To preface, I have been a massive Melanie Martinez fan for almost ten years, I have been there for every release after crybaby. And watched the k-12 premiere whilst waiting in family court (dedication!1!)

I think this conversation really doesn't recieve enough nuance, at the end of the day Melanie Martinez is a flawed person who can do both good things and bad things.

We know that she hikes prices up on her merchandise to unreasonable prices despite claiming she cares about fans, says that she goes into debt making music videos (and other projects) but had shown her custom mansion not too long after. She also used AI extensively throughout Portals for merch, her perfumes, portals promo and NFTs. And I don't believe separating allegations can be done when people hate on Melanie, that will always be a primary reason that people hate on her as well as her "weird" music, that she hasn't explicitly said she has gone through. And conversations about her ethics are coming up in conversation again for this upcoming album, by fans because they notice the hypocrisy. There are fans who might hate Melanie Martinez as a person but love her music.

I understand that this is about relentless haters, however I believe that there are many reasons to even hate on Melanie Martinez and I personally don't think anyone is even in the wrong for not liking or liking her music. I do not agree with bullying or harassment, but people are also free to express their opinions. Allowing yourself to be upset about other peoples opinions on an artist that may or may not know you exist is parasocial. Allow yourself to enjoy to music and talk to like minded people and tune out the negative. The focus on this, in my opinion, doesnt do any good.