So will KT Tunstall finally take revenge on Trump for exploiting his success with his first vote in the US elections?

Donald Trump’s use of his song at his presidential rally in 2016 made him feel like he “needed a spiritual shower.”

But now Scottish star KT Tunstall has the chance to come into his own after becoming an American citizen.

Tunstall lived in the United States for more than a decade after taking over in 2006, but had previously discounted any suggestions of naturalization.

However, in a video published on social media recently, he announced that he is now an ‘American’ and plans to vote in the upcoming US elections.

In response to a fan’s question about what public holiday he would create, Tunstall said: ‘One day off to vote please, as I’m an American now. That would be great.’

Fife frontman KT Tunstall is now an American citizen

Tunstall rose to fame in 2004 after replacing American rapper Nas with Jools Holland in an episode of Later… less than 24 hours before.

Tunstall, who sang Black Horse and the Cherry Tree, which would become one of his most popular songs, had previously recalled the ‘crazy reaction’ that made him famous overnight.

It cracked the charts in the US in just two years.

Her song Suddenly I See was even played throughout the opening credits scene of the 2006 blockbuster The Devil Wears Prada.

After her late father passed away in 2012, she and her ex-husband Luke Bullen divorced and moved to Venice Beach, California.

He has been living largely in the USA since he set out for a fresh start.

Tunstall has ignored suggestions to become a US citizen in previous interviews.

Trump’s choice of music in the 2016 presidential race angered the singer

When asked about it in 2018, he said: ‘I don’t think I would accept it. I think it’s a strange time politically and I’m happy to be a British citizen now.

‘I don’t really feel like an American citizen. ‘I always come back to Scotland and I always love it.’

However, it is thought that Tunstall became an American as long ago as 2020 and can now vote in US elections.

Given his previous comments, it is unlikely he will vote for Trump.

His songs were used in a number of presidential campaigns; Hilary Clinton used Suddenly I See to mobilize crowds in 2008, before her less positive view of Trump’s use of her music in 2016.

Speaking to HuffPost earlier, Tunstall said he had not been consulted about his music being used at any rallies and said: ‘It’s nice to be part of this process, but I have to say I think it’s really evil for music to be used politically. There is no permission.

‘It’s okay to use my music at the end of being a great president, but don’t use it at the beginning when we don’t know what you’re going to do.’

Tunstall had previously said as he prepared for Tuesday’s vote that he felt “the world would be a safer place if we had a Democratic government in the United States.”

He said in 2018 that he would ‘prefer a democratic government’. The 49-year-old actor had previously supported Barack Obama in the 2008 elections.