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* {{Adorkable}}: Watch any of her vBlogs. Any of them.



* EnglishRose
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* CarefulWithThatAxe: "Leave Me to Love". It sounds like a demon got inside the recording studio.
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* WhosLaughingNow: The viewpoint character of "Getting Scared" has had enough and goes after her bully. And she's going to ''enjoy'' it.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, she wrote "2-1" for the soundtrack to the PrinceCaspian film, but it was rejected and the track ended up on ''Ellipse''.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, she wrote "2-1" for the soundtrack to the PrinceCaspian Film/PrinceCaspian film, but it was rejected and the track ended up on ''Ellipse''.
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* CreatorBacklash[=/=]ToughActToFollow: While she's certainly still fond of it, she believes that what made "Hide and Seek", arguably her most famous song, special is impossible to recreate and therefore she's not ever going to try to do so.
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* NewSoundAlbum: And how. ''iMegaphone'' is a fairly straightforward alt-rock album, evocative of early PJ Harvey. ''Speak for Yourself'' and everything she's produced since is much more electronic and ethereal. She even sings in a very different voice.
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* GaiasLament/[[GaiasRevenge Revenge]]: "Earth", where the earth itself is an annoyed mother chastising humanity, her children.
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* WordOfGod: Subverted. The lyrics to "Hide and Seek" are incredibly ambiguous, and Heap refuses to tell the general public what the song is actually about.
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** But the lyrics still convey quite a lot of meaning in an almost Carrolian fashion. In "Lifeline," it's clear that she's talking about a family crisis that comes up despite the full life that the speaker has. "an instant great white gravity" might sound like nonsense at first, but it evokes the idea of a moment so serious that it threaten to swallow you up, like a great white shark.

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** But the lyrics still convey quite a lot of meaning in an almost Carrolian fashion. In "Lifeline," it's clear that she's talking about a family crisis that comes up despite the full life that the speaker has. "an instant of great white gravity" might sound like nonsense at first, but it evokes the idea of a moment so serious that it threaten to swallow you up, like a great white shark.
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** But the lyrics still convey quite a lot of meaning in an almost Carrolian fashion. In "Lifeline," it's clear that she's talking about a family crisis that comes up despite the full life that the speaker has. "an instant great white gravity" might sound like nonsense at first, but it evokes the idea of a moment so serious that it threaten to swallow you up, like a great white shark.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: There's something that makes "Hide and Seek" so awesome. Maybe it's the "Mmm / What you say?" part, maybe it's her vocoder, it's something that we might never know.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: There's something that makes "Hide and Seek" so awesome. Maybe it's the "Mmm / What you say?" part, maybe it's her vocoder, it's something that we might never know.
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* SceneryPorn: "Propeller Seeds" uses 3D sound to create an aural version of this trope.

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* SceneryPorn: "Propeller Seeds" uses 3D "3D" sound to create an aural version of this trope.
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* SceneryPorn: "Propeller Seeds" uses 3D sound to create an aural version of this trope.
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--> ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel And you think you're alone…]]''

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--> ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel And ''And you think you're alone…]]''alone…''
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* {{Music/Instrumentals}}: The deluxe version of ''Ellipse'' featured a second disc containing the entire album in this form. Since "The Fire" was already an instrumental, Heap removed the piano solo [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin leaving just the crackling fire]].

