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* '''Exaggerated''': A pop song modulates up half a step before its last chorus. And then does it again. And again. And again, until it goes through the whole circle of keys chromatically, back to where it started.

* '''Exaggerated''': A pop song modulates up half a step before its last chorus. And then does it again. And again. And again, until it [[UpToEleven goes through the whole circle of keys chromatically, back to where it started.]] (That, by the way, wouldn't be "Up To 11", but [[IncrediblyLamePun "Up To 12".]])

* '''Parodied''': An extreme metal band adds a conspicuous key change to the last chorus of an extremely atonal song.

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* '''Justified''': The songwriter adds in the key change because it emphasises an important event in the lyrics.
** Alternately, the final chorus was meant to be sung in the same key as the rest of the song, but during the last line the singer accidentally sang it a half-step higher than usual. His band decided to [[ThrowItIn keep the defective line because it sounded better]].
* '''Inverted''': The song changes key some time earlier, and then changes back in the middle of the last chorus.

* '''Deconstructed''': The recording artist is accused of using {{Autotune}} in their music, and subsequently denounced for abusing it [[DoubleStandard even though other popular musicians do the exact same thing.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': A behind-the-scenes video shows that, in fact, all vocals were entirely organic (i.e., not [[{{Autotune}} Autotuned]], and the status quo is restored.

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* '''Exploited''': The rest of the band, while playing a live version of the song, notice taht the singer is singing at the wrong key half a step higher than usual - and then change keys ''with'' him, deciding to [[ThrowItIn just go with it]].

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'''Basic Trope''': A song ends by changing the key, usually sometime in the last chorus.
* '''Straight''': A pop song modulates up half a step before its last chorus.
* '''Exaggerated''': A pop song modulates up half a step before its last chorus. And then does it again. And again. And again, until it [[UpToEleven goes through the whole circle of keys chromatically, back to where it started.]] (That, by the way, wouldn't be "Up To 11", but [[IncrediblyLamePun "Up To 12".]])
* '''Downplayed''': The song modulates up one-tenth of a step, barely discernible.
* '''Justified''': The songwriter adds in the key change because it emphasises an important event in the lyrics.
* '''Inverted''': The song changes key some time earlier, and then changes back in the middle of the last chorus.
** The song modulates downward before the last chorus.
* '''Subverted''': The chorus starts with an instrumental break in a different key, then changes back when the vocals come in...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...then it changes again in the middle of the chorus.
* '''Parodied''': An extreme metal band adds a conspicuous key change to the last chorus of an extremely atonal song.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some albums by one pop artist are full of key changes, others have none to speak of.
* '''Averted''': The whole song uses the same key signature.
* '''Enforced''': A producer pressures a band to write more songs with this trope, in order to be more commercially successful.
* '''Lampshaded''': The lyrics reference the key change when it happens.
* '''Defied''': The lyrics reference the lack of key changes.
* '''Discussed''': A song has a verse about why the trope is overused.
* '''Conversed''': A songwriter and the singer he's working with talk about the merits of the trope.
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