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''. |
14 | ---- |
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 | |
26 | ---- |
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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