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Play Date by Melanie Martinez

Artist Biography For Melanie Martinez

Melanie Adele Martinez Is An American Singer-Songwriter Artist Director Actress Dancer Clothing Designer Producer And Photographer. Born In Astoria Queens And Raised In Baldwin New York She First Participated In The MSG Varsity Talent Show During Her Junior Year Of High School And Subsequently Rose To Prominence In 2012 After Appearing On The American Television Vocal Talent Show The Voice. She Auditioned Singing Britney Spears's Toxic And Made It To The Top 6 Before Being Eliminated In The Fifth Week Of Live Shows. Immediately Following Her Departure From The Show She Began Independent Work On Original Material. She Began Recording For A Later-Scrapped EP In 2013 With Acts Such As John Feldmann And Doveman. Eventually Becoming Tired Of That Sound And Wanting To Experiment She Wrote "Dollhouse" At A Session With Kinetics & One Love In September Of That Year. This Song Kickstarted The Cry Baby Theme/sound. Signing To Atlantic Records Soon After Melanie Released Her Debut EP Dollhouse 2014 . The EP Had 2 Singles Dollhouse And Carousel And Included Songs That Were Recorded During Sessions For Her Then-Upcoming Debut. Martinez Later Released Her Debut Studio Album Cry Baby 2015 Which Debuted At Number 6 On The Billboard 200 And Was Certified Platinum By The RIAA. It Currently Has Over 4.1 Billion Streams On Spotify And All Of The Album Tracks Are Certified By The RIAA. Martinez Released Her Second Studio Album “K-12” Along With An Hour-And-A-Half-Long Film With The Same Name On September 6 2019 Featuring Hits Such As "Show & Tell " "Nurse's Office " And "Strawberry Shortcake". She Then Released The Accompanying After School EP On September 25 2020. The Deluxe Album Currently Has Over 1.6 Billion Streams On Spotify. In 2020 “Play Date” Gained Major Popularity Due To Trends On TikTok Along With Many Other Songs After It. Due To Its Success “Play Date” Now Currently Has 700 Million Streams On Spotify Making It Their Most Streamed Song To Date. Martinez's Third Studio Album PORTALS Was Released On March 31 2023 With The Deluxe Version Being Released On April 5th 2023.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Play Date

Play Date Is The First Deluxe Track On Melanie Martinez's 2015 Debut Album ''Cry Baby'' And The 14th Song Overall. The Song Was Written By Melanie Martinez & Jennifer Decilveo While Production Was Handled By Jennifer Decilveo & Michael Keenan. This Tells The Story Of Cry Baby Feeling Like She’s Nothing More Than A Friend To The Boy She Likes. He Is Constantly Inviting Her Over To Play Games But Cry Baby Feels That He Does Not Care About Her As Much As She Cares About Him. Frustrated She Outwardly Proclaims She Is Just As Uncommitted As He Is And How She's Tired Of All The Games She Has To Play To Stay With Him. She Wishes She Didn’t Care About His Antisocial Behavior Towards Her And Wishes She Could Stop Chasing After Him. During The Song's Ending She Admits To Actually Liking Spending Time With Him Despite His Odd Behavior. She States That She Does Not Want To Leave Him.

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