Line #53 Music/PalomaFaith


1	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/palomafaith_1810.png]]
2	--> ''Only love can hurt like this''
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4	Paloma Faith (born Paloma Faith Blomfield, 21 July 1981 in Hackney, London) is a British singer, actress and model.
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6	Widely known for her powerful voice, loopy personality and flashy wardrobe, Paloma initially found herself in the post-Music/AmyWinehouse group of 2000's British soul, joining the good company of Music/{{Adele}}, [[Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine Florence Welch]] and Music/{{Duffy}}.
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8	Acting-wise, she's best known as the henchwoman Bet Sykes in ''Series/{{Pennyworth}}''.
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10	!!Discography:
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12	* ''Do You Want The Truth or Something Beautiful?'' (2009)
13	* ''Fall to Grace'' (2012)
14	* ''A Perfect Contradiction'' (2014)
15	* ''The Architect'' (2017)
16	* ''Infinite Things'' (2020)
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18	!! Selected filmography:
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20	* ''Film/{{St Trinians\|2007}}'' (2007) as Andrea
21	* ''Film/TheImaginariumOfDoctorParnassus'' (2009) as Sally
22	* ''Film/{{Dread}}'' (2009) as Clara Thornhill
23	* ''Series/TheVoice UK'' (2012, 2016) {{as herself}}
24	* ''Series/{{Pennyworth}}'' (2019-2022) as Elizabeth "Bet" Sykes
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26	!! Paloma provides examples of:
27	* AlbumTitleDrop:
28	** "Do You Want The Truth or Something Beautiful?", the title track of the album it's found on.
29	** "Freedom" contains this for her sophomore album:
30	---> ''I '''fall to grace''' and into your arms''
31	* AntiLoveSong: "Can't Rely On You", "Trouble With My Baby."
32	* AmbiguousSituation: The "she" who stole Paloma's lover away from her in "New York"; it's not clear if she's talking about a woman, the city itself or even both.
33	* BreakupSong: "Smoke & Mirrors", "Let Me Down Easy", "Beauty of the End", "When You're Gone".
34	* BigOlEyebrows: They're quite strikingly defined, which helps her vintage-inspired imagery.
35	* BilingualBonus: 'Paloma' means 'dove' in Spanish, so it's probably no surprise that the cover of ''Do You Want The Truth or Something Beautiful" features a pair of doves on it.
36	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Very much like Music/LadyGaga in this regard, actually. Paloma definitely does enjoy wearing strange outfits on stage, but she really can sing.
37	* CelebrityResemblance: To Creator/BilliePiper. [[https://www.instagram.com/p/ozB4JmDEEA/ Observe]].
38	* TheChanteuse: Plays one in the "30 Minute Love Affair" video.
39	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Just watch any of her interviews or appearances on Series/NevermindTheBuzzcocks!
40	* CoverVersion:
41	** Her cover of Music/DavidGuetta's "Sexy Bitch" transforms the song into a slinky piano ballad, [[{{Bowdlerise}} replacing 'bitch' with 'minx']] as well as making some lyrical changes that are a bit more tasteful than the original ones.
42	** Additionally, she covers the soul classic "Let Me Down Easy" on ''Fall to Grace'', as well as tackling the INXS hit "Never Tear Us Apart" for a John Lewis advert.
43	* DistaffCounterpart: She's basically like a female Noel Fielding: childish, an eccentric sense of fashion (two words: granny titties), a constant smile, and an off-beat personality. Then again, at some points on Buzzcocks, she's actually made Noel seem perfectly ordinary.
44	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Before she became famous for a music career with technicolour outfits, she was in ''Film/{{St Trinians\|2007}}'' - as the leader of the ''goths''.
45	* TheEdwardianEra / TheRoaringTwenties:
46	** Were the main eras of inspiration behind the look and sound behind her first album.
47	** Following up on that token, her second album seems to take inspiration from TheForties, at least in its look.
48	* EvilLaugh: Lets one out on "Technicolor".
49	* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "New York" fades into "Stargazer" on her first album.
50	* GorgeousPeriodDress: Her dress sense borrows numerous elements from 1940's glamour.
51	* GrowOldWithMe: Played with on "Just Be";
52	--> ''Let's get old together / let's be unhappy forever / cause there's no one else who that i'd rather be unhappy with''
53	* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Many, but she definitely took it up to eleven with this little ensemble that had her flanked by two gigantic balloons.
54	* MindScrew: Paloma plays a melting wax figure in her "Picking Up The Pieces" video.
55	* NewSoundAlbum: While not a huge departure from her debut, ''Fall to Grace'' has been said to be influenced by everything from HipHop to {{Disco}} to Dupstep to "Chinese romantic cinema", of all things.
56	* RecordProducer: Feeling that her first album was a bit scattershot in sound because of its varied producers, Paloma enlisted Nellee Hooper (Music/{{Bjork}}, Music/MassiveAttack) to produce the bulk of ''Fall to Grace''.
57	* {{Retreaux}}: Her first album, mostly.
58	* PrecisionFStrike : On her more recently release album Infinite Things, the song "If Loving You Was Easy" had the lines
59	--> ''I'm self destructive, you wanna say fuck this and go''
60	* StageName: Subverted. Paloma Faith is ''part'' of her full name, which is Paloma Faith ''Blomfield''.
61	--> ''Must have been a deadly kiss''

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