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* EpicRiff: The riff to "Yeah Yeah Yeah" is very recognizable for people that listen to the band, for later arrivals, "Harlem", "Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)", and "West End Kids" has these for newer fans of the band.
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Face Of The Band cut per TRS. Platonic Life Partners is NRLEP, so please refrain from troping the musician's personal relationships.


* FaceOfTheBand: Long and by far David Boyd
* PlatonicLifePartners: David Boyd and Søren Hansen, as they were good friends before they made the band together.

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* UpToEleven: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "Harlem"'s chorus
-->"When it gets loud, I turn it up."

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* UpToEleven: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "Harlem"'s chorus
-->"When it gets loud, I turn it up."
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[[caption-width-right:350:Danish as fuck.[[labelnote:Note]]The words used on their About page on their personal YouTube account[[/labelnote]]]]

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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Harlem" does this
-->"Shake it like a bad girl up in Harlem"


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* SurrealMusicVideo: "West End Kids", due to it being based on the band fighting their friends in different ways, and being controlled to fight them with somebody choosing their actions.
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** "One of Us"Everywe

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** "One of Us"Everywe
Us"
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* CreatingLifeIsBad: Referenced in "Dignity"
-->"You manipulate
-->With your bag of tricks
-->You're playing God with the world on my shoulder"
* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: David Boyd is a very gifted dancer, and incorporates it into live performances, music videos, photoshoots, practically anything.


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* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: Partially invoked in "Harlem", which is more about dancing, but a repeating part of the chorus sung by Søren is:
-->"Shake it like a bad girl up in Harlem."

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** "One of Us"

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** "One of Us"
Us"Everywe



* DualMeaningChorus: "Yeah Yeah Yeah" can be interpreted in several different ways, depending on how you interpret the verses.
* EpicRiff: The riff to "Yeah Yeah Yeah" is very recognizable for people that listen to the band, for later arrivals, "Harlem", "Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)", and "West End Kids" has these for newer fans of the band.



-->So if you don't give a fuck. sing!"

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-->So if you don't give a fuck. sing!"sing!"
* TitleOnlyChorus: "Yeah Yeah Yeah" is partially this, with Søren screaming the title and David joining in with some verses between each scream.
* UpToEleven: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "Harlem"'s chorus
-->"When it gets loud, I turn it up."
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* PlatonicLifePartners: David Boy and Søren Hansen. Friends before they were in the band together.

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* PlatonicLifePartners: David Boy Boyd and Søren Hansen. Friends Hansen, as they were good friends before they were in made the band together.
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* FaceOfTheBand: Long and by far David Boyd
* PlatonicLifePartners: David Boy and Søren Hansen. Friends before they were in the band together.
* PrecisionFStrike: A couple of songs have one.
** "Yeah Yeah Yeah" in particular has one that devolves into a ClusterFBomb
-->"You're just fucking killing me!"
** Not to mention the very unexpected one from a somber break in "Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)"
-->"This one's for everyone that says I'm nothing.
-->This one's for my friends that don't give a fuck.
-->So if you don't give a fuck. sing!"
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'''New Politics''' is an Alternative/Dance/Pop/Punk band from Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of David Boyd, Søren Hansen, and Louis Vecchio. Formed when Boyd and Hansen both attempted a solo career, they realized they worked better as a group, creating New Politics. They won a contest and played a major Danish festival, despite not being an official band, in this event, they hired
Poul Amaliel to play drums.

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'''New Politics''' is an Alternative/Dance/Pop/Punk band from Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of David Boyd, Søren Hansen, and Louis Vecchio. Formed when Boyd and Hansen both attempted a solo career, they realized they worked better as a group, creating New Politics. They won a contest and played a major Danish festival, despite not being an official band, in this event, they hired
hired Poul Amaliel to play drums.

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'''New Politics''' is an Alternative/Dance/Pop/Punk band from Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of David Boyd, Søren Hansen, and Louis Vecchio. Formed when Boyd and Hansen both attempted a solo career, they realized they worked better as a group, creating New Politics. They won a contest and played a major Danish festival, despite not being an official band, in this event, they hired
Poul Amaliel to play drums.

Soon after, they signed to RCA and chose to move to the United States, staying in Brooklyn. From then on, they performed at SXSW in 2010. Amaliel left the band shortly after to return to Denmark, being replaced with Louis Vecchio.

The bands instrumentation consists of

* David Boyd: Lead Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
* Søren Hansen: Bass, Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
* Louis Vecchio: Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Their discography with selected singles include

* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum New Politics]]'' (2010)
** "[[BreakthroughHit Yeah Yeah Yeah]]"
** "Dignity"

* ''A Bad Girl In Harlem'' (2013)
** "[[SignatureSong Harlem]]"
** "Tonight You're Perfect"

* ''Vikings'' (2015)
** "Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)"
** "West End Kids"
** "Girl Crush"
** "One of Us"

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