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.
Intervention
It's not your birthday
But all your friends and family are here
What's the occasion?
'Cause the motive seem unclear
Some are happy, some are shedding lots of tears
They're saying now
What they should have said for years
We're doing this 'cause
We're concerned about your health
We're doing this to, save you from yourself
Welcome, to your intervention
We need some of your attention
You've got a problem we must mention
We're not gonna put you in detention
But we think you need, think you need
An intervention
We know all of the paramedics on a first name basis
Don't you see how bloated
Your pretty face is
Time forgives, time erases
Time will catch what the dragon chases
We will mend what we lost to the meth
And we're sick of loving you to death
Welcome, to your intervention
We need some of your attention
You've got a problem we must mention
We're not gonna put you in detention
But we think you need, think you need
An intervention
Tegan: (clears throat)
Margaret, S-Sara, Sara, Sara, Sara and I
Wanted to um write, write this letter
And we wanted to write this letter to you, to you
Because well we,
We wanted to make sure we said everything.
Margaret:
Oh, look who can read!
You know what, you know something?
I can read too!
You don't have to read me a, a letter, