"Drama Club" is a song by Melanie Martinez that is featured as the sixth track on her sophomore album, K-12. The music video, originally available as part of the film, was later separately released on November 21, 2019. The song's full stem pack was leaked on December 25, 2022.
Background[]
On August 24, 2019, a snippet of the track was released exclusively in South Korea and the Philippines as an assignment, before being officially released worldwide.
Theme[]
The song is about Cry Baby's peers in the K-12 film and how a lot of them do things they don't want for popularity. Cry Baby begins to feel pressured when she sees people being constantly judged for everything they say and how it usually ends in bullying. Cry Baby is met with fierce backlash when she proclaims that she will be herself and not 'play a character' for popularity. The song could also be about social media similarly to "SPIDER WEB".
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Everyone's so soft, everyone's so sensitive
Do I offend you? You're hanging on my sentences
You can keep your costume and you can keep your mask
Imma take a bow so you can kiss my ass
[Chorus]
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama club
[Verse 2]
They try to feed you lines that you have to memorize
You always hide behind your Wizard of Oz disguise
Do you even have a brain? You're sticking to a page
You're faking all your pain, yeah, you're bleeding on a stage
[Chorus]
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama club (Ooh)
I never signed up for your drama club (Ooh)
For your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
[Verse 3]
I don't wanna be an actress, living by a script
Who cares about practice? Hmm? I don't give a shit
You're over-analyzing every word I say
There's a whole world out there, you're living a play
Fuck your auditorium, I think it's pretty boring and
[Chorus]
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama club (Ooh)
I never signed up for your drama club (Ooh)
For your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
[Breakdown]
For your drama club
Mmm, mmm
I never signed up (Ooh), mmm, mmm
I never signed up (Ooh), never signed up
Never signed up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (ooh) for your drama
For your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, for your drama club
[Chorus]
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
[Verse 1]
Everyone's so soft, everyone's so sensitive
Do I offend you? You're hanging on my sentences
You can keep your costume and you can keep your mask
Imma take a bow so you can kiss my ass
[Chorus]
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama club
[Verse 2]
They try to feed you lines that you have to memorize
You always hide behind your Wizard of Oz disguise
Do you even have a brain? You're sticking to a page
You're faking all your pain, yeah, you're bleeding on a stage
[Chorus]
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama club (Ooh)
I never signed up for your drama club (Ooh)
For your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
[Verse 3]
I don't wanna be an actress, living by a script
Who cares about practice? Hmm? I don't give a shit
You're over-analyzing every word I say
There's a whole world out there, you're living a play
Fuck your auditorium, I think it's pretty boring and
[Chorus]
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama
Up for your drama club (Ooh)
I never signed up for your drama club (Ooh)
For your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
[Breakdown]
For your drama club
Mmm, mmm
I never signed up (Ooh), mmm, mmm
I never signed up (Ooh), never signed up
Never signed up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (ooh) for your drama
For your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, for your drama club
[Chorus]
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
I never signed up for your drama (Ooh)
Up for your drama, up for your drama club
Official versions[]
| Version | Released on | Release date | Producer(s) | Creation date | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | Final | K-12 | September 6, 2019 | One Love | 2017 | 3:45 |
| Clean version | K-12 | September 6, 2019 | One Love | 2017 | 3:45 | |
| Instrumental | Unreleased | May 1, 2020 (leaked) | One Love | 2017 | 3:45 | |
| Demos | ||||||
| "drama club 00.01.mp3" (demo 1) | Unreleased | May 17, 2021 (leaked) | One Love | 2016 | 3:43 | |
| "drama club 00.02.mp3" (demo 2) | Unreleased | March 1, 2022 (leaked) | One Love | 2016 | 3:41 | |
| "drama club 01.mp3" (demo 3) | Unreleased | September 10, 2018 (leaked) | One Love | 2016 | 3:44 | |
| "drama club 02.mp3" (demo 4) | Unreleased | March 1, 2022 (leaked) | One Love | 2016-2017 | 3:44 | |
| "drama club 03.mp3" (unmixed) | Unreleased | March 1, 2022 (leaked) | One Love | January 29, 2017 | 3:44 | |
Gallery[]
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To view the gallery of Drama Club, click here.
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Music video[]
The music video starts with Cry Baby going to her drama class and listening to the upcoming play they are about to put on. Reading over their script, she asks the teacher for another role that is less domestic such as a film director or the President of the United States, which she is belittled for. She argues back, surprising the students and she begins to leave the class. The teacher summons the guards to capture her and Cry Baby is forced to play the role she was assigned. She is shown as a housewife on stage in front of a brainwashed audience of fellow classmates (with the exception of Angelita) but she eventually fights back and "wakes up" her classmates, informing them that they had all been brainwashed. She then storms with them to the Principal's Office where they rip him to pieces.
Cast[]
- Cry Baby: Melanie Martinez
- Mr. Cornwell: Scott Young
- Dean: Balázs Csémy
- Daniel: Deniel Kazarján
- Angelita: Elita Harkov
- The Principal: Toby Eddington
- Ms. Daphne: Anne Wittman
Trivia[]
- The song was produced in Logic Pro 10.2.4.
- It reached #20 on YouTube Trending in some countries the day it was released.
- This is the only song from K-12 that Melanie did not work with Michael Keenan on, as it was co-written by Kinetics and produced by One Love.
- As of December 2, 2020, the official audio for "Drama Club" was set as unlisted on Melanie's YouTube channel, however, an auto-generated video of the audio still exists.
- When Melanie sings the lyric, "fuck your auditorium, I think it's pretty boring and", an echo effect is put on her voice, to make it sound like she is in an auditorium.
- Each song on K-12 represents a different grade level in school, from Kindergarten through twelfth grade.
- "Drama Club" represents fifth grade.
- Despite this song's inclusion in the movie, Kinetics and One Love are not credited in the "music by" section of the credits (however are later individually credited for this song).[1]
- The music video is age-restricted on YouTube.
- The song was sent for professional mixing in February of 2017, using the file "drama club ref mix" as a reference track, which is the same as the unmixed/fifth version of the song.
