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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kt_tunstall.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:She's [[{{Pun}} drastically fantastic]]!]]
3	->''You can hear she's a beautiful girl, she's a beautiful girl\
4	She fills up every corner like she's born in black and white\
5	Makes you feel warmer when you're trying to remember what you heard\
6	She likes to leave you hanging on a wire\
7	Suddenly I see\
8	This is what I wanna be\
9	Suddenly I see\
10	Why the hell it means so much to me.''
11	-->-- "Suddenly I See"
12
13	Kate Victoria Tunstall, alias [[MyNaymeIs K]][[XtremeKoolLetterz T]] Tunstall (born June 23, 1975) is a Scottish SingerSongwriter. She first gained recognition after performing her SignatureSong and BreakthroughHit, "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on ''Series/LaterWithJoolsHolland''. She released four albums before moving to L.A. to work on movie scores. On September 9, 2016, she released her 5th album, ''KIN''.
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15	!!Discography
16	* ''Eye to the Telescope'' (2004)
17	* ''[[UnpluggedVersion KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza]]'' (2006)
18	* ''Drastic Fantastic'' (2007)
19	* ''Tiger Suit'' (2010)
20	* ''[[ChristmasSongs Have Yourself a Very KT Christmas]]'' (2010 EP)
21	* ''Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon'' (2013)
22	* ''KIN'' (2016)
23	* ''Wax'' (2018)
24	* ''Nut'' (2022)
25
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27	!! KT Tunstall provides examples of the following tropes:
28	* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable:
29	** "Difficulty," the title of which ends up being pronounced like "difficulTY"
30	** "Another Place to Fall"
31	--->See yourself as a fallen anGEL
32	** "The Other Side of the World"
33	--->And most of every day
34	--->Is full of tired excusES
35	* BreakupSong: "The Other Side of the World" is about her friends' breakup (which happened in KT's apartment). Both people lived in England, but one had to move to America. They later [[BreakUpMakeUpScenario got back together]], though.
36	* CapsLock: The 2016 album (and its TitleTrack) is not ''Kin'', it's ''KIN''.
37	* CoverVersion:
38	** [[Music/{{Eagles}} "Boys of Summer"]] is the only one to make it onto an album (''Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon'') but she's also famous for her cover of [[Music/TheJacksonFive "I Want You Back"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnm5MDeAX7c]]. She sometimes works [[Music/TheWhiteStripes "Seven Nation Army"]] into live versions of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVbm9U80hBU "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"]].
39	** All of the {{Christmas\|Songs}} album is covers
40	** She does covers of [[Music/TheBangles "Walk Like an Egyptian"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Pafixt83A live]] sometimes.
41	* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles:
42	** The sparkly guitar on the cover of ''[[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71BM%2BhJY5TL._SL1500_.jpg Drastic Fantastic]]''.
43	** The video for [[https://youtu.be/3L8NFQDdIr8 "All or Nothing"]].
44	* EyesDoNotBelongThere: She painted eyes on her hands in the "Evil Eye" [[https://youtu.be/LULB8jXdaoc video]].
45	* FaceOnTheCover: One version of the ''[[http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/498/MI0000498670.jpg?partner=allrovi.com Eye to the Telescope]]'' cover.
46	* {{Fangirl}}: Of Music/PattiSmith if "Suddenly I See" is anything to go by; the song was inspired by a magazine cover Patti did, hence the line "I can see her eyes looking from the page of a magazine/She makes me feel like I could be a tower..."
47	* GainaxEnding: "No Better Shoulder" starts very softly and calmly, but from around the 2:30 mark to the end, more and more dissonant guitar sounds are added until, by the end, it's an [[EchoingAcoustics echo-y]], wail-y mess.
48	* GoToAlias: With a cockney accent and a Snapchat filter, KT becomes [[https://www.instagram.com/cockneyleslie/ "Cockney Leslie,"]] a foul-mouthed advice-giver
49	* InspiredBy: "Madame Trudeaux" is probably inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Trudeau Margaret Trudeau]]--who is wife of UsefulNotes/PierreTrudeau, former prime minister of Canada--and her affairs with some members of Music/{{The Rolling Stones\|Band}}. Interestingly, she sings "President's wife" instead of "Prime Minister's wife," though that might be because it fit better.
