Pomplamoose

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"Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn collaborate on music. This is what it sounds like."

Pomplamoose are a quirky music duo consisting of Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte. Their genre could probably be described best as "Indie Alternative Rock Jazz Pop Rock". They became popular on YouTube in late 2009 with some covers of pop songs (see Cover Album, below), and also have lots of original music. They also appeared in a few tv commercials for Hyundai and Toyota.

They also have a distinctive style of music videos called "VideoSongs";

What you see is what you hear. (No lip-syncing for instruments or voice)
If you hear it, at some point you see it. (No hidden sounds)

Their YouTube page is here. They also have their own solo careers; their YouTube pages here and here.


Pomplamoose provides examples of the following tropes:
  • Adorkable: Both of them, Up to Eleven. Just watch any of their behind-the-scenes videos. Or any of their videos at all.
  • Bilingual Bonus: "Pomplamoose" is a made-up word that sounds like pamplemousse, the French word for grapefruit.
  • Bowdlerization: Invoked/lampshaded in their Single Ladies cover:

"Don't make me sing this part of the song, the lyrics are so bad, so we're going to skip ahead to the "single ladies" part instead."

  • Cover Album: Their album Tribute to Famous People includes: