Soap

"Soap" is a song by Melanie Martinez, featured on her debut studio album, Cry Baby. The song was released July 9, 2015, along with a music video the same day. It was released as the second single of her album Cry Baby, being set to impact Alternative radio outlets according to Warner Music. The song was featured in the 2016 film Nerve. Background and composition "Soap" was premiered exclusively on Elle magazine's website on July 9, 2015. The alt-pop and electropop track was released as the second single from Martinez's debut album, Cry Baby. In the interview with Elle, Martinez described the song, "Soap was written about my current boyfriend when we were first talking, I felt too scared to say how I felt about him and thought if I told him it'd be like throwing a toaster in his bath. So I washed my mouth out with soap. I think anyone can really relate to this song. I'm sure there was a time in everyone's life where they felt too scared to say how they felt so they 'washed their mouth out with soap’. She continued, "Everyone is allowed to be vulnerable. I think women and men and dogs and cats and ants and aliens can all express themselves and be vulnerable". Music video The music video for "Soap" was released July 10, 2015, the same day the audio was released. It was directed by a couple of Martinez's friends in her hotel room tub.