in music. Her debut album in a short time topped the Billboard and received a "platinum" status. Subsequent releases of the girl were distributed around the world in thousands of copies.
How was the childhood and youth of the singer?
Melanie Adele Martinez was born on April 28, 1995 in Astoria (Northwest New York).
The girl has Puerto Rican and Dominican roots. When she was 4 years old, the family moved to Baldwin (another area of the city). From an early age, the performer dreamed of becoming a musician. She was inspired by such artists as Shakira, The Beatles, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Tupac Shakur and more
In kindergarten, Martinez began to write short poems. From the age of 6, the performer attended the New York Plaza Elementary School. It was here that she began learning to sing. In her spare time, Melanie traveled to New York to visit her cousins to hang out and have fun. In addition to music, she loved photography and painting. Thus, the girl expressed her emotions.
According to Melanie Martinez, for a long time she was a very emotional child. Many children called her Cry baby. The fact is that the performer did not control her emotions well and often took everything very close to her heart. Because of this, it was very easy to bring her to tears. In the future, the singer used the nickname for the title of her first album.
As a teenager, the girl entered Baldwin High School and has already become seriously involved in music. She taught herself how to play the guitar using chord charts found on the internet. A little later, she wrote the first song, composing the lyrics and the melody.
Due to the fact that the singer grew up in a Latin family, where traditional values were preached, it was hard for her to tell her parents about bisexuality. As a teenager, she thought that she would no longer be perceived. Now the artist says that the family has nothing against orientation and always supports her.
“My parents were very strict, so I was not allowed to go to parties or anything like that. I didn't have many friends. As a teenager, I had only one best friend, and to this day she remains one. All I did was sit at home, draw and write music.”
How did participation in the project The Voice influenced the career of Melanie Martinez (Melanie Martinez)?
Not all members of The Voice remain popular after the end of the project. However, Martinez was an exception. She took part in the third season of the program, where during the blind selection she sang Britney Spears' song Toxic with the guitar. Three of the four judges turned to the girl. And as her mentor, she decided to choose Adam Levine. At the time of filming the program, Melanie was 17 years old.
Before getting into the blind selection, the girl auditioned. On the way to the preliminary competition, her mother's car broke down. They had to hitchhike to the Javits Center. And only a few months after the audition, Martinez received the news that she could take part in a TV show.
Melanie made it to the fifth week of The Voice, at the end of which she was eliminated with team member Levin. According to the singer, she did not have high hopes for this project. She could not even think that she would “advance” so far. The girl was pleased that she had achieved the main goal - to show herself as a musician. Immediately after being eliminated, she began working on writing her debut album.
“I wanted to show other people what I do. I was too scared to sing in front of my parents, and in fact, I hadn't even watched The Voice before. Nevertheless, I just took a chance and went for it. I really enjoyed writing songs, the hardest thing about this show was that I had to sing other people's songs. Sometimes it caused discomfort, so I'm just happy that now I can write my own music, ”Martinez shared in an interview.
Career development Melanie Martinez (Melanie Martinez) after participating in the project
Melanie Martinez dropped out of The Voice in early December 2012. After that, she immediately began to work on her material. Dollhouse's first single was released in April 2014. The video for it was filmed thanks to donations from fans. The singer had a clear picture of how she wanted her music video to look. However, she did not have enough funds to carry out her plans. Therefore, on the Indiegogo site, she collected $ 10 thousand in a week. In the same year, she went on tour in support of the new album and signed a contract with Atlantic Records.
Martinez began recording the album back in 2013. Initially, an album of acoustic songs was planned. Dollhouse differed in style and, having released it, the singer decided to change the sound of the rest of the songs. The release took place in August 2015. The work took 1st position on the Billboard chart, received a "platinum" status and positive reviews from critics. A year later, the EP version of Cry Baby Extra Clutter was released. It included three bonus songs and the Christmas single Gingerbread Man.
K-12's second studio album was released in 2019, although writing began as early as 2015. In 2017, the singer announced on social media that she wants to release a record, accompanying it with a self-directed film. At the beginning of 2019, Melanie wrote that she was completing work on the album and plans to present it to the public at the end of the summer. The release of K-12 took place on September 6th. The work peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and was certified silver.
In 2020, the singer released the 7-song EP After School, which serves as an addition to the deluxe version of the second album. Also this year, the single Copy Cat was released, recorded with the American rap artist Tierra Whack. Thanks to the TikTok platform, the track Play Date has become popular again. And also entered the 100 most popular songs in the US (according to Spotify).
Style Melanie Martinez (Melanie Martinez)
The girl is known on the Internet for her non-standard appearance. First of all, we are talking about multi-colored hair. When Melanie was 16 years old, she liked the hairstyle of Cruella de Vil (a character from the cartoon "101 Dalmatians"). The mother did not allow the performer to bleach and dye her hair. However, Martinez made her face the fact that she was going to do the coloring like Cruella. The mother did not believe it, but when she saw the new hairstyle, she stopped talking to the performer for several days. According to Melanie, she finds this situation amusing. It was an experiment for her, so she tried to get to know herself more.
Melanie also loves the style of the 1960s, she even has a collection of dolls dressed like that time. Among the outfits of the artist, you can see a significant number of vintage dresses and suits. The performer says that a lot of music came out then, which inspired her to write songs.
Personal life of the artist
Melanie's very first known boyfriend was Kenyon Parks, whom she met while studying photography in 2011. At the time of participation in the project The Voice and until the end of 2012, she met with Vinnie DiCarlo. In 2013, Martinez was in a relationship with Jared Dylan, who helped her write Wicked Words. They were together until mid-2013.
At the end of 2013, Melanie began dating Edwin Zabala. He starred in the Dollhouse video as the older brother of Cry Baby. After the breakup, Edwin posted nude photos of Melanie to "fans" on the VOIP platform Omegle in 2014.
Melanie's loan was introduced to Miles Nasta, who later became her boyfriend and drummer. He helped in the creation of the track Half Hearted and is still friends with the performer. After some time, the singer began dating Michael Keenan, who is now her producer.
Melanie is currently dating Oliver Tree. On October 28, 2019, Melanie and Oliver posted a series of four photos. One of them was kissing, implying that they were dating. In June 2020, there were rumors that the couple had broken up. Since they deleted each other's photos, all comments on the posts, and Melanie unfollowed Oliver.
The actress told fans about her bisexuality on Instagram in 2018. In January 2021, Melanie came out as a non-binary person and confirmed that "she/they" pronouns can be used about her.
One of Martinez's former girlfriends, Timothy Heller, accused her of sexual assault in her tweets. The singer publicly replied that she was very struck by Heller's words. According to her, Timothy lies, and she never said "no" in moments of their closeness. Because of the accusations, many of Melanie's "fans" went over to her friend's side, began posting on the Internet how they were tearing up the artist's merch.
