History Music / EmilieAutumn

Emilie Autumn Liddell (born September 22 1979) is a {{Goth}}ic poet, singer / songwriter, violinist, harpsichordist, performance artist, feminist, and author. She's self described as that she sounds "[[TastesLikePurple like the best cup of English Breakfast spiked with cyanide and smashed on your antique wallpaper.]]"

* StupidStatementDanceMix: "Best Safety Lies in Fear" is this with ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' as the source material, so the "stupid" is in name only.

* GagBoobs: [[http://i.imgur.com/pMqJmq4.jpg Veronica's boobs can hold a teacup.]] Veronica's boobs can hold two teacups.
--->'''Emilie:''' Veronica is... A very nice tea table.

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse: stated word for word in "I Know Where You Sleep":
-->Oh my god, Oh my god\\
I touched you\\
I can never live it down

* NiceHat: She [[http://i.imgur.com/eAsdtEw.jpg has]] [[http://i.imgur.com/oOPX8An.jpg quite]] [[http://i.imgur.com/VLUr92E.jpg a]] [[http://i.imgur.com/eZD8DGA.jpg few]].

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Suddenly starts rapping in "Opheliac".

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: ''Enchant'' is already pretty difficult to describe, since it combines {{jazz}}, pop, and violins. For the time she released ''Opheliac'' she began to describe her music as "victoriandustrial" and "violindustrial." She's described as using elements of classical music, cabaret, [[ElectronicMusic electronica]], industrial, GlamRock with theatrics, and {{burlesque}}.

* SpotOfTea: "Medicate with Tea," "Tea Will Rock You," and uses to be a significant part of her Victorian style dinner theatre shows with her drinking it often.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Her music typically ranges from 0 to 5, with her more {{Industrial}}-styled songs creeping up to 6 or 7. The relentless distortion in the otherwise melodic "Face the Wall" places it at 9.

* HypocriticalHumor: "Gentlemen Aren't Nice," in which the singer complains about her lover's displeasure "just because I won't agree to take his arm / And I occasionally forget his name."

* IfIHadANickel; "God Help Me:"

* YourCheatingHeart: "Chambermaid":
-->Tell me while you're at it how it feels to\\
Hold me close when you've been thinking of her

--->''She can forget that she's me''

-->''You wanted someone to understand you\\
Well be careful what you wish for because I do''

-->''I'm blessed\\

I have to run and hide can't look behind me''

--->''Won't you turn around before I have to see this face I once adored''

--> ''TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!!" SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!!''

-->''I'm not living in an ordinary world''

-->''The kind of murder where nobody dies''

-->''And she cried out, "So the story fits but then, I could have guessed it all along and now some drama queen is gonna write a song for me."''

* [[BoyMeetsGhoul Girl Meets Ghoul]]: "Ghost" is about a woman romancing, well, a ghost.

-->''If I had a dollar for every time / I repented the sin but commit the same crime\\
I'd be sitting on top of the world today.''

-->''I am your sugar, I am your cream, I am your anti-American dream\\
I am your sugar, I am your cream, I am your worst nightmare, now scream''

--->''She knows she either is\\
A devil or an angel with no in between\\
[[ThirdPersonPerson She speaks in the third person]]\\
So she can forget that [[AndThatLittleGirlWasMe she's me]]''

--->''Pray for me if you want to\\
Pray for me you fucker if you fucking dare''

--->''Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose\\
Don't make me choose, I've got to much to fucking lose''

--->''And when I am good, I am very, very good\\
But when I am bad, I am fucking gorgeous!''

--->''Take the pill that wipes your memory\\
Take the pill that's fucking with your mind''
--->''Well he's a Doctor and you are just a crazy fucking bitch''

--->''A hostile takeover,\\
An absolute rebellion to the end''

--->''One day that little girl may find a filthy metal spike\\

But for you the game is over – this is revolution!''

-->''All the best that we can hope for is revenge\\

I’ve lost track''

-->"She swung her burlesque muffins high..."

--->''Is my story over\\

--ould anybody weep?''

-->''We've something here for everyone's enjoyment / I do this as a gift, not for employment / A portrait of insanity, approach with your humanity''

-->''if one day your sugar sits untouched\\
will you have gone forever''

* ThirdPersonPerson: Invoked in "Opheliac:"
-->''She speaks in third person so that she can forget she's me.''

--->''There's always one street that you know you shouldn't walk\\

Anticipating''

-->''Tell me while you're at it how it feels to\\
Hold me close when you've been thinking of her''

She played the Painted Doll in ''Film/TheDevilsCarnival'', a short musical film by the creators of Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera. Two of her Crumpets, Captain Maggots and Contessa, also appeared.

She appeared in "Film/TheDevilsCarnival", a short experimental film released in 2012 by the creators of Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera -- Creator/DarrenBousman and Creator/TerranceZdunich. Playing the Painted Doll, she starred alongside a ''very'' diverse cast, including Clown from Music/{{Slipnot}}, Creator/AlexaVega, Creator/PaulSorvino, and two of her Crumpets, Captain Maggots and Contessa.

->I'll tell the truth: All of my songs\\

I wouldn't for the world.

->'''''Are you suffering!?'''''

* SuicideIsPainless: "The art of suicide, ''pretty and clean''."

'''Emilie Autumn''' Liddell, born September 22 1979, is a {{Goth}}ic poet, singer / songwriter, violinist, harpsichordist, performance artist, feminist, and author. She's self described as that she sounds "[[TastesLikePurple like the best cup of English Breakfast spiked with cyanide and smashed on your antique wallpaper.]]"

* PerkyGoth: Because goths have more fun, after all.
* PissTakeRap: The rapping section on "Opheliac", while not as bad as other examples, is still [[MoodWhiplash quite odd]].
* PointAndLaughShow: Heavily mocked in "Girls! Girls! Girls!" The twist? The "show" is an ''asylum''.
* PosthumousNarration: "Let the Record Show." The Asylum ghosts also sing in several songs on "Fight Like a Girl."
%% * ThePowerOfFriendship: "Across the Sky" is about this.

!! Emilie, her music and her writings contain examples of:

* IronicEcho: "Liar" is Emilie repeating back an ex-lover's words in a much more vindictive light.
* IronicNurseryTune: "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches" and "4 O'Clock."

* ImAManICantHelpIt: She does ''not'' approve of this excuse at all ("Gothic Lolita," "Let the Record Show," "Scavenger," "Girls! Girls! Girls!")
* IfIHadANickel; "God Help Me:"
-->''If I had a dollar for every time / I repented the sin but commit the same crime\\
I'd be sitting on top of the world today.''