Line #84 Music/Daughtry


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3	Daughtry is a rock band from North Carolina, USA, named after the lead singer. A fourth-place runner-up of ''Series/AmericanIdol'' Season 5, Chris Daughtry decided to form his own band after the show, rejecting Fuel's offer of a lead position.
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5	The band rose to fame with their first single, "It's Not Over", as well as their self-titled debut album. ''Daughtry'' was produced under the labels of 19 Entertainment and RCA Records and stayed at #1 on the ''Billboard 200'' for two weeks straight, making it the number one selling album of 2007 as well as the fastest-selling debut rock album in Soundscan history.
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7	'''Albums:'''
8	* ''Daughtry'' (2006)
9	* ''Leave This Town'' (2009)
10	* ''Break the Spell'' (2011)
11	* ''Baptized'' (2013)
12	* ''Cage To Rattle'' (2018)
13	* ''Dearly Beloved'' (2021)
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16	!!Tropes:
17	* AfterTheEnd: "Artificial" takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where science has evolved enough to create android copies of humans.
18	* AIIsACrapshoot: [[https://consequence.net/2023/08/daughtry-new-single-artificial/ Chris says]] that "Artificial" is about the idea of humans being replaceable and A.I. becoming a nightmare; that the loss of the human touch means the loss of creativity, heart, and soul, and that the creative arts should be protected from it or risk being destroyed. The song as a whole paints ArtificialIntelligence as a killer of mankind that should be feared. The official music video shows Chris being studied in a lab and reveals that the scientists have built a {{cyborg}} copy of him. The first thing that the cyborg does is [[KillAndReplace kill]] Chris.
19	-->Welcome to your WORST NIGHTMARE\
20	Days are getting dark, you should be scared\
21	It doesn't have a heart, plug into the new you\
22	Don't resist 'cause it's no use, it's no use\
23	It's digital warfare\
24	The death of who we are is right here\
25	It's never gonna stop, plug into your new soul\
26	Ice cold, mechanical, artificial
27	* AntiLoveSong:
28	** "Break The Spell", of the subliminal variety.
29	---> I'm so addicted to the pain,\
30	Got your poison running through my veins,\
31	The way you pull me in,\
32	The way you chew me up,\
33	The way you spit me out
34	** "Outta My Head", of the lovesick variety.
35	--->Ain't no doubt about it\
36	I can't live without it\
37	Tried to forget you\
38	But I can't get you outta my head
39	** "Break Into My Heart" is another subliminal song, starting off sounding like the singer is wishing to feel love again, but then turns to focus on all the negative feelings associated with love.
40	---> So break in to my heart\
41	Let me feel the blood rush in\
42	Break in to my heart\
43	I need to feel the pain again\
44	Tear it up and bruise it\
45	Wreck it and abuse it
46	** "Somebody", another of the lovesick variety.
47	---> Cause when I'm alone I don't do so well\
48	And on my own you know it hurts like hell\
49	It cuts to the bone every time I leave\
50	Without you next to me
51	* AlbumTitleDrop:
52	** The title of their second album 'Leave This Town' Leave' is uttered in the bridge for "September".
53	** The title of their fifth album is dropped in "Death Of Me":
54	---> Another day, another battle\
55	We all have a ''cage to rattle''
56	* TheAlcoholic: Sarah, the main character of the 'Over You' music video is one. Her drinking problem causes herself and her boyfriend to get in a car crash and the video ends with her seeking help at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
57	* AudienceParticipation: Chris’ been known to ask the audience to sing along (either as a [[CallAndResponseSong call and response]] or just letting them have the chorus), even joking with them that it doesn’t matter what they sing as long as they sing[[note]]This is calling out the constantly [[{{Mondegreen}} misheard lyric]] for "Home", "I'm ''going'' home", not "I'm ''coming'' home".[[/note]]
58	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: 'Home'. The song follows the narrator as he looks back at abandoning his old life and deciding to return to it, even [[NameDrop Name Dropping]] the trope.
