Cry Baby with the Rushton Dolls.
The Rushton Dolls are vintage toys that first appeared in the music video for Melanie Martinez's song "Mad Hatter". Throughout the video, they can be seen helping Cry Baby navigate her dream by murdering her enemies. In the Mad Hatter music video, they melt two doll people that hinder Cry Baby's journey and later stab a doll family that attempts to eat her.
The Cat and the Bunny Rushton Dolls also appear in the official lyric video for Play Date. They appear to be pen pals and are in a relationship.
Trivia[]
- According to Melanie, these dolls represent her true friends.[1]
- In the Rolling Stone video "Melanie Martinez Goes Toy Shopping", Melanie mentions the Rushton "rubber face" dolls as being her favorite vintage toys.[2]
- She also states something similar in the behind the scenes video for Pity Party.[3]
- All four of the Rushton dolls used in the Mad Hatter music video (the Duck, Cat, Bunny, and Bear) are replicas of real Rushton vintage dolls.
- The Cat Rushton Doll and Duck Rushton Doll were likely inspired by two of Melanie's tattoos.
- The Cat and Bunny appear in the Play Date lyric video.
- There is a theory that the K-12 characters Angelita, Celeste, Magnolia and Fleur represent the Rushton Dolls.
- All four rushton dolls can be seen on the cover of Melanie's EP Cry Baby's Extra Clutter.
- At the beginning of the DEATH music video you can see a rabbit, a cat, a bunny and a bear. It's probably the new bodies of the Rushton dolls.
- Although there are only 4 Rushton dolls that appear in the Mad Hatter music video, there are five in the DEATH music video.
- Going along with the above theory that they represent Cry Baby's friends, the fifth doll could represent Ben.
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