Alphabet Boy

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Alphabet Boy
Information
Species	Human
Status	Alive
Relationships	Cry Baby (ex-girlfriend)
Actor	Austin Scoggin
First Appearance	"Carousel"
Last Appearance	"Alphabet Boy"

Alphabet Boy is a character created by Melanie Martinez for her debut album, Cry Baby. He is portrayed by Austin Scoggin in the music video for "Carousel".

Background

Alphabet Boy is Cry Baby's first crush. He first appears in "Carousel", where Cry Baby falls in love with him, but the feelings aren't reciprocated. In "Alphabet Boy", Cry Baby cries over him until she realizes that he isn't worthy of her and dumps him. Alphabet Boy is depicted as an arrogant know-it-all who consistently belittles Cry Baby. He is highly possessive and patronizing, deriving from a superiority complex.

He is based on one of Melanie's former boyfriends from college, very likely to be Jared Dylan. According to an interview, this boyfriend would always try to teach Melanie the "right way" to write songs because he didn't like her way of writing.

Appearance

Alphabet Boy is generally portrayed with short blonde hair and blue eyes in the Carousel music video. His clothing tends to vary, although in the booklet he wears a white short-sleeved shirt with blue shorts. There are slight differences in his Carousel appearance, as he wears a white tank-top and black suspenders.

Trivia

• Although Alphabet Boy is referenced throughout the whole song of the same name, he does not appear on camera in the music video. However, what are assumed to be his hands do appear.

Gallery

"Carousel" storybook image featuring Cry Baby and Alphabet Boy.