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* PopStarComposer: Celeste's discography is written by Music/{{Sia}}.

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* PopStarComposer: Celeste's discography is written by Music/{{Sia}}. The orchestral score, meanwhile, was the last work of music ever done by Music/ScottWalker.
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* {{Main/Jerkass}}: Celeste as an adult is extremely rude, short-tempered, abrasive and bigoted.

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* {{Main/Jerkass}}: {{Jerkass}}: Celeste as an adult is extremely rude, short-tempered, abrasive and bigoted.



* PetTheDog: She won't be winning "mother of the year" any time soon but Albertine is the only person the adult Celeste is ever genuinely nice to and tries to be a caring parent despite her own issues and immaturity.

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* PetTheDog: She won't be winning "mother of the year" any time soon but Albertine is the only person the adult Celeste is ever genuinely nice to and tries to be a caring parent for despite her own issues and immaturity.
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* PetTheDog: She won't be winning "mother of the year" any time soon but Albertine is the only person the adult Celeste is ever genuinely nice to and tries to be a caring parent despite her own issues and immaturity.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: The kind, idealistic Celeste we meet when she is a teen is almost entirely unrecognizable from the abrasive, foul-mouthed trainwreck we see in the present.

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* FreudianExcuse: Given all she went through as a teen and young adult, it's no surprise that Celeste grew up to an extremely flawed person.



* {{Main/Jerkass}}: Celeste as an adult is extremely rude, short-tempered, abrasive and racist.

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* {{Main/Jerkass}}: Celeste as an adult is extremely rude, short-tempered, abrasive and racist.bigoted.


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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Celeste makes a number of ableist comments, calling her sister "retarded", and is said to have been in a car accident where she made a number of racist comments to the other driver.

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Celeste is less talented than Eleanor, who writes all her songs, but somehow wasn't able to break through like Celeste was, and never gained fame. Bad luck and choices? Probably, but Eleanor wasn't at the school shooting ([[ForWantOfANail she was sick that day]]), while Celeste is constantly implied to have seen or experienced something that set her on her path to icon status.

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* {{Main/Jerkass}}: Celeste as an adult is extremely rude, short-tempered, abrasive and racist.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Celeste is less talented than Eleanor, who writes all her songs, but somehow wasn't able to break through like Celeste was, and never gained fame. Bad luck and choices? choices combined with a lack of Celeste's magnetism and star power? Probably, but Eleanor wasn't at the school shooting ([[ForWantOfANail she was sick that day]]), while Celeste is constantly implied to have seen or experienced something that set her on her path to icon status.
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''Vox Lux'' is a 2018 music drama film directed by Brady Corbet, with original music written by Music/{{Sia}}.

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''Vox Lux'' is a 2018 music drama film directed by Brady Corbet, Creator/BradyCorbet, with original music written by Music/{{Sia}}.

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* HollywoodAtheist: Celeste mentions having believed in God once, but "grew up" and sarcastically offers herself as a subject of worship to religious terrorists. She's also really messed up has a very traumatic past, and struggles with addiction.

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* HollywoodAtheist: Celeste mentions having believed in God once, but "grew up" and sarcastically offers herself as a subject of worship to religious terrorists. She's also really messed up up, has a very traumatic past, and struggles with addiction.addiction. It's somewhat implied she stopped believing after being shot and nearly dying (she'd offered to pray along with the school shooter right before).



* TeenPregnancy: Celeste got pregnant with Albertine while still a teenager.



** Similar to Music/BritneySpears, Celeste's career kicks off in 1999 when she is a teenager, she is primarily known by OnlyOneName in her music career, she also has a less famous sister who works in a similar industry, she has children young and she endures CreatorBreakdown in the mid-00s involving car accidents and drug problems, which leads to a DarkerAndEdgier reboot of her career.

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** Similar to Music/BritneySpears, Celeste's career kicks off in 1999 when she is a teenager, she is primarily known by OnlyOneName in her music career, she also has a less famous sister who works in a similar industry, she has children young and she endures CreatorBreakdown a breakdown in the mid-00s involving car accidents and drug problems, which leads to a DarkerAndEdgier reboot of her career.
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* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Celeste made one, or at least believes she did, to save her life after being shot.]]
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* MumLooksLikeASister: Due to having had albertine in her teens Celeste looks more like her older sister than her mother.

