There is this English pop singer by the name of Natalia Kills. Although she is English she tries to sound American and seems to be imitating Lady Gaga. If you listen to her interviews she has an interesting accent, a mixture of British and American English.[YSaerTTEW443543]
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Hello Torsten,
Many thanks.I 've never heard about her. I looked for on You Tube. She gave me a surprise. Random I chose one with subscription. I have to say that I understood very well and I liked its music also. I send the link with subscription and without it.
youtube.com/watch?v=UcGg8GXiaNg
youtube.com/watch?v=ayVuQLT00v0
here its lyrics if it is difficult to understand:
I’m not Snow White, but I’m lost inside this forest
I’m not Red Riding Hood, but I think the wolves have got me
Don’t want those stilettos, I’m not, not Cinderella
I don’t need a knight, so baby, take off all your armor
You be the Beast and I’ll be the Beauty-beauty
Who needs true love as long as you love me truly?
I want it all, but I want you more
Will you wake me up, boy, if I bite your poison apple?
I don’t believe in fairytales (x3)
But I believe in you and me
Take me to Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Wonderland, Wonderland
[ Lyrics from: lyricsmode.com/lyrics/n/nata … rland.html ]
When I lay my head down to go to sleep at night
My dreams consist of things that’d make you wanna hide
Don’t let me in your tower, show me your magic powers
I’m not afraid to face a little bit of danger, danger
I want the love, the money and the perfect ending
You want the same as I-I so stop pretending
I wanna show how ya, good we can be together
I wanna love you through the night, I’ll be your sweet disaster
I don’t believe in fairytales (x3)
But I believe in you and me
Take me to Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Wonderland, Wonderland,
Wonderland, oh
I believe in you and me
I don’t believe in fairytales (x3)
But I believe in you and me
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Take me to, take me to, take me to
I believe in you and me, Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Take me to (x3) Wonderland
Take me to Wonderland, take me to Wonderland
I only listened to the first verse, but that doesn’t sound like an American accent at all to me.
Hi Torsten,
As much as I could stand it, I listened out for the ‘accent’. It’s a perfect example of ‘I want to sound transatlantic but I’m not really’.
Alan
Hi Bev, I was referring to her interviews, not her songs.[YSaerTTEW443543]
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Totally agree with you, Alan. She seems to have pretty low level of self-confidence and self-esteem if she can’t even speak in her natural dialect but needs to try to sound American without succeeding.[YSaerTTEW443543]
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I thought there were some elements of an American accent in that song.
Like the way she pronounced “land” or “it all” or “got me” or “stilettos”.
Did she really sound British to you?
Maybe she sounds Irish to Bev 
Listen to this interview to hear her attempts at imitating an American accent: youtube.com/watch?v=nZETwXbtaew[YSaerTTEW443543]
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By the way, just found this: She stated in a post on her blog on social website, MySpace that she grew up flying between London and Florida, where she had relatives, resulting in a mixed American and English accent.
Bev, are you still trying to tell us you can’t make out her attempts at sounding American? Come on, prick up your ears ;-)[YSaerTTEW443543]
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I only listened to the song earlier, which didn’t sound American.
I haven’t listened to the interview but if she grew up in both countries that would explain an American ‘twang’.
Hello Alan,
I think this sentence of yours is the famous English humour sense. It cheered me up.