After a star-making appearance on The Voice, Melanie Martinez delivers Cry Baby, a riveting debut album full of oddball pop that’s both smart and singularly colorful.Lead single “Pity Party” is an explosive update of Lesley Gore’s classic 1963 single “It’s My Party” that echoes the breathy pastiche of … Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez on AllMusic - 2015 - Building upon the conceptual ideas of her 2014… The song's music video was released on March 14, 2016. Background and composition "Cry Baby" runs for three minutes and fifty-nine seconds. "Cry Baby" is a song by American singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez for her debut studio album of the same name (2015). In this song, Melanie expresses with deep passion and knowledge, what it means to be different from others, especially when society does not fully understand your personality. “Cry Baby” explains in its verses the challenges of being an open-hearted and emotional person. Melanie Adele Martinez (born April 28, 1995) is an American singer-songwriter born in Astoria, Queens, and raised in Baldwin, New York.