History Music / TheVeronicas

* [[TakeThatMe Take That Us]]: Did a song called "Double Trouble (Samey Samey)" which exists purely for this purpose. They know how crazy the whole twins thing makes people.

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They have worked with Clif Magness (who has written with Music/AvrilLavigne), Billy Steinberg (Music/{{Madonna}}, Cyndi Lauper), Max Martin (Music/BritneySpears, Music/KatyPerry), Eric Nova, Dead Mono, Vince Degiorgio, Toby Gad (Music/KellyClarkson, Music/AliciaKeys) and Billy Corgan of Music/TheSmashingPumpkins.

'''EPs'''

* BunnyEarsLawyer: They are Perky Goths with emotional music but they are genuine, and listening to their interviews shows they have a clear intelligence of the music industry.

* DirtyOldMan: Discussed in Music/{{Lolita}}, due to being based upon the book.
* {{Dystopia}}: Lolita seems to be based in this world.

* IntercourseWithYou: ''Take Me on the Floor, Untouched, This Love, 4ever, All I Have, I Can't Stay Away, Everything, Lolita, Dead Cool''.

* LoveIsADrug: ''I Can't Stay Away''

* LighterAndSofter: Not in the most obvious way but Hook Me Up was relatively more fun and silly then their debut.

** Did You Miss Me? shouts out to ''Film/{{Heathers}}'', ''Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs'', Bang Bang Bang, some common phrases in rap songs and the whistles in 2012/2011 pop songs.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: A common theme between albums.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: How they explain their own music:
** Secret Life Of: Heavy Folk Pop Rock
** Hook Me Up: Symphonic Electronic Rap Rock Pop trip-hop rock 'n' roll.
** The Veronicas: Progressive pop with country/blues, trip hop, and grunge elements and strong classical influence.

* NiceGirl: They're known in real life for being very friendly and sweet-natured, especially with fans.

* ''The Secret Life of...The Veronicas'' (2005)

'''EP's'''
* Sessions@AOL (2005)
* Unplugged: The Veronicas (2006)

* The Live Tracks (Late 2011)
* Lolita (2012)
* In My Blood (2016)

During the lack of album releases, Lisa started a side project called "Dead Cool Dropouts" with her close friend Tyler Bryant of Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown with Garageband, focusing on acoustic breakup songs; Bryant later contributed to their third album. Jess also had her own side project called Cakehole in 2007, which has a [[SarcasmMode pleasant]] song called "Stab You."

They have worked with including Clif Magness (who has written with Music/AvrilLavigne), Billy Steinberg (Music/{{Madonna}}, Cyndi Lauper), Max Martin (Music/BritneySpears, Music/KatyPerry), Eric Nova, Dead Mono, Vince Degiorgio, Toby Gad (Music/KellyClarkson, Music/AliciaKeys) and Billy Corgan of Music/TheSmashingPumpkins.

'' Godzilla'' (2021)

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Take Me On The Floor and I Can't Stay Away get a whole load of sexy stuff, refer to coming and taking. This Love refers to "In your sheets.' 4Ever is asking someone to stay the night and was often played on morning television shows.

* YourCheatingHeart: ''Revenge Is Sweeter (Than you ever were), All I Have, Everything I'm Not, Did Ya Think''
** Played with in the 'You Ruin Me' video; it's clear that Jess had no idea that the ballet instructor she was sleeping with was in another relationship. Possibly DisproportionateRetribution considering what the sisters [[WomanScorned do]] [[BoundAndGagged to]] [[AmbiguousEnding him...]]

Not to be confused with BettyAndVeronica, but [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/Veronica_167.png they did appear in a comic book]] with Franchise/ArchieComics due to a trademark dispute solved by cross-promotion.

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---> ''I feel so untouched and I want you so much that I just can't resist you...''

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* BiTheWay: Jess implied this for a long time before confirming she'd dated Ruby Rose in 2008 and got back together with her in 2016.

* DarkerAndEdgier: their third album is definitely more mature than their first two, but there was a seven year gap between releases.

** Did You Miss Me? shouts out to ''Film/{{Heathers}}'', Snow White, Bang Bang Bang, some common phrases in rap songs and the whistles in 2012/2011 pop songs.

* TakeThat: In the lyrics

** Lolita, just like Music/LanaDelRey, who influenced them on their new album.

** Literature/Lolita, just like Music/LanaDelRey, who influenced them on their new album.

** Literature/{Lolita}, just like Music/LanaDelRey, who influenced them on their new album.

** Literature/{Lolita}}, just like Music/LanaDelRey, who influenced them on their new album.

The Veronicas are Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, both born on December 25, 1984. Twins from Brisbane, Australia, both are self-taught guitarists and piano players known internationally for their catchy pop songs and [[SiblingTeam sisterly antics.]]

Their first album, ''The Secret Life Of...'' was punky acoustic PowerPop, their second, ''Hook Me Up'' was dancey {{Synthpop}}, and their third is dark progressive pop with country, electronic and blues elements. Jess describes their music as: "[[MindScrew If you melted a barbie into some black nail polish and then sprinkled it with glitter and then maybe put some spit on it.]]"

During the lack of album releases Lisa started a side project called "Dead Cool Dropouts" with her close friend Tyler Bryant of Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown with Garageband, focusing on acoustic breakup songs; Bryant later contributed to their third album. Jess also had her own side project called Cakehole in 2007, which has a [[SarcasmMode pleasant]] song called "Stab You."

After being stuck in DevelopmentHell for over five years they split from Creator/SireRecords and signed with Sony Music. Since then they released their long-awaited third album, put out three singles from said album, and have started to write their next. They plan on filming a documentary, writing a book, and recording an EP as well as touring.

They briefly appeared as substitute coaches for The Madden Brothers of Music/GoodCharlotte on Series/TheVoice in 2016. They released a non-album single 'In My Blood' while coaching and it is intended to be a lead up to their fourth album.

* ActionGirl: In their Lolita video, well they have guns anyway.
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Did You Miss Me?" features a Life On Mars title drop. When that was the name of the third album

** "Dead Cool", "I Can't Stay Away"
** Subverted with "I Could Get Used To This", "Heart Like A Boat"
* AloneInACrowd: Jess in the 'You Ruin Me' video where she discovers the man she is sleeping with is in another relationship - she stands frozen amongst crowds of ballet dancers practicing.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: A common theme between albums
* ArcWords / VerbalTic / AuthorVocabularyCalendar: Uses the word, "Everything" a lot in the titling of their songs: "Everything I'm Not","Everything I Need", "Everything".
** Messed Up, Screwed Up, F'd up was a theme all over the lyrics of Secret Life
* AudienceParticipationSong: ''4ever, Everything, Everything I'm Not, This Love''

* BestServedCold: "REVENGE is Sweeter" and the Everything I'm Not video.
* BeYourself: And be loved as yourself is the theme of Secret Life