Melanie Martinez got her first two tattoos in one session in July 2014 with artist Lauren Winzer. The larger of the two is a colorful pastel carousel horse on her left forearm. Melanie has said that she loved carousels as a child. One of her first singles was the song “Carousel” in which uses a carousel as a metaphor for a relationship which is stuck going in circles.  The tattoo isn’t specifically a reference to the song, but rather both are a reflection of the same aesthetic. “There are certain [tattoos] that mean different things. I loved carousels since I was little, but that’s also why I wanted to write a song called Carousel, so everything in my life kind of fits together,” she told Now 105.

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i cannot wait till @laurenwinzer comes back to the states so i can get more art on my body by her??? shes INSANE✨?

A photo posted by Melanie Martinez (@littlebodybigheart) on Sep 19, 2014 at 11:55am PDT

Celebrity: Melanie Martinez

Subject:Horse Umbrella

Placement:Forearm

Theme:Animal

Style:Traditional

Tattoo Artist:Lauren Winzer

posted by Linda on July 8, 2014