TT released the studio albums Undercover (2005), Brain for Breakfast (2007), Peoples Temple (2010), Dark Days, White Nights (2012), and the EP One (2013). She also released the remix albums Black Neon Rmxs (2009) and Peoples Temple Remix Edition (2011).
She has always searched for a sincere and original approach to the various forms of art to which she has always been attracted. And for this reason she chose to attend the Art Institute which allowed her to experiment with various artistic paths from design and photography to performance art and music.
In the early years of her career she has traveled Europe as bass player and singer in various indie rock bands and she has acted in some independent movies, artistic films and theatrical performances.
With her first single "You Know Me", released by Get Physical (DJ T. & M.A.N.D.Y.) from Berlin, she is included in the compilation "Full Body Workout vol 2". The debut album Undercover (Jato Music) was released in 2005. Techno punk and hardcore rhythms and electro living together with the industrial past of TT, with her passion for post punk and dadaism. The record attracted great interest from critics and public.
Brain for Breakfast follows released by the American label I Scream Records in 2007, an album of passage, rich with collaborations among those with Nic Endo and Pete Namlook. A tour sets off that winds through more than 200 dates throughout Europe in the best international clubs both for rock and electronic.
2010 is the year of Peoples Temple (Trisol Records), album from the most dark shades, (as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis could also be defined as dark) in which TT moves with ease and originality. The title is an an explicit reference to the pseudo-religious cult led by Jim Jones who, on 18 November 1978, became the protagonist of the largest massacre of civilians from unnatural causes before 11 September. The event itself is a pretext that TT uses to broaden her point of view about today’s society, to the total lack of the lack of the ability to discriminate and prevailing ignorance.
Her tour has never stopped between European clubs and festivals she opened for Iggy Pop, The Rapture, Eels, Austra, Stereo Total, Tiga, Deus and Alec Empire.
Her fourth album, Dark Days, White Nights (Trisol Records 2012), was released in February 2012. The first single taken from the album, "Drownin'", had a premiere in October 2011, with its inclusion on the soundtrack of the popular videogame FIFA 12.
In Dark Days, White Nights TT offers a textbook lesson in post-punk attitude on a collision course with a wall of sound that refers to first wave of electronic, and strengthens, further, her reputation as an exceptional composer faithful to the roots of the genre. Decadence, alienation, sense of inadequacy, themes always dear to TT that are addressed in this album with light melancholy, harsh words entrusted to songs of extreme sweetness.
In the period that separated the last work Peoples Temple from the new Dark Days, White Nights, TT worked hard, enhancing her professional profile and qualifying herself as one of the most successful Italian projects abroad.
The song "Storycide" was chosen by CBS for "Blood Moon" episode No. 3 of the eleventh season of CSI: Las Vegas. TT composed the original music for the film trailers of "Coriolanus" directed by Ralph Fiennes and "Hunger Games" directed by Gary Ross based on the bestselling science fiction novel by Suzanne Collins which was released on 23 March 2012.
On 13 March 2013, Tiffany released the 4-track EP One on ZerOKilled Music.
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Show Me What You Got
Tying Tiffany Lyrics
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You think I'm just a tool
You think you're number one
But you're like a dump
This guy is just a freak
He's acting like a geek
The Story will go on
You talk but you're alone
Your hands are always wet
The sun will rise again
But you're still a berk
I'm sick to see your face
You need to be replaced
I got no more complains
For you just God is praying
Show me what you got!
The lyrics to Tying Tiffany's song Show Me What You Got depict a person who is fed up with being treated poorly in a relationship. The opening line, "You treat me like a fool," sets the tone for the rest of the song. The persona is frustrated with their partner, who they believe thinks of them as nothing more than a tool or object. The line "You think you're number one, but you're like a dump" further emphasizes the low value placed on the persona by their partner.
The persona then goes on to describe their partner as a freak and a geek, which could be interpreted as odd or socially inept behavior. The persona's friends have warned them about their partner and described how their hands are always wet, which could be a symbol of their slimy or untrustworthy nature. Despite all this, the persona acknowledges that the story will go on, implying that they will move on from this negative relationship.
The final lines of "I got no more complaints, for you, just God is praying" show that the persona has given up trying to change their partner and has put their faith in a higher power to deal with the situation. The repeated refrain of "Show me what you got!" can be seen as a challenge or a demand for their partner to prove their worth, but can also be interpreted as the persona seizing control and demanding respect.
Line by Line Meaning
You treat me like a fool
You don't value me and take me for granted.
You think I'm just a tool
You believe that I can be used for your own benefit and have no feelings of my own.
You think you're number one
You have an inflated sense of self-importance and prioritize yourself over others.
But you're like a dump
You are unattractive and unpleasant, like a landfill.
This guy is just a freak
You are strange and unusual in your behavior.
He's acting like a geek
You are socially awkward and uncool in your demeanor.
The Story will go on
Life will continue, and this situation will be a footnote in my story.
You talk but you're alone
You speak a lot, but you don't have meaningful connections with others.
My friends have told me yet
My friends have warned me about you before.
Your hands are always wet
You are slippery and untrustworthy.
The sun will rise again
A new day will come and bring fresh opportunities.
But you're still a berk
You are still a jerk and unpleasant person.
I'm sick to see your face
I am disgusted by your presence and don't want to be around you.
You need to be replaced
You are so unpleasant that someone else would be better than you in your current role.
I got no more complains
I have no more criticisms of you to offer.
For you just God is praying
You are so bad that only God can help you now.
Show me what you got!
Prove to me that you are actually valuable in some way.
Contributed by Grayson I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.