History Main / TorchSong

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Lampshaded by Claudia in the fifth episode when she lets Lestat know that she's aware of his dirty secret, which is that he's bedding a singer (viewers and Louis himself can easily guess that it's Antoinette).

Scholar John Moore states that the first torch song was the 1921 pop song "Mon Homme", which became a hit in the US in its translated version, "My Man", which was used in the Zeigfield Follies. [[note]] 'The Hieroglyphics of Love': The Torch Singers and Interpretation' John Moore Popular Music Vol. 8, No. 1, Performance (Jan., 1989), pp. 31-58 (28 pages) Published By: Cambridge University Press[[/note]] Tin Pan Alley songwriters created a formula for torch songs, which became popular in underground speakeasy bars and cabaret or vaudeville shows.

Scholar John Moore states that the first torch song was the 1921 pop song "Mon Homme", which became a hit in the US in its translated version, "My Man", which was used in the Zeigfield Follies. [[note]] 'The Hieroglyphics of Love': The Torch Singers and Interpretation' John Moore Popular Music Vol. 8, No. 1, Performance (Jan., 1989), pp. 31-58 (28 pages) Published By: Cambridge University Press[[/note]] Tin Pan Alley songwriterrs created a formula for torch songs, which became popular in underground speakeasy bars and vaudeville shows.

TheChanteuse is often seen performing one of these. A performer who specializes in these songs is called a "torch singer". The prototypical female torch singer is in a slinky cocktail dress, singing I a smoky nightclub. Of course, there are also male crooners who do torch sings.

The genre is most closely associated with the Great American Songbook era of the 1920s to 1950s, as well as modern country and pop music. It's a common variety of song in musicals. Scholar John Moore states that the first torch song was the 1921 pop song "Mon Homme", which became a hit in the US in its translated version, "My Man", which was used in the Zeigfield Follies. [[note]] 'The Hieroglyphics of Love': The Torch Singers and Interpretation' John Moore Popular Music Vol. 8, No. 1, Performance (Jan., 1989), pp. 31-58 (28 pages) Published By: Cambridge University Press[[/note]]

TheChanteuse is often seen performing one of these. A performer who specializes in these songs is called a "torch singer".

The genre is most closely associated with the Great American Songbook era of the 1920s to 1950s, as well as modern country and pop music. It's a common variety of song in musicals. Scholar John Moore states that the first torch song was the 1921 pop song "Mon Homme", which became a hit in the US in its translated version, "My Man", which was used in the Zeigfield Follies. [[Note]] 'The Hieroglyphics of Love': The Torch Singers and Interpretation' John Moore Popular Music Vol. 8, No. 1, Performance (Jan., 1989), pp. 31-58 (28 pages) Published By: Cambridge University Press[[/note]]

The genre is most closely associated with the Great American Songbook era of the 1920s to 1950s, as well as modern country and pop music. It's a common variety of song in musicals. Scholar John Moore states that the first torch song was the 1921 pop song "Mon Homme", which became a hit in the US in its translated version, "My Man", which was used in the Zeigfield Follies. [[Note 'The Hieroglyphics of Love': The Torch Singers and Interpretation' John Moore Popular Music Vol. 8, No. 1, Performance (Jan., 1989), pp. 31-58 (28 pages) Published By: Cambridge University Press]]

The genre is most closely associated with the Great American Songbook era of the 1920s to 1950s, as well as modern country and pop music. It's a common variety of song in musicals. Scholar John Moore states that the first torch song was the 1921 pop song "Mon Homme", which became a hit in the US in its translated version, "My Man", which was used in the Zeigfield Follies. [['The Hieroglyphics of Love': The Torch Singers and Interpretation' John Moore Popular Music Vol. 8, No. 1, Performance (Jan., 1989), pp. 31-58 (28 pages) Published By: Cambridge University Press]]

The genre is most closely associated with the Great American Songbook era of the 1920s to 1950s, as well as modern country and pop music. It's a common variety of song in musicals.

A torch song is a sentimental ballad about lost or unrequited love: the singer is still "holding a torch" for someone [[UnrequitedLoveLastsForever who (they think) doesn't or can't love them back]].

