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2 | Kimya Dawson (born November 17, 1972) was that woman who [[GuitarHeroEffect sang a bunch of songs]] from ''Film/{{Juno}}''. Okay, with that out of the way... |
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4 | Kimya is a singer/songwriter from Washington whose style is commonly classified as anti-folk. More specifically, Kimya makes acoustic, lo-fi pop songs -- usually armed with only her guitar and her girlish singing voice -- with revealing, guileless, even cutesy lyrics. Her subject matter ranges from death and diseases to pop culture references and ranting about the negative health effects of wheat. |
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6 | She was a member of indie pop band The Moldy Peaches, who are currently on hiatus. She also joined Music/AesopRock for the side project The Uncluded, who debuted with their album ''Hokey Fright'' in 2013 and are still touring together. |
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8 | Solo albums: |
9 | * ''I'm Sorry Sometimes I'm Mean'' (2002) |
10 | * ''Knock Knock Who'' (2004) |
11 | * ''My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess'' (2004) |
12 | * ''Hidden Vagenda '' (2004) |
13 | * ''Remember That I Love You'' (2006) |
14 | * ''Alphabutt'' (children's album) (2008) |
15 | * ''Thunder Thighs'' (2011) |
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17 | !!Tropes Associated with Kimya Dawson: |
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19 | * AbusiveParents: Describes situations of abuse and neglect by parents to children that Kimya has known in "Stinky Stuff." |
20 | * AlbumTitleDrop: |
21 | -->"So if you want to cut yourself, [[AlbumTitleDrop remember that I love you]] |
22 | -->And if you want to burn yourself, remember that I love you |
23 | -->And if you want to kill yourself, remember that I love you]]" |
24 | * BrokenAce: Is this for a while in "The Competion", where she is driven to do well in everything she did by her personal demons, but found it didn't make them go away. |
25 | * CrowdSong: "Loose Lips." |
26 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "And they'll make a moving made for TV movie for lifetime all about my life," from ''Underground''. |
27 | * DownerBeginning: "My Mom", which starts with her having a dream about unable to stop 'her favorite baby' from drowning. |
28 | * EpicRocking: "Walk Like Thunder." |
29 | * FolkMusic: More or less. |
30 | * FromBadToWorse: A lyric in her collaboration song with Aesop Rock called "That Cat Has Worms." |
31 | ---> '''Kimya and Aesop Rock''': Here's where it goes from bad to worse I heard meow meow that cat has worms! |
32 | * GriefSong: ''"I will lose my shit if even one more person I know dies..."'' |
33 | ** See also "It's Been Raining" from ''Hidden Vagenda''. |
34 | * NewSoundAlbum: Much of ''Thunder Thighs'' sees Kimya expanding her signature sound, including a rap song, "Zero Or A Zillion." She also wrote an album of kid songs. |
35 | * OneOfTheKids: Describes this feeling in "You're In" after finding out she's pregnant, making the experience even scarier. |
36 | * PowerBallad: "Anthrax" from ''Hidden Vagenda.'' |
37 | * SelfBackingVocalist: When she's not backed up by children's voices. |
38 | * ShrinkingViolet: Kimya tends to come off like this trope in musical form. |
39 | * SingerSongwriter |
40 | * SillyLoveSongs: "Anyone Else But You." |
41 | * SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Lots of them, and one of the trademarks of her writing style. |
42 | ** The following is from ''Utopian Futures''. |
43 | --> '''Kimya''': There's plenty of fresh air here in town, the plants are all growing on the cars. |
44 | ** From ''The Competion''. |
45 | --> '''Kimya''': When I delivered newspapers they said I was too slow. When I was a barista they said I made lousy ''foam''. |
46 | * ThreeChordsAndTheTruth |
47 | * ToiletHumour: Just check out the song "Alphabutt," which teaches kids the alphabet through a long series of fart references. |
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