Tegan Rain Quin y Sara Keirsten Quin nacieron el 19 de septiembre de 1980 en Calgary, Alberta, Canadá. Desde muy temprana edad, las gemelas mostraron un interés ferviente por la música. Al crecer en una casa llena de discos y guitarras, no era raro verlas tocando o experimentando con melodías y letras desde que tenían ocho años.
Durante su adolescencia, Tegan y Sara comenzaron a escribir y grabar sus propias canciones. En 1998, con solo 18 años, ganaron una competencia de radio local cuyo premio era tiempo de estudio profesional para grabar un álbum. Este evento marcó el punto de partida de su carrera profesional y poco después, lanzaron su primer álbum "Under Feet Like Ours" de forma independiente en 1999.
En el año 2000, firmaron con el sello Vapor Records, fundado por Neil Young. Este acuerdo cimentó su camino a la fama. Su segundo álbum, "This Business of Art" (2000), fue bien recibido por la crítica y les permitió iniciar giras más extensas en Canadá y Estados Unidos, abriendo para bandas como Neil Young y The Pretenders.
Con el lanzamiento de "If It Was You" en 2002 y "So Jealous" en 2004, la dupla alcanzó una notoriedad aún mayor. "So Jealous" en particular hizo que captaran la atención del público internacional, gracias a canciones como "Walking with a Ghost", que fue versionada por la popular banda The White Stripes.
There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder
I thought I heard you mention my name
Can't you talk any louder?
Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer
My vision of you can't get any clearer
Oh, I just wanna hear girls talk
I got a loaded imagination being fired by girls' talk
It's more or less situation being fired by girls' talk
But I can't say the words you wanna hear
I suppose we're gonna have to play it by ear
Right here and now
Girls talk and they wanna know how
Girls talk and they say it's not allowed
Girls talk
If they say that it's so, don't you think that I'd know by now?
That the word upon everyone's lipstick
That you're dedicated
You may not be an old fashioned girl
You're still gonna get dated
Was it really murder?
Were you just pretending?
Lately I have heard you are the living end
Girls talk and they wanna know how
Girls talk and they say it's not allowed
Girls talk
Girls talk and they wanna know how
If they say that it's so, don't you think that I'd know by now?
But I can't say the words you wanna hear
I suppose we're gonna have to play it by ear
Right here
There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder
I thought I heard you mention my name
Can't you talk any louder?
Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer
My vision of you can't get any clearer
Girls talk and they wanna know how
Girls talk and they say it's not allowed
Girls talk and they wanna know how
Girls talk and they say it's not allowed
(Girls talk)
(Girls talk)
(Girls talk)
(Girls talk)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Girls talk)
Yeah, yeah, yeah