History Music / Kent

** [[Music/TheBeatles "Here comes the sun"]] and [[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven "Für Elise"]] are mentioned in "Vintervila".

* FadeOut: "Den andra sidan", "Socker", "Hur jag fick dig att älska mig", "Ff", "Chans", "Columbus"

* CharacterTitle: "Columbus",

* FadeOut: "Den andra sidan", "Socker"

&&* LastChorusSlowDown:

* LastChorusSlowDown: "Mannen i den vita hatten"

* FadeOut: "Den andra sidan"

* LaBelleEpoque: They have a song that is called so, however it is about today Sweden.

* LaBelleEpoque: They have a song that is called so, however it is about today Sweden.

* NewSoundAlbum: After releasing several albums, usually classified as Alternative/Pop Rock, Kent released ''Tillbaka till samtiden'' and ''Röd'', two synthpop/rock albums. After that they (mostly) returned to their old style though.

* OneWordTitle: "Egoist", "Klåparen", "Mirage", "Sverige", "Elefanter", "Skogarna", "Andromeda", "Ingenting", "Sömnen", "Kevlarsjäl",...let's just say it's not uncommon!
* TheOner: The music video to [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ykM558k_D0w "Var är vi nu?"]] is filmed in one shot.

* RegionalRiff: At the beginning of "LSD, någon?" there are Scandinavian sounding violins.

* RecycledLyrics: The line "Vi kommer alla någon annanstans ifrån än där vi råka vara just nu"[[note]]We all come from somewhere else than we happen to be right now[[/note]] from "Falska Profeter" reappears in "Den sista sången" as "Vi kommer från nån annanstans är där vi är just nu"[[note]]We come from somewhere else than we are right now[[/note]].
* RunningTimeInTheTitle: "747" is 7 minutes and 47 seconds long.

* KidsRock: A choir of children appears in "Dom som försvann", "Andromeda", "Egoist" and "Den sista s;ngen".

* TheNounWhoVerbed: "Dom som försvann"

** The beginning of "Din enda vän" is a monologue from the movie ''Film/BonjourTristesse''.

* WordSaladLyrics: "Markus Sång" aka "Papin jahti":

* GriefSong: "M" is apparently about Jocke Berg's late grandmother.

They are the most popular rock/pop band in Sweden and Scandinavia with twelve released studio albums and over three million sold records. With a few exceptions all of their songs are written in Swedish. Their music style is often described as "melancholic" and they are sometimes described to be the Swedish answer to British Bands like Music/{{Keane}} or Music/{{Coldplay}}.

!!List tropes about us, ohohoh, we are forever:

!!Tropes:

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* MeaningfulName: "Den sista sången" ("The last song") was the last song on their last album, as well as the last long on their last concert.

* KidsRock: A choir of children appears in "Dom som försvann", "Andromeda", "Egoist" and "Den sista sången".

* WordSaladLyrics: "Markus Sång" aka "Papin jahti":
-->The golden [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar dick]] was jumping on the beach. The priest ran after.

* TranslatedCoverVersion: There are both a Swedish and a English version existing of their albums ''Isola'' and ''Hagnesta Hill''.

[[caption-width-right:350: What a nice Swedish summer weather!]]

* GrimUpNorth: Many of their songs are about this, for example "Stoppa mig Juni (Lilla Ego)", "Ingenting", "Columbus" and "LSD, någon?", just to name a few.

* RunningTimeInTheTitle: "747" is 7 minutes and 47 seconds lon.

* ForeignLanguageTitle: "Mirage", "La Belle Époque", "Music Non Stop".

On May 20th 2016, the band has released their last studio album ''Då som nu för alltid''. Their last concert was on 17 December 2016.

** One of their newest sings is called "Literature/{{Nostromo}}".