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* MumLooksLikeASister: Due to having had albertine Albertine in her teens Celeste looks more like her older sister than her mother.mother (they also [[IdenticalGrandson looked the same when that age]]).
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* IdenticalGrandson: Thanks to both being played by the same actress, Celeste's teenage daughter Albertine apparently looks exactly like Celeste herself as a teenager.

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* IdenticalGrandson: Thanks to both being played by the same actress, Celeste's teenage daughter Albertine apparently looks exactly like has the exact same appearance as Celeste herself as a teenager.
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* IdenticalGrandson: Thanks to ActingForTwo, Celeste's teenage daughter Albertine apparently looks exactly like Celeste herself as a teenager.

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* IdenticalGrandson: Thanks to ActingForTwo, both being played by the same actress, Celeste's teenage daughter Albertine apparently looks exactly like Celeste herself as a teenager.

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* IdenticalGrandson: Thanks to ActingForTwo, Celeste's teenage daughter Albertine apparently looks exactly like Celeste herself as a teenager.



* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Thanks to ActingForTwo, Celeste's teenage daughter Albertine apparently looks exactly like Celeste herself as a teenager.

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* HollywoodAtheist: Celeste mentions having believed in God once, but "grew up" and sarcastically offers herself as a subject of worship to religious terrorists. She's also really messed up has a very traumatic past, and suffers substance abuse.

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* HollywoodAtheist: Celeste mentions having believed in God once, but "grew up" and sarcastically offers herself as a subject of worship to religious terrorists. She's also really messed up has a very traumatic past, and suffers substance abuse.struggles with addiction.


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* MumLooksLikeASister: Due to having had albertine in her teens Celeste looks more like her older sister than her mother.
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* DisappearedDad: Albertine's father clearly isn't very involved with her life (unsurprisingly, as her conception was due to a single encounter).

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* DisappearedDad: Albertine's father clearly isn't very involved with her life (unsurprisingly, as her conception was due to a single encounter).encounter, plus him being messed up).
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* DisappearedDad: Albertine's father is clearly not very involved with her life (unsurprisingly, as her conception was due to a single encounter).

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* DisappearedDad: Albertine's father is clearly not isn't very involved with her life (unsurprisingly, as her conception was due to a single encounter).

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* DisappearedDad: Albertine's father is clearly not very involved with her life (unsurprisingly, as her conception was due to a single encounter).
* HollywoodAtheist: Celeste mentions having believed in God once, but "grew up" and sarcastically offers herself as a subject of worship to religious terrorists. She's also really messed up has a very traumatic past, and suffers substance abuse.


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* OneNightStandPregnancy: Celeste got pregnant with Albertine due to a one-time tryst.
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* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: Celeste's story begins with UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}}, and concludes with a beach-set shooting much like the 2015 Sousse attacks, while there's also a more than passing resemblance between washed up teen sensation turned dark and edgy adult singer Celeste and Music/BritneySpears.

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''Vox Lux'' is a 2018 music drama film directed by Brady Corbet.

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''Vox Lux'' is a 2018 music drama film directed by Brady Corbet.
Corbet, with original music written by Music/{{Sia}}.


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* PopStarComposer: Celeste's discography is written by Music/{{Sia}}.
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* Louis Cypher: Depending on your interpretation, [[spoiler: Jude Law’s character may be The Devil]].

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* Louis Cypher: Depending on your interpretation, [[spoiler: Jude Law’s character may be The Devil]].
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*Louis Cypher: Depending on your interpretation, [[spoiler: Jude Law’s character may be The Devil]].
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''Vox Lux'' is a 2018 music drama film directed by Brady Corbet.






** Similar to Music/BritneySpears, Celeste's career kicks off in 1999 when she is a teenager, she is primarily known by OnlyOneName in her music career, she also has a less famous sister who works in a similar industry, she has children young and she endures CreatorBreakdown in the mid-00s involving car accidents and drug problems, which leads to a DarkerAndEdgier reboot of her career.