59	* BloodFromTheMouth: In the music video for "Pieces" Chris gets punched in the face at several points, resulting in him spitting blood from his mouth each time.
60	* BreakupSong:
61	** "Over You" deals with the difficulties of getting over someone.
62	** "No Surprise": The narrator finally finds the nerve to end the relationship where there is nothing to save.
63	---> It's no surprise. I won't be here tomorrow\
64	I can't believe that I stayed 'til today\
65	There's nothing here in this heart left to borrow\
66	There's nothing here in this soul left to save
67	* CoverVersion:
68	** Chris covered Music/{{Evanescence}}'s "Bring Me to Life" as a part of ''The Passion'' live musical in 2016.
69	** They covered Music/{{Sia}}'s "Alive" after Chris performed it on Series/TheMaskedSinger.
70	** At [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7HFVl0PSUU one of his performances]] on the Dearly Beloved tour, Chris covered Music/TheWeeknd's "Blinding Lights".
71	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The official music video for "Waiting for Superman" shows a presumably homeless man doing a number of good deeds for various people across the city he's in, to include pushing a woman out of the way of being hit by a bicyclist, chasing and collaring a purse-snatcher, pulling a suicidal man to safety from off a ledge, and chasing off some bullies who're picking on a teenage girl. [[UngratefulBastard Not all of the victims are thankful]], and in at least two instances he's mistaken for being up to no good by the cops and almost arrested, but the teenage girl at least demonstrates appreciation for what he's done for her at the end of the video.
72	* {{Cyborg}}: The music video for "Artificial" shows that scientists built a cyborg-looking android version of Chris.
73	* DestructiveRomance:
74	** "It's Not Over":
75	---> This love is killing me,\
76	But you're the only one.
77	** "Crawling Back To You", "What Have We Become" are similar.
78	** "Bad Habits" likens the relationship to, well, bad habits.
79	** "Battleships":
80	---> And I don't want to fight this war\
81	Bullets coming off our lips\
82	But we stick to our guns and we love like battleships.
83	* DressRehearsalVideo: "September" has the band performing in an empty theater accompanied by video projections of the band members in their youth.
84	* DualMeaningChorus: "Cry For Help" is a song expressing that, when things become too much, it’s okay to "cry for help" -- meaning both physically crying and sending a distress signal to others.
85	* EgocentricTeamNaming: The band is named after lead singer Chris Daughtry, {{justified\|trope}} because it was easier to get started with the name recognition he had gained from his appearance on ''Series/AmericanIdol'' than it would have been if the band had chosen an obscure name[[https://tinyurl.com/MDB-Daughtry]].
86	* EveryCarIsAPinto: When Crhis' car crashes at the beginning of the music video for "Pieces", the car instantly erupts into a ball of fire, despite crashing into a forest.
87	* GreatestHitsAlbum: Had one of these released in 2016 called 'It's Not Over...The Hits So Far'
88	* GrowingUpSucks: "September" is about growing up and losing a friendship/romance.
89	* HomesicknessHymn: "Home" takes a less severe look at touring weariness: while the narrator is tired of being on the road and wants to go home to his significant other, he insists that he's "not running" and doesn't "regret this life I chose for me" -- he's just tired and wants to rest.
90	* IAmWhatIAm: "Pieces" is about learning to accept all of yourself, no matter how broken you are, nor what demons you face.
91	-->And I'm trying to cope, at the end of my rope\
92	While I'm doing the best that I can\
93	To live with the broken pieces of me\
94	That were shattered, can't stop the bleeding\
95	I'll never get over it, it's hard to move on\
96	But I'm learning to live with the pieces of me
97	* IHateSong: "Traitor."
98	-->I should feel sorry for you\
99	Watching you drown in your denial\
100	But I can't feel sorry for you\
101	Watching you drown 'cause you're a traitor
102	* InTheBack: "Traitor"'s chorus mentions being stabbed in the back as a figurative expression to state just how severe the betrayal is.
103	-->You put the knife right in my back\
104	Killed any history we had\
105	And now it's war
106	* ItsOkayToCry: The chorus of "Cry For Help" expresses that it’s okay to both physically cry and to ask others for help.