* Much of Music/{{Lana Del Rey}}'s repertoire consists of these. Notable examples include "[[TheLostLenore Dark Paradise]]", "Blue Jeans", "[[DriventoSuicide Summertime Sadness]]", and "Young and Beautiful".
* "Anna" by Music/TheMenzingers is about how the narrator's girlfriend is never around and he misses her but will wait for her.
* "Mover Awayer" by Music/HoboJohnson is about how Hobo's girlfriend moved away and left him, but he still loves her and wishes he hadn't pushed her away.
* Music/TheAmazingDevil has a song called "New York Torch Song" though the style may not fit as well as the title.
* "White Flag" by Music/{{Dido}} is about how the narrator is still in love with their ex even though the relationship is over and there is no hope of reconciliation.
* "So Sick" by Music/NeYo is about the narrator having trouble getting over feelings for a partner who walked out on them.
* ''Music/ConfessionExecutiveCommittee'''s Love Series has "Right Now, I'm in Love -triangle story-" and "Triangle Jealousy", in which the male singer Kotaro laments how his love interest and {{childhood friend|Romance}} Hina doesn't notice his feelings while she's busy with her own crush on another boy.

* Music/{{Lonestar}'s "Everything's Changed," in which the singer's OldFlame returns to their hometown and he points out all the things that have changed: their old date spots have been replaced by new buildings or just closed completely, the street they grew up on is unrecognizable, and the train she took out of town no longer stops there anymore. He then tells her "everything's changed, except for the way I feel about you."

A torch song is a sentimental ballad about lost or unrequited love: the singer is still "holding a torch" for someone who (they think) doesn't or can't love them back.

* From the 5th ''Film/{{The Thin Man}}'' movie, Song of the Thin Man. The song "You're Not So Easy to Forget" not only fulfills this trope and is sung by TheChanteuse but also serves as a plot point.

* "Anna" by Music/TheMenzingers is about how the narrator's girlfriend is never around and he misses her, but will wait for her.

* ''Film/{{A Star Is Born|1954}}'' Judy Garland's Esther shows off her musical chops on "The Man That Got Away", which is so over the top it's almost a parody of the genre.

* From the 5th ''Film/{{The Thin Man}}'' movie, Song of the Thin Man. The song "You're Not So Easy to Forget" not only fulfills this trope but also serves as a plot point.

* "White Flag" by Music/Dido is about how the narrator is still in love with their ex even though the relationship is over and there is no hope of reconciliation.

One of the principal subgenres of MusicalTheater song, and very common in the Jazz Standards and traditional pop repertoire. A torch song is a sentimental ballad about lost or unrequited love, typically performed by a woman: the singer is still "holding a torch" for someone who (they think) doesn't or can't love them back.

The genre is most closely associated with the Great American Songbook era of the 1920s to 1950s or so, but newer musicals often still have songs that fit this category.

%% "Someone Like You" by Music/{{Adele}}

* ''Music/ConfessionExecutiveCommittee'''s Love Series has "Right Now, I'm in Love -triangle story-" and "Triangle Jeajousy", in which the male singer Kotaro laments how his love interest and {{childhood friend|Romance}} Hina doesn't notice his feelings while she's busy with her own crush on another boy.

* ''Music/ConfessionExecutiveCommittee'''s Love Series has "Right Now, I'm in Love -triangle story-" and "Triangle Jeajousy", in which the male singer Kotaro laments how his love interest and {{chihldhood friend|Romance}} Hina doesn't notice his feelings while she's busy with her own crush on another boy.

* ''Music/ConfessionExecutiveCommittee'''s Love Series has "Right Now, I'm in Love -triangle story-" and "Triangle Jeajousy", in which the male singer Kotaro laments how his love interest Hina doesn't notice his feelings while she's busy with her own crush on another boy.

* ''Music/ConfessionExecutiveCommittee'''s "Love Series" has "Right Now, I'm in Love -triangle story-" and "Triangle Jeajousy", which has the male singer Kotaro lament how his love interest Hina doesn't notice his feelings while she's busy with her own crush on another boy.