History Music / JamesBlunt

->''"Cockney rhyming slang for the good stuff; Proof that one song is all you need"''

* {{Badass}}: He was a British Army officer for six years, who served in Kosovo during the 1999 NATO bombing campaign and was instrumental in resolving a incipient crisis between NATO troops and Russian troops of the occupation of Pristina airport by querying an order from US General Wesley Clark to use force against Russian troops in possession of the airport.

* SignatureSong: "You're beautiful", of course.

* ProtestSong: "No Bravery" is an anti-war song where Blunt tells what he's seen when he was in Kosovo.

Blunt however was unfazed by this and due to his solid work ethic, support for charities and continuing to release popular albums and singles, the hate has mostly faded from the public consciousness and Blunt has gone on to sell over twenty million albums.

James Blunt is a British singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2004 with the megahit "You're Beautiful". It got played to death on the radio, to the point the a lot of people were heartily sick of the sound of his voice. Coupled with other artists being shunted off festival bills in favour of Blunt due to his newfound prominence, there was a huge backlash amongst the British public under the rather [[JustForPun blunt]] catchphrase "James Blunt is a c**t".

* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Some of his songs concern this, for example "Same Mistake"and "Tears and Rain".

-->''(from "Same Mistake")''': And so I sent some men to fight / and one came back at death of night / Said he'd seen my enemy / said he looked just like me / So I set out to cut myself, and here I go.

* HisOwnWorseEnemy: Some of his songs concern this, for example "Same Mistake"and "Tears and Rain".

-->--'''James Blunt''', in his [[https://www.twitter.com/jamesblunt?lang=de Twitter]] bio

* UnfortunateNames: "James Blunt" is cockney slang for [[CountryMatters cunt]].

* SelfDeprecation: At the height of the overplaying of "You're Beautiful" and the "James Blunt is a c**t" backlash, Blunt appeared on an episode of ''Series/TopGear'' and promptly won over both the audience and the viewing public by cheerfully demonstrating his total willingness to take the piss out of himself , his music and the ridiculous hype about the song.

* AlbumTitleDrop: In his song "I can't hear the music" from his second album ''All of the lost souls'':

* AlbumTitleDrop: In his song ''I can't hear the music'' from his second album ''All of the lost souls'':

Blunt however was unfazed by this and due to his solid work ethic, support for charities and continuing to release popular albums and singles. The hate has mostly faded from the public consciousness and Blunt has gone on to sell over twenty million albums.

James Blunt is a British singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2004 with the megahit "You're Beautiful". Which got played to death on the radio to the point the a lot of people were heartily sick of the sound of his voice. Coupled with other artists being shunted off festival bills in favour of Blunt due to his newfound prominence, there was a huge backlash amongst the British public under the rather blunt (if you'll pardon the pun) catchphrase "James Blunt is a c**t".

Blunt however was unfazed by this and due to his solid work ethic, support for charities and continuing to release popular albums and singles the hate has mostly faded from the public conciousness and Blunt has gone on to sell over twenty million albums.

James Blunt embodies the following tropes:

* DeadpanSnarker: Seriously, just read his Twitter feed. You troll Blunt at your own risk, he is the master of the comeback.
-->Random tweeter: "Now I have James Blunt stuck in my head". JB: "And my balls on your chin."

* UnfortunateNames: "James Blunt" is cockney slang for [[CountryMatters cunt]].

* SelfDeprecation: At the height of the overplaying of "You're Beautiful" and the "James Blunt is a c**t" backlash, Blunt appeared on an episode of ''Series/TopGear'' and promptly won over both the audience and the viewing public by cheerfully demonstrating his total willingness to take the piss out of himself , his music and the ridiculous hype about the song.

* SelfDeprecation: At the height of the overplaying of "Your Beautiful" and the "James Blunt is a c**t" backlash, Blunt appeared on an episode of ''Series/TopGear'' and promptly won over both the audience and the viewing public by cheerfully demonstrating his total willingness to take the piss out of himself , his music and the ridiculous hype about the song.