Mad Hatter by Melanie Martinez Song Info
"Mad Hatter" is the thirteenth track of Melanie Martinez's debut album, Cry Baby. The music video was released on September 23rd, 2017. In an interview with Artist Direct, Melanie said that "Mad Hatter" is about being okay with who you are. In this song, Cry Baby is fully accepting herself and doesn't care what other people think of her. The song includes many references to and takes a lot of inspiration from the 1865 fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The song is the closing chapter of the story because Cry Baby embraces the chaos inside of her, refusing to hide it regardless of what the world thinks, representing her character development throughout the album.