Melanie Martinez Wiki
Register
No edit summary
Tag: Visual edit
mNo edit summary
Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit
Line 171: Line 171:
 
* This was the first Melanie song that Kinetics & One Love produced, and it was created on the first day that the three met.<ref>https://twitter.com/kineticsmusic/status/502965876686352384</ref>
 
* This was the first Melanie song that Kinetics & One Love produced, and it was created on the first day that the three met.<ref>https://twitter.com/kineticsmusic/status/502965876686352384</ref>
 
* At the beginning of the music video, a tune can be heard. If the tune is sped up, an instrumental remake of the chorus can be heard.
 
* At the beginning of the music video, a tune can be heard. If the tune is sped up, an instrumental remake of the chorus can be heard.
  +
* The rough cut version of the music video is available on YouTube.
* The story and illustration for this song appear on the 5<sup>th</sup> page of the Cry Baby storybook, reading:
 
  +
**This version includes some deleted scenes.
 
*The story and illustration for this song appear on the 5<sup>th</sup> page of the Cry Baby storybook, reading:
  +
 
[[File:IMG_20150725_153540.jpg|thumb|256px|''Dollhouse''<nowiki/>'s Digital Booklet Page]]
 
[[File:IMG_20150725_153540.jpg|thumb|256px|''Dollhouse''<nowiki/>'s Digital Booklet Page]]
 
<p style="text-align:center;"><font size="3">"And in her picture-perfect home
 
<p style="text-align:center;"><font size="3">"And in her picture-perfect home
Line 178: Line 181:
 
<br />She watches in her room alone"</font></p>
 
<br />She watches in her room alone"</font></p>
   
== Gallery ==
+
==Gallery==
  +
* [[Dollhouse (Song)/Gallery]]
 
* [[Dollhouse Photo Shoot]]
+
*[[Dollhouse (Song)/Gallery]]
 
*[[Dollhouse Photo Shoot]]
   
== References ==
+
==References==
<references/>
+
<references />
   
== Navigation ==
+
==Navigation==
 
{{CrybabyNav}}
 
{{CrybabyNav}}
 
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Dollhouse}}
 
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Dollhouse}}

Revision as of 17:42, 9 January 2021

You are reading the page dedicated to the song. You may have been wanting to read about the EP or the remix EP with a similar name.

"Dollhouse" is Melanie Martinez's debut single. The music video was released on February 9th, 2014, and the song was made available for digital download the day after on February 10th. It was then featured on Dollhouse as the opening track. It is also featured as the second track on Melanie's debut album, Cry Baby, as well on her second EP, Pity Party.

Theme

Dollhouse is about a family that appears to be perfect on the outside looking in, yet it's far from it. In Dollhouse, Cry Baby's mother is an alcoholic due to her husband's infidelity, and her brother has been engulfed in the life of drugs, visualized when they portrayed him smoking cannabis. The daughter, who is named Cry Baby, is the only one that sees the tragedy surrounding her. Her family is visualized as the dolls living inside of a dollhouse that belongs to a little girl. Since the daughter knows the truth about her dysfunctional family, she narrates the song in an attempt to get the girl to see and understand her reality.

This song has another meaning: how people view celebrities. In an interview, Melanie said, 'People put them in glass boxes and think they are perfect and when something happens that shows when they are humans, people don't like that.'

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hey girl, open the walls
Play with your dolls
We'll be a perfect family
When you walk away, is when we really play
You don't hear me when I say
Mom, please wake up,
Dad's with a slut,
And your son is smoking cannabis

[Pre-chorus 1]
No one ever listens, this wallpaper glistens
Don't let them see what goes down in the kitchen

[Chorus]
Places, places, get in your places
Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains
Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains

[Post-Chorus]
D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees
(D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees)

[Verse 2]
Hey girl, look at my mom, she's got it going on
Ha! You're blinded by her jewelry
When you turn your back
She pulls out a flask
And forgets his infidelity
Uh oh, she's coming to the attic
Plastic, go back to being plastic

[Pre-chorus 2]
No one ever listens, this wallpaper glistens
One day they'll see what goes down in the kitchen

