- ♪ ...peeling the skin off my... ♪ - (gasps) WHAT?!
- This is my [bleep] favorite song!
♪ (industrial music) ♪
- Hell yeah! More Melanie Martinez.
- (squeals) It's Crybaby! Oh my god! It's Melanie Martinez.
- She's my everything. I love her so much.
- This is really cute. Maybe.
- Whoa! (chuckles) [Bleep].
- Whoa. Never mind. (laughs) Whoa! Oh my gosh.
- Yo. What? - Oh, gosh.
- This is so scary. Is this a horror movie
or a music video? What's going on?
- (singing along) ♪ My friends don't walk, they run ♪
- ♪ Skinny dip in rabbit holes for fun ♪
- Is this Melanie? - Mad Hatter? Yeah.
- ♪ Getting high off... ♪ - (singing along) ♪ Helium ♪
- ♪ Now I'm peeling the skin... ♪ - (laughs uneasily)
- ♪ ...peeling the skin off my... ♪ - (gasps) WHAT?!
- Oh my god. This is such an interesting video.
- This based off of Alice and Wonderland?
- She's so psychotic, and I love it.
- ♪ ...her face ♪ - Oh my god.
- This is really [bleep] weird.
- ♪ I'm nuts, baby, I'm mad ♪
♪ The craziest friend that you've ever had ♪
- No thanks.
- Are those singing teddy bear things?
- ♪ Tell the psychiatrist something is wrong ♪
- Tell the psychiatrist something is wrong, girl. (chuckles)
- I feel like I can't even listen to this song,
'cause I'm so creeped out.
- I dig this. This is so creative.
- This is very weird. (chuckles)
- ♪ (singing along) All the best people are crazy ♪
- Okay.
- ♪ (mouthing) All the best people are ♪
- Ah! NO!!
- She ate the doughnut!
- Ew!
That is foul. EW! I hated every second of that.
- Every time I feel like I'm not gonna be surprised, I'm surprised.
- That was a trip and a half, (chuckles) and I [bleep] loved it.
- That was amazing! That was so beautifully done!
- This was the last video of the whole Crybaby album,
and all of them are connected to each other.
So if you wanna understand them,
you have to see it from the beginning.
I'm not wearing my Crybaby necklace.
I'm always my Crybaby necklace for every video!
And I didn't wear it this time. This is terrible.
- (FBE) That was the video for Mad Hatter.
It's the latest music video released by Melanie Martinez.
- Okay. I don't know who she is.
- Melanie Martinez. That sounds familiar.
- Is she up and coming? I feel like she's up and coming,
because the up and coming ones always make the weird stuff.
- I know who that is! WOW! I've only listened to her voice.
- (FBE) So we've covered Melanie on the show before.
We covered her on Teens React, but we always get requests
to show more of her videos,
so we're gonna show you more videos by her.
Not gonna show you the two ones we showed on the Teens episode,
but these are the most highly requested
Melanie Martinez songs. - I'm so ready!
- I'm kind of nervous. Is she gonna eat people?
- ♪ If you weren't born with it ♪ - Oh my god!
This is one of my favorite ones.
- ♪ You can buy a couple ornaments ♪
♪ Just be sure to read the warning ♪ - She really likes pink.
- All right, this one seems a little bit more mellow.
- I feel like her tone is very unique.
- ♪ Sexual, hey girl, if you wanna feel... ♪
- Face lift? - Aw. No.
- ♪ Oh, Mrs. Potato Head, tell me, is it true... ♪
- Aw, this is sad.
- ♪ Does a new face come with a warranty? ♪
- It works so well.
- She's beautiful! You don't need anything.
- ♪ How did you afford her surgery? ♪
- I like how she constantly is telling a story.
- ♪ It's such a waste ♪ ♪ When little girls... ♪
- This is so real. - It's a good song.
(groans in disgust) The story's so graphic.
- ♪ ...are learning how to cut and paste ♪
- AHH!
- ♪ ...their lips until they suffocate ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Ah, ha ♪
- ♪ Kids forever, kids forever ♪ - Ahh.
- AHH! (laughs)
- ♪ Don't be dramatic, it's only some plastic ♪
♪ No one will love you if you're unattractive ♪
- "No one will love you if you're unattractive."
Oh my god.
- ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ah ♪
- (groans in disgust)
- ♪ Ooh ♪ - This hurts to watch.
- It was your idea.
- So sad, 'cause at the end, he leaves her.
- See? She's so cute.
You don't need to get all that surgery.
Aww. That song's one of the really sad songs.
- It was good. It was less creepy. It was just kinda sad,
because it's like a sad reality of life.
- I'm getting emotional thinking about it,
because that's-- it's so real. It's so prevalent.
- It does happen to a lot of people
that they think that they have to change who they are
so that someone could like them, and it's not true.
- ♪ Come, come one, come all ♪ - This is my [bleep] favorite song!
- ♪ ...come one, come all ♪ ♪ You must be this tall ♪
- I really like her style.
- ♪ ...ride this ride ♪ - Damn, girl. Her beats are sick.
- This reminds me of American Horror Story.
- This song was featured in American Horror Story.
- ♪ And run through playland ♪ - She has this-- whoa!
Oh, she's flying. - This is amazing. Wow.
- ♪ And it's all fun and games ♪
- How does she come up with these music videos?
I feel like these are her darkest nightmares,
and she's like, "I'll turn that into a music video."
- She's just so creepy. I love it.
- ♪ (singing along) Round and round like a horse on a carousel ♪
♪ We go ♪
- ♪ Will I catch up to love? ♪
♪ I can never tell ♪
♪ I know ♪
- That one was good.
It was creepy, but there wasn't any blood or guts in it.
