1 | [[quoteright:189:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/julianunes_9755.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:189:Taking Over Website/YouTube One Song at a Time]] |
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4 | Website/YouTube user Julia Nunes plays the ukulele and harmonizes with herself on covers of pop music by artists including Music/BenFolds, Music/TheBeatles, Music/{{Weezer}}, Music/SayAnything, Music/KanyeWest and Music/DestinysChild. Most often a SelfBackingVocalist she has made her way in the music industry completely through sheer talent and self promotion. Also has a legion of adoring fans. |
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7 | !!Tropes used in Julia Nunes' songs include: |
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9 | * AlbumTitleDrop: "Fair Weather" from ''Settle Down'': |
10 | -->And they say 'Julia, just settle down, |
11 | -->There's room for the new girl in town'. |
12 | * TheCoverChangesTheGender: Averted in her version of 3 Oh! 3's "Don't Trust Me" - there'd have to be a lot of lyrical changes to make the gender switch work anyway. And several others, such as "Build Me Up Buttercup" and "Mr. Brightside". |
13 | * GenkiGirl: She can seem a bit hyper in her vlogs and outtakes. |
14 | %%* GirlNextDoor |
15 | * HilariousOuttakes: Sometimes appended to the end of her youtube videos. |
16 | * {{Jerkass}}: Apparently most of her ex-boyfriends were this, if her music is anything to go off of. |
17 | * LyricalDissonance: "Odd" for starters, there are many more. |
18 | * MeaningfulName: The popularization of the ukulele is attributed in part to Manuel Nunes (also Nunes rhymes with "tunes"). |
19 | * MinisculeRocking: The album ''Settle Down'' includes three "vignettes" - "He Is Mad" and "I Wasn't Worried" are both just shy of a minute, while "Pizza" is a mere 23 seconds. |
20 | * TheNapoleon: Averted, she may be short, but she appears to be very comfortable with it, and frequently plays off of/makes joke around her lack of vertical growth. |
21 | * NewSoundAlbum: The ''Ughwow'' EP had a more beat-heavy r and b/hip-hop influenced production style than her previous albums, and it was then followed by a series of non-album singles in that same vein. |
22 | * PrefersGoingBarefoot: She prefers playing barefoot whenever possible, although often concert venues insist she wear shoes for safety reasons. She even appeared barefoot as a musical guest on ''Series/{{Conan}}''. |
23 | * RearrangeTheSong: |
24 | ** ''Settle Down'' includes a handful of re-recorded songs from her earlier albums. Usually, these rearrangements add more instrumentation to songs that originally just featured ukulele or guitar and vocals. "Comatose" already had a very similar full band recording released, but the ''Settle Down'' version adds a slower, more dramatic introduction. |
25 | ** "August 2020" is a more electronic remake of her earlier song "August". |
26 | * {{Scatting}}: "Into The Sunshine" has a repeated section where the lyrics are just "ba ba ba". |
27 | * SelfBackingVocalist: |
28 | ** Over 90% of the videos on her youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/jaaaaaaa |
29 | ** Most of the time this is true on the album versions of her songs. ''Settle Down'' has several songs that prominently feature harmonies by groups of actual backup singers though - she's said that this was inspired by all the [[AudienceParticipationSong singing along]] that her live audiences do. |
30 | * SunnySunflowerDisposition: Fittingly matching her page image. |
31 | * WhenSheSmiles: Much like another famous [[Creator/JuliaRoberts Julia]], she has a radiant smile that transforms her face. |
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