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"Lover Boy", originally titled "Strawberry Boy" and also known as "Heartbeat", is an unreleased song by Melanie Martinez. It was recorded in the sessions for the deluxe edition of her sophomore album, K-12, however, it was later scrapped.

On January 6, 2021, a snippet of an unknown song by Melanie Martinez leaked. An extended snippet was later leaked on January 12, 2021. The full song was leaked on December 22, 2021.

Background[]

The song was originally written in 2016 as a pitch track to be pitched around to other artist with Kinetics and One Love under the name "Strawberry Boy", but the song never was recorded during that time frame due to Melanie not being able to work on any songs to focus on the Cry Baby Australia and New Zealand Tour.[note 1]

During the sessions with Bibz on January 11, 2018, which also included "Erase Her", "Show & Tell", "Trophy", and "Hello Are You There?", Melanie recorded the song. It's stated that stated that there were other versions of the songs with different beats and instrumentals.[note 2]

It would end up being mostly reproduced by One Love, being the only Bibz session to be reproduced by him.

The song was briefly registered in early February of 2018 on Songfile along with the songs "Paper Town", "Blossoming", "Silence Says", and "Jimmy Tells", though only "Blossoming" and "Paper Town" were officially released.[1]

On December 17, 2020, when a fan asked about the song during the All Hallow's Eve meet & greet, Melanie stated[note 3]:

"I don't know what you mean by "Heartbeat". Oh [laugh], well that song was like a a song I wrote sometime in like 2016 but I never finished it then because I just didn't really have time for it. I did later make the song with some producers but overall the song was fitting for what I was working on at the time so I just didn't bother to use it."
Melanie Martinez being interviewed

Theme[]

The songs talks about being pressured in romantic relationships and being manipulated to do things you don't want to do. The song uses surgery such as in the lines "remove me from this surgery" showing how the narrator wants too escape the toxic relationship they are in.

Originally the song during when it was first written as "Strawberry Boy" was more about being in a toxic environment and trying to find a "Strawberry Boy" that will fix your problems, a similar theme to "Hello Are You There?". Later however, the theme was changed for unknown reasons.

Official versions[]

Version Associated project Leak date Producer(s) Creation date Length
Demo K-12 Unleaked Bibz January 11, 2018 Unknown
"Lover Boy 19.02" (final) K-12 (deluxe) 2018-2019 One Love 2017 3:45

Trivia[]

  • The song was wrongfully thought to be a Cry Baby outtake but was confirmed false by Jack.

Notes[]

  1. This is speculation and should not be relied upon. It has been confirmed by any official sources, but has been reported by Jack, who is considered a reliable insider by the community.
  2. This is speculation and should not be relied upon. It has been confirmed by any official sources, but has been reported by David, who is considered a reliable insider by the community.
  3. This hasn't been confirmed by any official sources or reliable insiders and should not be relied upon, but the fan as provided photo evidence, proving they interacted with Melanie.

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