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Gym lockers being opened and closed, squeaking, and people talking can be heard throughout the song.

During a live stream on Lucy Loone's Instagram, Iz Verdea said that the outfits the dancers wear while dancing on the K-12 Tour are meant to represent period blood.

Strawberry Shortcake represents 6 th grade.

Each song on K-12 represents a different grade level in school, from kindergarten through 12 th grade.

The instrumental was leaked on April 27 th, 2020.

In an interview with Apple Music, Melanie stated that the music video was inspired by visual artist Nicoletta Ceccoli's artwork 'Just Dessert'.

It is unknown whether this was an accident or on purpose for an upload test.

The music video was separately released on iTunes and Apple Music before YouTube however, it was taken down a few days later.

The hairstyle Cry Baby wears in the gym's lockers room scene is very similar to Mrs Potato Head's hairstyle.

The three songs were first performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 16 th, 2019.

Strawberry Shortcake was one of the first songs from K-12 to be performed live, along with Recess and High School Sweethearts.

At the end of the song, the start of Lunchbox Friends can be briefly heard fading in.

Topless and in a giant cake skirt, she is surrounded by a group of boys, who start screaming and eating her skirt, while she is visibly uncomfortable, and follow the girls at the swimming pool. With a group of girls around her, which Celeste and Angelita are part of, she talks about some of the problems she confronts as a girl in society, from the objectification of their bodies to the need to conform in the societal norms. The video starts with Cry Baby standing in the gym locker room, before the choreography starts. This is the seventh music video that appears in Melanie's film, K-12. Melanie Martinez - Strawberry Shortcake (Snippet) Gallery Sayin' it's my fault, it's my fault 'cause I put icing on top Just teach him to keep it in his pants and tell him to stop Instead of making me feel bad for the body I got So, I'm stuffing my bra so they might look the best Mikey's eyes seem to be glued to her chest 'Cause it's how I look and not what I think That's my bad, that's my bad, no one taught them not to grab Now, the boys want a taste of the strawberry shortcake It's my fault, it's my fault 'cause I put icing on top Got sent home to change 'cause my skirt is too short

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Got boys acting like they ain't seen skin before Now, my mum is preaching to make sure I'm pureīut I never really cared about that shit before They say boys like girls with a tiny waist

Therefore, the song addresses sexual harassment and carries a critique of rape culture and victim-blaming. Due to this, she draws an excessive amount of attention from boys, causing her to feel as if it is her fault that they are becoming distracted by her and her body- in the film, the song plays during swimming class when Cry Baby has to wear a skimpy school-provided swimsuit, further reinforcing the theme of the song. Cry Baby takes several measures to change her appearance so that she is considered more attractive, such as waxing her legs and stuffing her bra so her breasts appear larger. This regularly causes them to feel insecure about how they look since they do not fit society's standards. The song is about how many girls are taught from a young age that they are only valued if they are attractive to men. Melanie also stated that there was always this attention on how she looks as opposed to what she thinks.

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In this video, Melanie stated that the song's theme was partially based around her own experiences as a child and as a female artist in sixth grade, it would be a dress code violation to wear 'a spaghetti strap and a short skirt' because it was a concern that 'what will boys do?' or 'what will boys think if you're dressed like that?'. In 2020, a short, one minute video of Melanie explaining the meaning behind the song was released through Apple Music. A second snippet was released exclusively in France and Italy as an assignment on September 4 th, 2019 before being officially released worldwide. On August 6 th, 2019, a snippet of this song was released on Facebook and Instagram through an advertisement for the K-12 Tour.

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