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* {{Music/Instrumentals}}: {{Instrumentals}}: The deluxe version of ''Ellipse'' featured a second disc containing the entire album in this form. Since "The Fire" was already an instrumental, Heap removed the piano solo [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin leaving just the crackling fire]].
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* {{Hypocrite}}: "Aha!"'s first two verses- one is about a man who, while saying he couldn't eat wheat, or meat, or dairy (because of his own choices, not because of allergies), later ate a chocolate biscuit containing wheat and dairy, knowing its contents. Imogen wasn't amused (especially since she'd just taken a huge amount of care to make him a dinner he could eat). The second verse is about one of her neighbours, who, despite being an environmental activist, wanted to cut down a tree so he could see his car.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: "Aha!"'s first two verses- one is about a man who, while saying he couldn't eat wheat, or meat, or dairy (because of his own choices, not because of allergies), later ate a chocolate biscuit containing wheat and dairy, knowing its contents. Imogen wasn't amused (especially since she'd just taken a huge amount of care to make him a dinner he could eat). The second verse is about one of her neighbours, who, despite being an environmental activist, wanted to cut down a tree so he could see his car. Imogen really wasn't amused. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick The third verse is about a murderer.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: "Aha!"'s first two verses- one is about a man who, while saying he couldn't eat wheat, or meat, or dairy (because of his own choices, not because of allergies), later ate a chocolate biscuit containing wheat and dairy. Imogen wasn't amused. The second verse is about one of her neighbours, who, despite being an environmental activist, wanted to cut down a tree so he could see his car.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: "Aha!"'s first two verses- one is about a man who, while saying he couldn't eat wheat, or meat, or dairy (because of his own choices, not because of allergies), later ate a chocolate biscuit containing wheat and dairy. dairy, knowing its contents. Imogen wasn't amused.amused (especially since she'd just taken a huge amount of care to make him a dinner he could eat). The second verse is about one of her neighbours, who, despite being an environmental activist, wanted to cut down a tree so he could see his car.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: "Aha!"'s first two verses- one is about a man who, while saying he couldn't eat wheat, or meat, or dairy, later ate a chocolate biscuit containing wheat and dairy. Imogen wasn't amused. The second verse is about one of her neighbours, who wanted to cut down a tree so he could see his car.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: "Aha!"'s first two verses- one is about a man who, while saying he couldn't eat wheat, or meat, or dairy, dairy (because of his own choices, not because of allergies), later ate a chocolate biscuit containing wheat and dairy. Imogen wasn't amused. The second verse is about one of her neighbours, who who, despite being an environmental activist, wanted to cut down a tree so he could see his car.

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An English singer and one half of the former group FrouFrou. Notable for quirky, enjoyable beats, and many unusual costumes.

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An English Imogen Heap is a famous alternative singer from Essex, England. She began writing music as a teenager, having [[ChildProdigy learned to play and one half of the former group FrouFrou. Notable for quirky, enjoyable beats, and taught herself to play many unusual costumes. instruments as a teenager.]] She got her start in recording music as a guest vocalist for the band Acacia. After Acacia ended, she released her first solo album, ''i Megaphone''. However, despite its popularity, record problems and budget issues resulted in her being dropped from her record label. She began collaborating with Guy Sigsworth, Acacia's programmer and keyboard player. Forming the duo FrouFrou, they released a single album, ''Details'', in 2002. After getting dropped from their label, Imogen created her second solo album, ''Speak For Yourself'' in 2005, and followed it with ''Ellipse'' in 2009. Since then, she's been working on her fourth album.

A large part of her popularity comes from the presence of "Let Go", FrouFrou's SignatureSong, in the movie ''Garden State'', and the use of "Hide and Seek"- first in the season 3 finale of ''TheOC'', then in the 'Dear Sister' skit on SaturdayNightLive, and finally in Jason Derulo's song 'Whatcha Say'. Unfortunately, the latter has led to many people only knowing her for "Hide and Seek". Given her worldwide popularity, this is sure to change.

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* LyricalTic: She was rather fond of "da da oom" early on, which showed up in "Not You Again" and in the [=iMegaphone=] songs "Candlelight" and "Angry Angel", among others.



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* SingingSimlish: She ''loves'' this trope.
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* BodyDouble: "Bad Body Double", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously]].
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An English singer and one half of the former group FrouFrou. Notable for quirky, enjoyable beats, and many unusual costumes. You have probably heard her music in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_heap#Recordings_for_television_and_film everything, ever.]]

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An English singer and one half of the former group FrouFrou. Notable for quirky, enjoyable beats, and many unusual costumes. You have probably heard her music in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_heap#Recordings_for_television_and_film everything, ever.]]
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* LastNoteNightmare: Both the beginning ''and'' ending to "Leave Me To Love".
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* AutoTune: She uses a vocoder on "Hide and Seek" in order to sing multi-part harmony with herself.
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* AnimeHair: Some of her hairdos are very large and gravity-defying.
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* AntiLoveSong: "I Am In Love With You", "The Walk"

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* AntiLoveSong: "I Am In Love With You", "The Walk"Walk", possibly "Loose Ends"
* AudienceParticipationSong: "Hide and Seek" and "Just For Now".


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* BigScrewedUpFamily: "Just For Now"


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* EvilTwin: "Bad Body Double"


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** "Loose Ends", "Angry Angel", "I Am In Love With You", "Clear The Area", "Little Bird", "Bad Body Double", "Wait It Out"...


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** Also, quite possibly "Swoon".


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** "Sleep"


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* WordSaladLyrics: "Lifeline", "Tidal" and "Daylight Robbery".
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* PrecisionFStrike: In "Bad Body Double":
--> "We look very similar except she's got some grays and a little extra weight on the sides and dimply thighs, I hear that stuff's a bitch to get rid of."

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