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* NiceHat: Almost never seen without a fedora on stage or in music videos.



* SignatureHeadgear: Almost never seen without a fedora on stage or in music videos.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Last Love Song" is a big departure from the up-beat, sassy tracks for which she's known.



* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Last Love Song" is a big departure from the up-beat, sassy tracks for which she's known.

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%% * BluesRock: A pop-ish variety.
%% * BreakupSong: Several, with different tones

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%% * BluesRock: A pop-ish variety.
%% * BreakupSong: Several, with different tonestones -- "Last Love Song" is anguished, "If U Stayed" is mournful and forlorn, "365 Days" is angry and vengeful.



%% * IntercourseWithYou: Quite a few songs about sex.

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%% * IntercourseWithYou: Quite a few songs about sex.sex. "Charlie Ain't Home" is probably the best direct example, with its lyrics about stilettos, cotton sheets and digging fingertips into her lover's back.



%% * TitleTrack: 'Til The Casket Drops is the title track for..."

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%% * TitleTrack: 'Til The Casket Drops is the title track for..." for the album "'Til The Casket Drops."



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* YourCheatingHeart:
** "365 Days" is directed at a cheating boyfriend and the wounded woman destroys his stuff.
** Similarly, "Break Her Heart" is directed at an ex-boyfriend, with the narrator hoping he cheats on his new lover the way he cheated on his ex.

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* YourCheatingHeart: "365 Days" is directed at a cheating boyfriend and the wounded woman destroys his stuff.

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* YourCheatingHeart: "365 YourCheatingHeart:
**"365
Days" is directed at a cheating boyfriend and the wounded woman destroys his stuff.stuff.
** Similarly, "Break Her Heart" is directed at an ex-boyfriend, with the narrator hoping he cheats on his new lover the way he cheated on his ex.
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* DefenestrateAndBerate: "365 Days" has the classic "woman betrayed by a cheating man" song: clothes and possessions (including his money) thrown out a window, locks changed, etc.

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* DefenestrateAndBerate: "365 Days" has the is a classic "woman 'woman betrayed by a cheating man" man' song: clothes and possessions (including his money) thrown out a window, locks changed, etc.

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* DefenestrateAndBerate: "365 Days" has the classic "woman betrayed by a cheating man" song: clothes and possessions (including his money) thrown out a window, locks changed, etc.
-->Your clothes out on the blacktop\\
Scattered suits on the street\\
Frames and broken pictures in the mid-September heat



* DefenestrateAndBerate: "365 Days" has the classic "woman betrayed by a cheating man" song: clothes and possessions (including his money) thrown out a window, locks changed, etc.

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* TheAlcoholic: Cryin' Wolf is addressed to one of these (he has many, many other issues as well).
* AnalogyBackfire: The smoldering, otherwise-excellent ''Blue Eyes Blind" includes the lines "Forget the truth until tomorrow/You'll be my Hughes, I'll be your Harlow." Harlow and Hughes refer to Jean Harlow and Howard Hughes; the latter "discovered" the former. If your boyfriend reminds you of Howard Hughes, might be a good idea to get away.
* BluesRock: A pop-ish variety, to be sure.
* BreakupSong: Several, with different tones
* CryingWolf: "Cryin' Wolf," naturally, which is about a crummy boyfriend who has made so many promises that it's impossible to believe him.

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* TheAlcoholic: Cryin' Wolf "Cryin' Wolf" is addressed to one of these (he someone who is a drunk old fool and has many, many other issues as well).
well. The lyrics mention his breath is reeking like whiskey, aggressive behavior, and he's stumbling all over town, drinking till he drowns.
* AnalogyBackfire: The smoldering, otherwise-excellent ''Blue smoldering "Blue Eyes Blind" includes the lines "Forget the truth until tomorrow/You'll be my Hughes, I'll be your Harlow." Harlow and Hughes refer to Jean Harlow and Howard Hughes; the latter "discovered" the former. If your boyfriend reminds you of Howard Hughes, might be a good idea to get away.
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%% * BreakupSong: Several, with different tones
* CryingWolf: "Cryin' Wolf," naturally, which Wolf" is about a crummy boyfriend who has made so many promises that it's impossible to believe him.him. And he wants to be helped, but can't be.



* IntercourseWithYou: Quite a few songs about sex.
* NiceHat: Almost never seen without a fedora. The Last Love Song video is an exception, one she even lampshaded on her social media accounts.
* LyricalDissonance: Put the Gun Down is a peppy, bouncy, up-beat song that's actually a desperate, futile plea to the woman Ward knows is going to take her man.
* [[ObligatoryBondageSong Obligatory Bondage Verse]]: Cryin' Wolf features a guest verse from Kendrick Lamar, which includes the line, "Don't forget about the kinkiness of playing with the cuffs...."
* TitleTrack: 'Til The Casket Drops is the title track for....
* SirSwearsALot: Terribly fond of "fuck." When it started raining during a show in Denver, she asked the audience, "You all know where I'm from? That's right, Oregon. Fuck you, rain."
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Last Love Song," which is a big departure from the up-beat, sassy tracks for which she's known.
* WomanScorned: 365 Days is a version of the classic "woman betrayed by a cheating man" song: clothes and possessions (including his money) thrown out a window, locks changed, etc.
* YourCheatingHeart: "365 Days" and "Cryin' Wolf" are both directed at cheating boyfriends.

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%% * IntercourseWithYou: Quite a few songs about sex.
* NiceHat: Almost never seen without a fedora. The Last Love Song video is an exception, one she even lampshaded fedora on her social media accounts.
stage or in music videos.
* LyricalDissonance: Put "Put the Gun Down Down" is a peppy, bouncy, up-beat song that's actually a desperate, futile plea to the woman Ward knows is going to take her man.
* [[ObligatoryBondageSong ObligatoryBondageSong: Obligatory Bondage Verse]]: Cryin' Wolf Verse. "Cryin' Wolf" features a guest verse from Kendrick Lamar, which includes the line, "Don't forget about the kinkiness of playing with the cuffs...."
cuffs".
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* TitleTrack: 'Til The Casket Drops is the title track for....
* SirSwearsALot: Terribly fond of "fuck." When it started raining during a show in Denver, she asked the audience, "You all know where I'm from? That's right, Oregon. Fuck you, rain.
for..."
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Last Love Song," which Song" is a big departure from the up-beat, sassy tracks for which she's known.
* WomanScorned: 365 Days is a version of DefenestrateAndBerate: "365 Days" has the classic "woman betrayed by a cheating man" song: clothes and possessions (including his money) thrown out a window, locks changed, etc.
* YourCheatingHeart: "365 Days" and "Cryin' Wolf" are both is directed at a cheating boyfriends.boyfriend and the wounded woman destroys his stuff.
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Ward released her second album, ''The Storm,'' in 2017.
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A soulful singer-songwriter, ZZ Ward makes blues-infused rock-pop songs about relationships, love and sex. Her debut album, ''Til the Casket Drops,'' has placed three singles on the radio charts: "Put the Gun Down," "365 Days" and "Last Love Song."

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A soulful singer-songwriter, ZZ Ward (born Zsuzsanna Eva Ward, June 2, 1986) makes blues-infused rock-pop songs about relationships, love and sex. Her debut album, ''Til the Casket Drops,'' has placed three singles on the radio charts: "Put the Gun Down," "365 Days" and "Last Love Song."

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