The Bakery (song)

"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.

Background
On July 25, 2020, Martinez revealed during an interview with Brazilian channel "Multishow" that the track was produced by Blake Slatkin. On September 22, 2020, Martinez posted a snippet of the song on TikTok, announcing that it would be released on September 25. On September 25, 2020, Martinez 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. 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 the singer needed to make money to invest into art and music.