- Her music videos are cool. I like the visuals that she uses.
- I feel like when she's writing her music,
she's envisioning the music video as she's doing it,
because everything is so coordinated.
- ♪ Did my invitations disappear? ♪ - YES! Pity Party.
- Pity Party.
- ♪ Why'd I put my heart on every cursive letter? ♪
♪ Tell my why the hell no one is here ♪
- Love this. - She's like a little doll.
- So she wears dresses a lot,
and a lot of her music videos are in a bedroom.
- I love her hair, too. (chuckles)
- I've never heard any of these songs before. (chuckles)
- (singing along) ♪ Forever ♪
- ♪ Forever ♪
- ♪ It's my party... ♪ - Oh. (hums along)
- (singing along) ♪ ...cry if I want to ♪
♪ Cry, cry, cry ♪
- Damn, no one showed up her to party.
That's so sad. - I've heard this song.
This is the one that I probably have heard.
- (Melanie screams) - Oh shit. (laughs)
- (Melanie screams) - (gasps)
- This song is so good. All these songs are just so good.
They're super catchy and get stuck in your head.
- ♪ ...until the candles burn down this place ♪
- I love her super creepy, but cute toys.
- (imitates beat)
Hell yeah. I love Melanie Martinez.
- She's just so clever. It's creepy, and a lot of people don't like it,
'cause it has, you know, adorable baby vibes,
and then it's... weird.
- She combines what I like about Lana
and Marina and the Diamonds, and then you have Melanie Martinez.
She has the pop-ish kind of thing, but then she has a little bit
of dark side, and then you have Melanie, Crybaby with her character,
'cause it was a character for her album.
- (FBE) So all the videos you just saw came off
of Melanie's debut album, Crybaby.
- Damn, those are all on her debut al-- a lot of bangers.
- I've never heard of her or the album.
- (FBE) The album itself was actually packaged
and released as a storybook.
It came complete with illustrations and poems
connecting all the songs to each other.
- That's so awesome. - Really? I didn't know that,
'cause I just went through it on Spotify.
- I know. I hate it. It's fun, you know?
It's a whole-- you just don't get the lyrics or some photos,
you're getting a whole storybook. - (FBE) Well, despite the fact
that the album came out back in 2015, she still continues
to release new music videos from that album.
The first video we just showed you actually just came out
a few days ago. - Oh, really?
- (FBE) What do you think this says about her dedication
to her craft? - I think it says that she
is less into it for the money, and more into it
for the long-term appeal of her music.
- It just shows how much she really cares
about what she's doing.
She's not gonna just put something out
without really putting all her thought into it.
- She's super passionate about her work,
and I can tell she wants to put out very good content,
especially for her fans, who absolutely adore her.
- She doesn't see it as like, oh, it's like every year,
I have to come out with something, or I have to keep up.
You know, she knows she has a fan base,
that it's very strong, the Crybabies.
It's very artistic, and it's very nice,
and we all appreciate it. I appreciate it.
- The fans are crazy. (chuckles)
There's not a better way to say that because it--
I mean, it's a good kind of crazy, 'cause they're so dedicated.
Everything she comes out with is just gold to them,
and it's awesome. And to me as well,
'cause I [bleep] love Melanie Martinez.
It also speaks volumes to what she's created.
She has created something that is so powerful
that people are crazy over it.
- (FBE) So Melanie is just 22 years old.
- What?! She's only 22? (clicks tongue) She's my age.
Man, showing me up. - She's only a year older than I am?
What? What the [bleep] am I doing with my life?
- (FBE) And while she's released several music videos
for songs from her first album, she's now said that she's working
on writing an entire film.
It will tell the story of her second album.
What do you think about that? - Shit. A whole film?!
- I'm so ready to see it. I'm excited.
- She's like a powerhouse wonder woman.
Watching her music videos, that's just kind of a little taste
of what she's gonna bring into a movie.
- I feel like that's gonna be really good,
because seeing how well-produced, I guess you could say,
all the music videos are, I can only imagine.
Like, if she's working on a film,
I'm sure she has some crazy ideas in her head.
- She's more than pull it off.
It'll be one of those things that ends up timeless.
Pink Floyd's The Wall. That's the example I have.
Everyone's just so obsessed with it.
I think it's gonna end up sort of like that.
- Kanye did something similar to that
with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
Her album's kind of a soundtrack to the movie.
I think that's so awesome, and that's a testament
to, like, she's a true artist and a true musician.
- (FBE) And finally, Melanie's going to be
releasing her second studio album sometime next year.
From what you know of Melanie now,
is this an album that you're gonna be looking forward to?
- Oh yeah. Totally. I love her style.
- It creeped me out, but I'm weirdly intrigued by it.
- She's my queen, dude. Hell yeah. (laughs) I love Melanie.
- Even though it's not available for pre-order yet,
I'm ready to press the button that says "Pre-order."
- I'm looking forward to it. I actually really--
I'm gonna go outside, go to my Spotify,
and download that album. - I'm so excited for this album.
It's gonna be so good.
I remember being showed Melanie Martinez in 2015
or maybe even before, when she only released a couple singles,
and I was like, "This is good. This is gonna blow up."
And sure enough, it did.
And so, I'm so excited for what she has in store.
I wanna know the story, because the story of Crybaby
is so deep and dark and just... scary almost,
and I wanna know what other stories she has.
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- What music artists should we react to next?
Let us know in the comments. - Thanks for watching, Crybabies!
See you later! - Hey, everybody.
Ethan here from FBE. Thank you so much
for watching this episode of College Kids React.
And if you enjoyed this episode,
be sure to check out the teens reacting to Melanie Martinez.
You can click on that right below me. Bye, guys.