107	--> Cry for help, cry like rain\
108	Let it fall down your face\
109	Let the dam break\
110	Cry for help, ease the pain\
111	When you can't hold the weight\
112	It's okay, yeah\
113	To cry for help
114	* KillAndReplace: The end of the video for "Artificial" shows Chris being killed by an android copy of him, with the android taking his place as the band's lead singer.
115	* LoveIsADrug: "Bad Habits" compares love to smoking and drinking.
116	* LoveIsLikeReligion: "Baptized."
117	-->Take me down, take me down by the water, water,\
118	Pull me in until I see the light,\
119	Let me drown, let me drown, in you honey, honey,\
120	In your love I wanna be baptized
121	* LoveMakesYouEvil: "Evil" is about the singer falling for a woman who is a bad influence, calling her the devil at one point, which drags him down to "TheDarkSide of life".
122	* LyricalDissonance:
123	** "Break The Spell" is a tender AntiLoveSong.
124	** "Battleships" is an upbeat song about TheMasochismTango.
125	* LyricVideo:
126	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbT3uvOl3Dk lyric video]] for "Waiting For Superman" uses comic book style pop-art.
127	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwnSqqVTGyQ Alive]]" has a nature-themed lyric video.
128	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NdbIoLOFoc lyric video]] for "Lioness" has the lyrics appear in the open jaw of a lioness.
129	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-B9_yvMB4 "Artificial"]] is very tech-themed, the lyrics appearing over a screen that shows scans and has occasional glitches.
130	* LyricalColdOpen: "Asylum" opens straight with Chris singing the first two lines before the rest of the band joins in.
131	* MasochismTango: "Battleships".
132	--> And I don’t wanna fight this war\
133	Bullets coming off our lips\
134	But we stick to our guns and we love like battleships
135	* MelismaticVocals:
136	** Featured in "Broken Arrows", where Chris dances along on the second syllable for "arrows".
137	** "Traitor" has the long-sung notes on "war".
138	** Less prominent, but the chorus for "Desperation" is also melismatic on "home" and "bones".
139	* MiseryBuildsCharacter: "Somebody" takes this attitude that suffering is good for you.
140	--> What doesn't kill you makes you stronger\
141	What doesn't hurt just isn't real, oh yeah\
142	The in between I learned to suffer\
143	Reminding me how to feel
144	* NewSoundAlbum: The 'Baptized' album is poppier and stripped-down than their previous work. This album also added some folk elements to their sound.
145	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: "Waiting For Superman" is about a man who wanders the city doing good deeds. When he knocks down a woman who was about to be hit by a cyclist, the woman yells at him for shoving her, having not noticed the cyclist. When he stops a purse snatcher, he gets roughed up by security guards who assumed he was in league with him. When he pulls a suicidal man away from the ledge, the man yells at him. Finally, he saves a girl from street thugs and returns her to her mother, but a man who witnessed the event calls the police and he is nearly arrested until the girl and mother vouch for him. The girl gives him a hug, causing him to smile and consider it WorthIt.
146	* OneWordTitle:
147	** ''Baptized'' and ''Daughtry'' are both one-word titled albums.
148	** About half of the band's songs' titles are only one word.
149	* PepTalkSong:
150	** "Backbone":
151	---> We all fall on hard times, you know\
152	Each day is a high climb, you know\
153	Some days your body has to carry on\
154	So you gotta show a little backbone
155	** "Torches":
156	---> We keep waiting on a day that never comes and never comes\
157	Too late is not a thing and we just gotta be strong\
158	Love is like a torch that's burning bright\
159	Carry it on, carry it on and you'll see\
160	Fire will shine a light on the darkest side
161	* PerformanceVideo:
162	** The music video for "Crawling Back To You" is essentially the band performing in an abandoned parking lot.
163	** "Deep End" shows the band performing in a place with lots of laser lights.
164	** "Artificial" shows the band performed on a ruined building in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic world]].
165	* ThePowerOfLove: "Desperation" is about love being the be-all-end-all solution to humanity's and society's problems and challenges.