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** Similar to Music/BritneySpears, Celeste's career kicks off in 1999 when she is a teenager, she is primarily known by OnlyOneName in her music career, she also has a less famous sister who works in a similar industry, she has children young and she endures CreatorBreakdown in the mid-00s involving car accidents and drug problems, which leads to a DarkerAndEdgier reboot of her career.career.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Celeste is less talented than Eleanor, who writes all her songs, but somehow wasn't able to break through like Celeste was, and never gained fame. Bad luck and choices? Probably, but Eleanor wasn't at the school shooting ([[ForWantOfANail she was sick that day]]), while Celeste is constantly implied to have seen or experienced something that set her on her path to icon status.

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Similar to Music/BritneySpears, Celeste's career kicks off in 1999 when she is a teenager, she is primarily known by OnlyOneName in her music career, she also has a less famous sister who works in a similar industry, she has children young and she endures CreatorBreakdown in the mid-00s, which leads to a DarkerAndEdgier reboot of her career.

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory:
** See RippedFromTheHeadlines above to see the ways in which it's distinctly ''not'', but other than that...
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Similar to Music/BritneySpears, Celeste's career kicks off in 1999 when she is a teenager, she is primarily known by OnlyOneName in her music career, she also has a less famous sister who works in a similar industry, she has children young and she endures CreatorBreakdown in the mid-00s, mid-00s involving car accidents and drug problems, which leads to a DarkerAndEdgier reboot of her career.

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In 1999, teenage Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survives a brutal school shooting after being shot in the spine. After singing at a memorial service, Celeste transforms into a burgeoning pop star with the help of her songwriter sister (Stacy Martin) and a talent manager (Creator/JudeLaw). By 2017, adult Celeste (Creator/NataliePortman) starts a comeback after a scandalous incident that derailed her career. Touring in support of her sixth album, a compendium of sci-fi anthems entitled ''Vox Lux'', Celeste must try to bring some harmony to her teenager daughter (also Cassidy) and regenerate her career again.

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In 1999, teenage Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survives a brutal school shooting after being shot in the spine. After singing at a memorial service, Celeste transforms into a burgeoning pop star with the help of her songwriter sister (Stacy Martin) and a talent manager (Creator/JudeLaw). By 2017, adult Celeste (Creator/NataliePortman) starts a comeback after a scandalous incident that derailed her career. Touring in support of her sixth album, a compendium of sci-fi anthems entitled ''Vox Lux'', Celeste must try to bring some harmony to her teenager teenage daughter (also Cassidy) and regenerate her career again.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines:
** The school shooting Celeste survives is [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory very loosely]] UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} (or at least [[LegendFadesToMyth some myth version of it]], based on the year (1999), trench coats and a conversation about God between a teenage girl, who survived being shot, and the shooter.
** The 2017 shooting seems to be a hybrid of the 2015 Sousse attacks (taking place in Croatia rather than Tunisia) as a mass shooting from masked men and multiple assailants taking place on a beach, though there is an additional UsefulNotes/CharlesManson vibe to the use of Celeste's masks, which is invented.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Thanks to ActingForTwo, Celeste's teenage daughter Albertine apparently looks exactly like Celeste herself as a teenager.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Similar to Music/BritneySpears, Celeste's career kicks off in 1999 when she is a teenager, she is primarily known by OnlyOneName in her music career, she also has a less famous sister who works in a similar industry, she has children young and she endures CreatorBreakdown in the mid-00s, which leads to a DarkerAndEdgier reboot of her career.
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In 1999, teenage Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survives a brutal school shooting after being shot in the spine. After singing at a memorial service, Celeste transforms into a burgeoning pop star with the help of her songwriter sister (Stacy Martin) and a talent manager (Creator/JudeLaw). By 2017, adult Celeste (Creator/NataliePortman) starts a comeback after a scandalous incident that derailed her career. Touring in support of her sixth album, a compendium of sci-fi anthems entitled ''Vox Lux'', Celeste must try to bring some harmony to her teenager daughter (also Cassidy) and regenerate her career again.

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