"The Bakery" is a song by American recording artist
Melanie Martinez, released as part of the After School - Deluxe Edition of Martinez’ second studio album
K-12. The song was accompanied by a music video.[1]
Background
On July 25, 2020, Melanie revealed during an interview with Brazilian channel "Multishow" that the track was produced by
Blake Slatkin. On September 22, 2020, Melanie posted a snippet of the song on TikTok, announcing that it would be released on September 25.[2] On September 25, 2020, Melanie posted a snippet of the music video on her Instagram, announcing that the video, alongside the rest of the deluxe would be released at 12:00AM EST.[3] A photo from the music video was also revealed in an Instagram story.
Theme
'The Bakery' is a song about Martinez unenthusiastically working at a bakery during high school because she needed to make money to invest into her art and her music.[3]
