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Dido
| Name: | Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong |
| Also Known As: | Dido |
| Pronouns: | |
| Occupation: | Singer |
| Medium: | Music |
| Works: | See Dido discography |
| Official Website(s): | didomusic.com |
| Fan Website(s): | Dido (singer) on Wikipedia |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Dido is an English singer. Her songs are commonly used in fanvids and other fanworks.
Her 1999 debut album No Angel contained two of her most popular singles, "Here With Me" and "Thank You". "Thank You" is sampled in Eminem's "Stan", the source of the term for an obsessive fan.
"White Flag" is a hit single from Life for Rent (2003). When the song came out, one of its lyrics, "I will go down with this ship," became a motto for passionate shipping, appearing on many, many Livejournal icons, banner graphics and other website and blog decorations. A factor in the rapid adoption of this quote by fandom may have been the use of David Boreanaz (Angel) as Dido's stalker / love interest in the music video,[1] at a time when the Spuffy vs Bangel ship war was still arousing passions in Buffy fandom.
Example Fanworks Using Dido's Music
- Hunter, a Xena vid (2001 or earlier)
- Here With Me by Heike Straub, a Xena/Gabrielle subtext vid (2002 or earlier)
- There Are Legends, a Merlin/Arthur story vid (2009)
- Clint and Darcy - A Trailer, a MCU trailer vid to "White Flag" (2012)
References
- ^ White Flag video on YouTube (retrieved July 4th 2015)