Yay!! Melanie turns 25 today!! Dang, it's really been that long...she's really been blessing the earth with her presence since 1995. I can't believe how far she's come in her career though. Like, she was just a contestant on The Voice 6 years ago. And now, here she is, 2020, with an awesome EP, two albums that completely slap, a whole freakin' movie, and a fanbase of like 3 million people, probably more, but I'm just estimating. She has saved lives with her music, my life included. If it weren't for this girl here, I wouldn't be sitting in my bed typing this right now. Oh boy, now I'm tearing up. I wish her a great birthday, even though this is Scratch and she'll probably never see this. But on the rare occasion that she does, I just want to say something. I love you, Melanie. You have come so far, and I love seeing that. I love seeing you grow, through your music, and as a person, too. I wish you the happiest birthday, and just a happy life in general. I've said this like three times, but I'm going to say it again. I really love you. You have made me smile, made me laugh, cry, and feel so many emotions I didn't think were possible. You're the best. The best singer, the best dancer, best actress, best human. You made me want to live again. A few years ago, I was in a really tough spot. I was struggling with some mental health issues, I would break down sometimes and cry for hours. I tried not to show it, but I was really hurting inside. And then you came along. I found out about you by watching your Dollhouse video, and yes, I was like 8 at this time. 8 year olds have issues too! But I watched your video, and then listened to the entire Cry Baby album. And I fell in love. It was amazing. And I kind of forgot about you for a while, you know, I continued doing normal kid stuff. And then, around June or July 2019, your K-12 teaser came up in my YouTube recommendations. It triggered something in me, I was just kind of like, "Oh, yeah, Melanie. I remember her." So I watched it, and then spent the rest of my days anxiously awaiting the arrival of this album. And then, September 5th, 2019 came. I stayed up late to watch your movie. It was, to say the least, the best movie I had ever seen. I cried at least four times, once from sadness, the other three times from pure happiness at how you really just kind of covered everything other artists are too scared to talk about in one album. Eating disorders, how women are objectified by the clothes they wear, how schools often don't do anything to prevent bullying. It was all amazing. And now, here we are, April 28th, 2020. Your 25th birthday. Hooray!! Anyways, yeah, I'm sorry for my entire story about how Mel saved my life, yeah, bla bla bla. By now, you're all probably like 'oh my god we get it you have issues and Melanie saved you shut the hell up', so yeah, I'm sorry, I will let you continue on with your day.
