Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez is a singer, songwriter and director who builds character-led pop worlds through concept albums, films and theatrical live shows.
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Overview
- Born
- April 28, 1995 · Astoria, Queens, New York
- Raised
- Baldwin, Long Island, New York
- Creates
- Music, films and visual worlds
- Breakout
- The Voice, season 3 · 2012
- Debut album
- Cry Baby · 2015
- Latest album
- HADES · March 27, 2026
Mini bio
How it started.
Raised in Baldwin, New York, Melanie loved singing and poetry as a child. At about 14, she taught herself guitar using chord diagrams online, giving her a way to turn those poems into songs. Her appearance on season three of The Voice in 2012 brought her to a national audience.
Building Cry Baby.
Dollhouse and its 2014 EP led into her 2015 debut album, Cry Baby. Melanie used the character to explore difficult feelings through story-driven pop and connected music videos. She told Wonderland she wanted to turn the phrase “cry baby” from an insult into a compliment.
From albums to film.
K-12 followed in 2019 with a musical film that Melanie directed and starred in. PORTALS completed the Cry Baby trilogy in 2023, exploring death and the afterlife. Its songs “DEATH” and “VOID” became her first original entries on the Billboard Hot 100.
The HADES chapter.
In 2026, HADES opened a new world across 18 tracks. In her August V Magazine interview, Melanie described recording with longtime collaborator CJ Baran while also developing Elysium, a sister project shaped around hope and a possible utopia.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
Film and performance
- 2026THE HADES RITUAL: The Vatican livePerformer, show concept and costume design
- 2019K-12Director and star
Awards
Quotes
My idea of success is the ability to create and make a living from my art.Melanie Martinez, V Magazine
In her August 2026 interview, she explained what success means to her beyond outside validation.
Trivia
- She taught herself guitar by studying chord diagrams online.
- She wrote the K-12 film despite never having written a script before, she told V Magazine.
- She told Apple Music that “VOID” was the first song she fully produced on her own.
- For HADES, she told V Magazine that every song retained vocals recorded on its first day.
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