[Chorus]
Places, places, get in your places
Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains
Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains

[Post-chorus]
D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees
(D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees)

[Breakdown]
Hey girl (Hey girl X7)
Hey girl, open your walls, play with your dolls
We'll be a perfect family

[Chorus]
Places, places, get in your places
Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains
Picture, picture, smile for the picture
Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?
Everyone thinks that we're perfect
Please don't let them look through the curtains

[Post-chorus]
D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees
(D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E
I see things that nobody else sees)

Videos

On February 5th, 2014, Melanie posted a promotional trailer featuring clips from the music video on her YouTube channel as an announcement of the song's release date. There was also a link to pre-order the song on iTunes.[2][3]

Music Video

The music video takes place inside a dollhouse, with a little girl playing with it. It shows Cry Baby's family in their various roles. For example, it shows that the dad is gone in the beginning, having an affair. The son is smoking cannabis, and the mom is passed out on the couch. During the line, "Picture, picture, smile for the picture", the family poses for a picture, and then return to their activities. After the second chorus, the little girl appears inside the dollhouse and Cry Baby sings to her, while she is cornered by the family. Soon after, she appears back outside the dollhouse and runs away.

Errors

  • When Cry Baby looks at the little girl, her hair bow seems to have disappeared.

Cast

Live

The live video takes place in an old house. There are balloons and vintage toys decorating the place. Miles Nasta and Mike Squillante are dressed up in onesies, with Miles playing a drum machine and Mike playing the keyboard and a guitar. Melanie is wearing a white dress with a white bow. As suggested by the title, Melanie is singing live throughout the video. This live video takes place at the same place as the Carousel live video.

Trivia

  • This is currently Melanie's most popular song; on Friday, January 13th, 2017, the music video reached 100 million views on YouTube, and it reached 200 million on Wednesday, October 24th, 2018. It is Melanie's first music video to reach these achievements. The music video has now reached over 287 million views and 3.8 million likes on YouTube.
    • Melanie began shooting the video on December 6th, 2013.
      • The music video was shot in three days.[4]
    • Fans funded the music video for Dollhouse.
      • In late 2013, Melanie crowdfunded more than $10,000 for shooting the music video.
    • Ever since the release of the music video, it has never left the overall top 200 music videos on iTunes.
  • Dollhouse is Melanie's most featured song in terms of albums and EPs, since it is on Cry Baby, Dollhouse, and Pity Party.
  • Sippy Cup references the line, "One day they'll see what goes down in the kitchen", as it talks about what "went down in the kitchen."
  • The bear next to the doll heads is Melanie's phone case.
  • There was no real reason for Melanie's pet bunny Whinnie to have been in the kitchen scene, she stated that he just wanted to be in the video.[5]
  • The skirt next to Cry Baby when she is strapped into the box is the same skirt she wears in the music video for Carousel.
  • The clock stem in the song is reused in two currently unreleased songs, Gold Diggin' Love and Zzzz
  • There are 4 official remixes of this song which can be found on Dollhouse (The Remixes).
  • There is a very subtle guitar in the chorus, which can almost only be heard in the instrumental.
  • This is Melanie's first song to be certified gold. It was certified on December 16th, 2015. It was succeeded by Pity Party.
    • This song is also Melanie's first platinum-certified song. It was certified on December 1st, 2016. It was later certified 2x multi-platinum on February 28th, 2020.
  • This was the first Melanie song that Kinetics & One Love produced, and it was created on the first day that the three met.[6]
  • At the beginning of the music video, a tune can be heard. If the tune is sped up, an instrumental remake of the chorus can be heard.
  • The rough cut version of the music video is available on YouTube.
    • This version includes some deleted scenes.
  • The story and illustration for this song appear on the 5th page of the Cry Baby storybook, reading:
IMG 20150725 153540

Dollhouse's Digital Booklet Page

"And in her picture-perfect home
Momma's drunk while daddy moans
Her brother always comes home stoned
She watches in her room alone"

Gallery

  • Dollhouse (Song)/Gallery
  • Dollhouse Photo Shoot

References

Navigation

ve
Crybaby logo
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