I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
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The libraries' assessment
d. 5. Dec. 2016
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Thomas Tiedje
d. 5. Dec. 2016
Den 21-årige Melanie Martinez er en popstjerne som taget ud af Dr. Seuss' verden: Håret er stort og spraglet, læbestiften markant, ligesom Melanie kan male tårer ned ad kinderne. Men der er en twist til sangerindens umiddelbare lille dukke-image: Sangene handler om barndomstraumer, misbrug, teenageangst og dysfunktionelle familiemønstre, tilført dybe synths og hip hop beats. Melanie Martinez dukkede først op i 2012 i den amerikanske udgave af talentshowet "The Voice", hvor hun optrådte med et cover af Britney Spears' "Toxic". Siden kom ep'en "Dollhouse" og denne debut i 2015, hvorefter Melanie tog på verdensturné. Forleden gæstede hun et udsolgt Store Vega, hvor hendes store, især kvindelige fanskare kunne opleve en stjerne uden meget stemme tilbage efter to år på landevejene.
AllMusic
2015
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Matt Collar
2015
"Building upon the conceptual ideas of her 2014 EP, Dollhouse, Melanie Martinez's 2015 full-length debut, Cry Baby, finds her taking the innocent imagery of youth and family ("Carousel," "Training Wheels," "Milk and Cookies") and subverting them into angular R&B and electro-infused anthems of familial strife, abuse, and romance gone wrong. An arty, self-assured singer with a style that falls somewhere between Beyoncé and Björk ...".
underthegunreview.net
d. 21. Aug. 2015
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Emma Guido
d. 21. Aug. 2015
"Melanie Martinez's methods of songwriting are expressional, passionate and marvelously creative. The haunted carnival-esque ambience of Cry Baby, all the way down to "Mad Hatter," takes on a new form of indie-pop music that the world has been waiting to hear".