I've said this numerous times, I am addicted to dark and twisted songs and Melanie Martinez's 'Mad Hatter' certainly is that. My favourite childhood story is Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and already you know from the title, this song is filled with endless references to the most loved Lewis Carroll stories... but much more disturbing. Even more disturbing than the Tim Burton movie adaptation (which I didn't like). For example, the line "We paint white roses red, each shade from a different person's head" etc.
I absolutely love this song from Martinez's 'Cry Baby' album, which came out last year. I wrote a post about her song 'Doll House' last year before 'Cry Baby' was released, which is also an incredible song that is very dark. The brilliancy of her album is that each song has what would at first appear innocent in theme, like the title 'Tag, you're it' or 'Teddy Bear'. And she has such a sweet voice, but similar to Lily Allen, don't be fooled by her voice, because once you actually listen to what is being said, Martinez is singing about really extreme and serious issues, with 'Tag, you're it' about being raped and 'Teddy Bear' about being in an abusive relationship. The album is certainly explicit and not for easy listening and it sounds bad when I say it's one of my favourite album compilations.
I really do love her songs and I'm really sorry if I offend anyone for saying that. It's filled with disturbing themes and I wouldn't recommend it for many people because it does contain lots of upsetting imagery. 'Mad Hatter' however, is quite tame in comparison, which is one of the reasons why I chose to write about it today (also, I woke up with it in my head and has remained in my head all day, which I was quite happy with because it is a fantastic song). But Melanie Martinez is an extremely talented songwriter and I think it is refreshing having songs that do deal with what usually are considered tabooed subjects, because they are really serious issues that aren't talked about in society, when really people need to aware that these sort of things are happening and should be stopped.
Okay, this post just turned much more serious than I expected it to. Sorry about that. So here is 'Mad Hatter' which is, as I said someone in this post, is a great song:
I absolutely love this song from Martinez's 'Cry Baby' album, which came out last year. I wrote a post about her song 'Doll House' last year before 'Cry Baby' was released, which is also an incredible song that is very dark. The brilliancy of her album is that each song has what would at first appear innocent in theme, like the title 'Tag, you're it' or 'Teddy Bear'. And she has such a sweet voice, but similar to Lily Allen, don't be fooled by her voice, because once you actually listen to what is being said, Martinez is singing about really extreme and serious issues, with 'Tag, you're it' about being raped and 'Teddy Bear' about being in an abusive relationship. The album is certainly explicit and not for easy listening and it sounds bad when I say it's one of my favourite album compilations.
I really do love her songs and I'm really sorry if I offend anyone for saying that. It's filled with disturbing themes and I wouldn't recommend it for many people because it does contain lots of upsetting imagery. 'Mad Hatter' however, is quite tame in comparison, which is one of the reasons why I chose to write about it today (also, I woke up with it in my head and has remained in my head all day, which I was quite happy with because it is a fantastic song). But Melanie Martinez is an extremely talented songwriter and I think it is refreshing having songs that do deal with what usually are considered tabooed subjects, because they are really serious issues that aren't talked about in society, when really people need to aware that these sort of things are happening and should be stopped.
Okay, this post just turned much more serious than I expected it to. Sorry about that. So here is 'Mad Hatter' which is, as I said someone in this post, is a great song:
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