166	-->Love to come and lead us home\
167	Love is gonna mend these bones\
168	Desperation calls for love
169	* RaceForYourLove: The first verse in "Life After You" mentions doing so.
170	-->Believe me I won't stop at nothing\
171	To see you so I've started running
172	* RageAgainstTheReflection: The end of "Pieces" includes Chris punching various mirrors, destroying the man that was not accepting of his faults.
173	* RaisedLighterTribute:
174	** Referenced in their song "Long Live Rock & Roll"
175	---> "So throw your lighters up and darling sing with me tonight"
176	** {{Invoked\|Trope}} by Chris himself at one concert where he told the audience to hold up their phones, lighters, or "whatever you got that lights up" while he played "Home". He jokingly refused to play the song until enough lights were up, instead singing the following to the tune of "Home":
177	---> I'm gonna need more phones\
178	I'm gonna need more phones\
179	I'm not gonna play this song until I get more phones\
180	I'm talking to you right here I know you got more phones
181	* RealMenLoveJesus: Chris Daughtry is a practicing Christian.
182	* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Daughtry's sold somewhere around 50 million albums worldwide. Taylor Hicks, that season's winner, was dropped by Creator/AristaRecords after his debut album and hasn't been seen much, if at all, since.
183	* SelfTitledAlbum: Their debut album is titled "Daughtry".
184	* SillyLoveSongs: "Crashed", "Supernatural", "Baptized", "High Above The Ground", "I'll Fight", "Just Found Heaven", "As You Are"...
185	* ShoutOut: The promotional single 'Long Live Rock n Roll' gives a shout-out to many classic rock musicians and some of their hit songs, as well as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club The 27 Club]].
186	* SongOfSongTitles: "Long Live Rock & Roll" is a tribute to the genre, with almost every line having a reference in one way or another. Seven of those references are either the title or a lyric to a rock song including: "Rock and Roll All Nite" (Music/{{Kiss}}), "Don't Stop Believin'" (Music/{{Journey}}), "Pour Some Sugar On Me" (Music/DefLeppard), "Summer of '69" (Music/BryanAdams), "Runnin' Down a Dream" (Music/TomPetty), "Livin' On A Prayer" (Music/BonJovi) and of course, "Long Live Rock N Roll" (Music/{{Rainbow}}).
187	* StalkerWithACrush: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ElIXnmw5-U&list=UU3EKokt8lCDZm1F-VwPNliA&index=6 music video]] for "Outta My Head" comes off as this, with Chris chasing a woman through the city and eventually culminating into a ChaseScene with her on a motorcycle and Chris in a Dodge Charger. {{Subverted}} in that [[spoiler: it turns out she left her cell phone and [[NiceGuy he was trying to give it back to her]]]].
188	* TitleTrack: "Break the Spell", "Baptized", and "Dearly Beloved" are all songs on albums with the same name.
189	* UnpluggedVersion:
190	** They released an [[{{Pun}} Broken Down]] version of "Pieces" which is just Chris performing with an acoustic guitar.
191	** The band's Bare Bones Tour in 2023 was completely acoustic: drums, a piano, and four acoustic guitars.
192	** The deluxe version of ''Daughtry'' contains acoustic versions of both "Home" and "What About Now".
193	** The ''Baptized'' album included a bonus acoustic version of "Battleships".
194	** On October 1st, 2023, the band released a version of "Artificial" dubbed the "Bare Bones Edition" as it's a recording of a live performance from the aforementioned acoustic tour.
195	** April 25th, 2024 saw the release of a "Broken Down" version of their latest single, "Pieces". It's an acoustic rendering of the song performed solo by Chris.
196	* UptownGirl: "High Above The Ground":
197	--> I'm a small-town kid and you're an uptown girl
198	* WeUsedToBeFriends: "Traitor."
199	-->We were just like brothers\
200	And we had each other\
201	We were down for the good times\
202	We were there for the troubles\
203	Like a thief in the night\
204	Broad daylight\
205	You stole my sanity\
206	Now you are the enemy

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