History Music / NicoleDollanganger

* BloodBrothers: The overreaching theme of (what else) "Blood Brothers".

* ''Baby Land'' (2014)

* WeightWoe: "Please Eat" is about dating someone with anorexia, and "Angels of Porn" implies the speaker is suffering from the condition herself.
** "Angels of Porn" is also sung from the point of view of a bulimia sufferer.

Nicole Dollanganger (real name Nicole Bell, born September 8, 1991) is a Canadian, lo-fi musician known for her haunting vocals and [[NightmareFuel eerie lyrics]]. She began posting her music to the internet in 2011, releasing several albums over the years. Her songs have common themes of DomesticAbuse, DestructiveRomance, [[IntercourseWithYou sex]], [[ObligatoryBondageSong BDSM]], and occasional [[BreatherEpisode sweet dates]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: Relatively, since it's Nicole, but the b-side "Have You Seen Me?" and the alt version of "Beautiful and Bad" have full on HeavyMetal instrumentation, compared to her usual fare of ethereal folk ballads.

* [[CoverAlbum ''Columbine'']] (2013)

* VideoFullOfFilmClips: The video for "Observatory Mansions," containing footage from various [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black-and-white]] films, including: ''Film/{{Freaks}}'', ''Film/TheElephantMan'', ''Film/WhateverHappenedToBabyJane'', ''Film/HushSweetCharlotteHush'', ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', ''Film/ThreeFacesOfEve'', ''Film/AliceSweetAlice'', ''Film/SunsetBoulevard,'' ''Film/HouseOfWax,'' ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes,'' ''Film/SpiderBaby,'' ''Film/TheManWhoLaughs,'' Film/''APlaceInTheSun,'' and ''Film/NewWomen.''

* VideoFullOfFilmClips: The video for "Observatory Mansions."

** The interlude "A Marvelous Persona" is a reference to ''Film/{{Gummo}}.''

* TroubledButCute: The objects of affection in many of Dollanganger's songs are of young men that fit this archetype, particularly those that are outwardly violent and cruel, but suffering on the inside. Notable examples include ''Rampage'', which is sung from the perspective of a school shooter's admirer, pulling many references from the Columbine High School massacre, whose perpetrators have this view in the eyes of the fandom surrounding them. Another example is ''Creek Blues'', which earlier releases included the haggard cries of the Thurston High School shooter during his recorded confession.

* ''Observatory Mansions'' is named after the 2010 novel by Edward Carey.

* ''Married in Mount Airy'' references the defunct Mount Airy lodge in the Poconos.

* ''Hillbilly Noir'' (TBA)

** "Cries of the Elephant Man Bones," which is about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merrick Joseph Merrick]]and samples dialogue from ''Film/TheElephantMan.''

* IllGirl: The protagonist of "Adam II (Infirmary)".
** Also implied in "Angels of Porn", in which the speaker is suffering from a relapse of her anorexia nervosa.

* AdultFear: Heaps, in spite of Nicole's girlish and innocent voice. Notable examples include:
** "Choking Games", about the rape and consecutive murder of fifteen-year-old Tammy Homolka at the hands of her older sister.
** "Executioner" and "Rampage" make various references to mass violence and murder, both songs at one point addressing the criminal directly.
** "Dog Teeth", "Alligator Blood", and "Mean", about domestic and emotional abuse.
** "Please Eat", "Ugly" and "Angels of Porn" center around the topics of hospitalization and eating disorders.
** "Flowers of Flesh and Blood" and "Angels of Porn" both prominently implying that the speaker has been raped.
** It's implied that "Uncle" is about incest, though no evidence other than the title and a few scattered ''Flowers in the Attic'' references suggest this.

* ContemptibleCover: Of the ''Columbine'' EP. Three guesses what it is.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: "Angels of Porn" is about a young woman struggling with anorexia. Nicole Dollanganger penned her first songs when hospitalized for the same disease.

--> ''"How come no one ever told me love was like\\
Being [[PrecisionFStrike fucked]] with a knife?"''

* YourCheatingHeart: "Lemonade" is about a wife who believes her husband is cheating on her with another woman, so she has an affair of her own.

** It's implied that "Uncle" is about [[IncestuousSubtext incest]], though no evidence other than the title and a few scattered ''Flowers in the Attic'' references suggest this.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Frequently writes about straight relationships, but has also penned "Sweet Girl", about a lesbian one.

* DomesticAbuse: Another common thing in many of her songs, e.g. "Dog Teeth".

** "Uncle", given the sexual implications of the song.

* LyricalDissonance: Sings in a sweet, almost childlike voice with a calm guitar background; covers everything from [[WeightWoe eating disorders]] to [[DomesticAbuse abuse]].

* QuestionableConsent: "Angels of Porn" implies a non-consensual sexual encounter, though if it's rape, it's never explicitly stated in the song:

* WeightWoe: "Please Eat" is about dating someone with anorexia.