50	* LighterAndSofter:
51	** ''Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon'' is notably more laid-back and quiet than her previous 3 main albums, even though the songs are about her divorce and her father's death.
52	** Her cover of [[{{Music/Eagles}} "Boys of Summer"]].
53	* LimitedLyricsSong: "No Better Shoulder." The only words, repeated over and over, are
54	-->"There's no better shoulder
55	-->there's no finer place
56	-->one word of warning
57	-->you'll never be replaced"
58	* LyricalDissonance: "Invisible Empire" is a calm, peaceful, major key song in which she describes "burn[ing] this house" and "jump[ing] into the fire," and how her "dynasty is falling".
59	* MistakenForGay: At one point, because of the rainbow suspenders she wore on the front of one version of the cover for ''Eye to the Telescope''.
60	* MurderBallad: Lyrically, "Made of Glass" isn't one, but the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zn-UUoaW0A music video]] would have you believe otherwise.
61	* MyNaymeIs: KT, which is an oversimplified form of "Katie" is a combination of this and XtremeKoolLetterz.
62	* NewSoundAlbum:
63	** ''Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon'', which is noticeably calmer than her previous albums, with a more [[FolkMusic folk]]-ish flavour.
64	** ''Tiger Suit'' is just as upbeat as her other stuff, but with more [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] and dance elements.
65	** ''KIN'' seems to be a return to pop, perhaps a blend of the electronic sound from ''Tiger Suit'' with the pop/rock style of her earlier albums.
66	* [[OneManBand One-Woman Band]]: In many live performances she uses loop pedals to supply her own [[SelfBackingVocalist back-up vocals]] and percussion.
67	* OneSteveLimit: Katie Melua was breaking through around the same time, and Tunstall didn't want to be mistaken for her. Hence, KT.
68	* {{Overcrank}}:
69	** The entire "All or Nothing" video is KT jumping around with her guitar in ''very'' slow motion.
70	** The "Love Is An Ocean" video is in ''reverse'' slo-mo.
71	* PepTalkSong: "Push That Knot Away".
72	-->May you always, may you always walk in hope
73	-->And may your days just be a way
74	-->To walk upon a great high road
75	* PopStarComposer: She's not a pop star per se, but she did take a break from recording to [[Franchise/DisneyFairies write songs]] [[Film/MillionDollarArm for movies]].
76	* PrecisionFStrike: Swearing in general is surprisingly uncommon in her songs, considering how sweary she is when she talks, but she gets an f-strike in in "Hallowed Ground".
77	--> ''I'm going to get the fuck away from here
78	-->Get the fuck away from hallowed ground''
79	* SelfBackingVocalist: Especially live. (See "One-Man Band".) On some songs, like "Come On, Get In," she backs up her own lead vocals for virtually the entire song.
80	* SelfDeprecation:
81	** She sometimes starts concerts by telling the audience what else they could be doing in town instead of attending her concert.
82	** When she posted a Facebook tribute to the late Music/{{Prince}}, a commenter recalled that when she performed in Minneapolis once, Prince had a concert there the same night. KT asked the audience, "What the fuck are you doing here?"
83	** "Lost":
84	--->But I got lost, following you,\
85	--->What did I do that for? Am I an idiot?
86	* ShoutOut: It's been noted that her first three album covers might be subtle references to those from other musicians; ''Eye to the Telescope'' to Patti Smith, ''Drastic Fantastic'' to Suzi Quatro, and ''Tiger Suit'' possibly to Creator/KatharineMcPhee.
87	* TheSomethingSong: "Uummannaq Song".
88	* TitleOnlyChorus:
89	** "Push That Knot Away," though she adds a barely-audible "yes, you can" to the beginning of the sentence.
90	** "It Took Me So Long To Get Here, But Here I Am," though the accompanying vocals have their own unique lyrics.
91	* TitleTrack:
92	** ''Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon'' has two...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Invisible Empire" and "Crescent Moon"]]
93	** ''KIN''.
94	* XtremeKoolLetterz:
95	** "Universe & U".
96	** "KT". It's an oversimplified spelling of "Katie" (and also a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_extinction_event "KT Impact"]], which killed the dinosaurs).

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