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2	Kimya Dawson (born November 17, 1972) was that woman who [[GuitarHeroEffect sang a bunch of songs]] from ''Film/{{Juno}}''. Okay, with that out of the way...
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4	Kimya is a singer/songwriter from Washington whose style is commonly classified as anti-folk. More specifically, Kimya makes acoustic, lo-fi pop songs -- usually armed with only her guitar and her girlish singing voice -- with revealing, guileless, even cutesy lyrics. Her subject matter ranges from death and diseases to pop culture references and ranting about the negative health effects of wheat.
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6	She was a member of indie pop band The Moldy Peaches, who are currently on hiatus. She also joined Music/AesopRock for the side project The Uncluded, who debuted with their album ''Hokey Fright'' in 2013 and are still touring together.
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8	Solo albums:
9	* ''I'm Sorry Sometimes I'm Mean'' (2002)
10	* ''Knock Knock Who'' (2004)
11	* ''My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess'' (2004)
12	* ''Hidden Vagenda '' (2004)
13	* ''Remember That I Love You'' (2006)
14	* ''Alphabutt'' (children's album) (2008)
15	* ''Thunder Thighs'' (2011)
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17	!!Tropes Associated with Kimya Dawson:
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19	* AbusiveParents: Describes situations of abuse and neglect by parents to children that Kimya has known in "Stinky Stuff."
20	* AlbumTitleDrop:
21	-->"So if you want to cut yourself, [[AlbumTitleDrop remember that I love you]]
22	-->And if you want to burn yourself, remember that I love you
23	-->And if you want to kill yourself, remember that I love you]]"
24	* BrokenAce: Is this for a while in "The Competion", where she is driven to do well in everything she did by her personal demons, but found it didn't make them go away.
25	* CrowdSong: "Loose Lips."
26	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "And they'll make a moving made for TV movie for lifetime all about my life," from ''Underground''.
27	* DownerBeginning: "My Mom", which starts with her having a dream about unable to stop 'her favorite baby' from drowning.
28	* EpicRocking: "Walk Like Thunder."
29	* FolkMusic: More or less.
30	* FromBadToWorse: A lyric in her collaboration song with Aesop Rock called "That Cat Has Worms."
31	---> '''Kimya and Aesop Rock''': Here's where it goes from bad to worse I heard meow meow that cat has worms!
32	* GriefSong: ''"I will lose my shit if even one more person I know dies..."''
33	** See also "It's Been Raining" from ''Hidden Vagenda''.
34	* NewSoundAlbum: Much of ''Thunder Thighs'' sees Kimya expanding her signature sound, including a rap song, "Zero Or A Zillion." She also wrote an album of kid songs.
35	* OneOfTheKids: Describes this feeling in "You're In" after finding out she's pregnant, making the experience even scarier.
36	* PowerBallad: "Anthrax" from ''Hidden Vagenda.''
37	* SelfBackingVocalist: When she's not backed up by children's voices.
38	* ShrinkingViolet: Kimya tends to come off like this trope in musical form.
39	* SingerSongwriter
40	* SillyLoveSongs: "Anyone Else But You."
41	* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Lots of them, and one of the trademarks of her writing style.
42	** The following is from ''Utopian Futures''.
43	--> '''Kimya''': There's plenty of fresh air here in town, the plants are all growing on the cars.
44	** From ''The Competion''.
45	--> '''Kimya''': When I delivered newspapers they said I was too slow. When I was a barista they said I made lousy ''foam''.
46	* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth
47	* ToiletHumour: Just check out the song "Alphabutt," which teaches kids the alphabet through a long series of fart references.

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