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Cry Baby (sometimes written as Crybaby) is a fantasy version of Melanie Martinez created for her debut album Cry Baby. She is Melanie's alter-ego.

Cry Baby's story can be found through the album's songs, the official music videos, the interactive storybook, the tour, and other mediums Melanie has conveyed.

Life

Cry Baby was brought into her messed up world with an older brother, mother, and father (Cry Baby). 

Cry

Cry Baby's life at home; her father was having an affair, causing her mother to fall into depression and drink away her emotions. Her brother also was addicted to drugs, as he smoked cannabis. She felt plastic and as fake as a doll in a plastic dollhouse, she knew one day someone would find out her 'perfect family' isn't perfect after all (Dollhouse).

As Cry Baby's mom catches her husband bringing yet another girl to their home, she cruelly murdered him and his mistress after having a few too many drinks - with the influence of jealousy that overtook her and tried to drug her own daughter, after Cry Baby sees what tragedy took place that night (Sippy Cup).

Soon, she meets a boy at the carnival with whom she falls in love and enters a one-sided relationship, which makes her feel like she's stuck on a carousel (Carousel).

It took her a while to realize how toxic the relationship was, however Cry Baby eventually breaks up with Alphabet Boy when she realizes he doesn't deserve her love. She showed him that she's big enough to say 'fuck you' and move on from him (Alphabet Boy).

Evil

Cry Baby met another boy named Johnny whom she felt a connection to, but was scared to say that she loved him, so she "washed her mouth out with soap" when Johnny came over to play with her (Soap).

After a while of contemplating, she finally decided that it was time to take it to the next level. She took Johnny's training wheels off to show him that he is free, and to show how much she loves him (Training Wheels).

She invited all of her friends and her newfound lover to her birthday party, but to her disappointment, nobody showed up. This drew the line for Cry Baby and it was the beginning of her slowly changing. She went on a rampage and wrecked her house (Pity Party).

Now that she was single once again, she had become vulnerable to the "wolves" that were on the prowl. She was snatched up by the Big Bad Wolf, who had disguised himself as an ice cream man, after he tricked her into eating drugged ice cream. He then took her back to his awful home (Tag, You're It).

The wolf orders Cry Baby to make him milk and cookies. Now evidently insane, Cry Baby poisoned the milk and cookies she made for her kidnapper and escaped. (Milk and Cookies).

After escaping, Cry Baby discovered a boy in a relationship where he was not happy. Cry Baby is desperate to free the boy from the relationship after she falls in love with him, then pacifying Basic Bitch, but in the end she is unsuccessful after the Basic Bitch wins him over with her breasts. (Pacify Her).

Now aware that attractive bodies have a great effect on boys, Cry Baby begins to grow self-conscious. She believes her hair needs to be a different color, she has to be thinner, and she has to have bigger breasts in order to be loved. However, after seeing Mrs. Potato Head on the TV screen and the consequences of changing yourself for boys, Cry Baby realizes that she is perfect the way she is and there is nothing that she needs to change (Mrs. Potato Head).

Ultimately, she learns what it means to love oneself, to have self-respect, and to have self-worth. She also learns that everybody goes a bit mad sometimes, and that's perfectly okay (Mad Hatter).

Trivia

  • Melanie is producing a movie about her and will premiere it in 2018, because she said she wanted to spend the whole year doing something.
  • Cry Baby was created to show the younger, emotional side of Melanie.[1]
  • These songs were written out of Melanie's real-life experiences:
    • Carousel
    • Alphabet Boy
    • Cry Baby
    • Training Wheels
    • Soap
  • These songs were fictionally written, or written out of experiences that Melanie did not personally go through:
    • Dollhouse
    • Sippy Cup
    • Tag, You're It
    • Milk and Cookies
    • Mad Hatter
  • Cry Baby is also the main character of the deluxe songs Play Date, Teddy Bear, Cake, and Gingerbread Man. However these songs are not part of the album's narrative or Cry Baby's story. 
  • Chloe Tersigni drew the illustrations of Cry Baby in the storybook.
  • In the Pity Party music video, there are nine candles on the cake, hinting that Cry Baby is nine years old. However, in the storybook, Pity Party's illustration depicts three candles, indicating Cry Baby is three years old.

Videos

Melanie_Martinez_Crybaby's_Story_(Mashup)

Melanie Martinez Crybaby's Story (Mashup)

Cry Baby's Story

References


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Featured tracks Cry BabyDollhouseSippy CupCarouselAlphabet BoySoapTraining WheelsPity PartyTag, You're ItMilk and CookiesPacify HerMrs. Potato HeadMad Hatter
Bonus tracks Play DateTeddy BearCake
Scrapped tracks 99 Cent StoreA Million MenA Thousand WordsAnimal CrackersArts & CraftsBall PitBand AidBirthing AddictsBittersweet TragedyBombs on Monday MorningBones Are BlueCartoonsColoring BookCootiesDead To MeDear PorcupinesDrowningGold Diggin' LoveHalf HeartedHauntedHeartbeatI ScreamJumpropeKing Of The ArcadeMirror MirrorMistakesNight MimePatientPsycho LoversRing PopRocking HorseRotten MilkRough LoveRunSchizoSeesawSticks and StonesStrawberry FieldsToy ChestTrophy WifeTwinsUnhappy MealWhere Do Babies Come From?You Love IZzzz
Characters Cry BabyJohnnyAlphabet BoyBig Bad WolfMomDadBrotherLittle GirlMistressCashierBasic BitchBlue BoyBunniesMrs. Potato HeadMr. Potato HeadNurseRushton Dolls
Extras Digital BookletMerchandiseCry Baby Perfume MilkCry Baby Tour DiariesCry Baby's Extra Clutter EPGingerbread Man
Locations Cry Baby's HouseBig Bad Wolf's HouseGrocery StoreCarnivalHospital
Tour Cry Baby TourCry Baby Tour Part 2Cry Baby Euro TourCry Baby Euro Tour Part 2Cry Baby Australia and New Zealand TourThe Trilogy Tour
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