Melanie Martinez’s recently released an album titled K-12, but what is part 1 about? Martinez’s recently released an album called K-12. Last time we covered the first three songs of the album so let’s continue with song number four, “Strawberry Shortcake”. The most memorable line is “Wondering why I don’t look like Barbie… Got boys acting like they ain’t seen skin before”. In this song it is said that women’s bodies are often taken advantage of by men and that school dress codes make girls feel uncomfortable in their bodies. 

Following the song Strawberry shortcake we have “Orange Juice”, Orange Juice’s most notable lyrics is “you turn oranges to orange juice into there, then spit it out of you your body is imperfectly perfect.”. This song is about personal pressure to look good under society’s norms. She states, “you shouldn’t ever change your appearance to try and fix your insecurities and be confident in your own body.”. Comparing this song to “Mrs. Potato Head” is still quite similar, the song is also about feeling uncomfortable in your own skin and that if you are unattractive no one will love you but however in the video she learned that that is not true. 

Our last song is titled: “High School Sweethearts”, “If you can’t handle a heart like mine, Don’t waste your time with me”. High School crushes are something that you develop over time, however they come and go. Love is such a wonderful thing but it is also the hardest thing to cope with especially through time. Continuing through this song, Martinez dreams of giving her future partner a list of rules that she feels she needs to make to ensure she gets treated right.

All in all, we still haven’t answered the question: why does this album spark so much attention? I feel as with the current generation we see a lot of the concepts in the album shown today. Melanie Martinez makes this relatable content to help people that have gone through these situations to make it more appealing to her audiences of young adults.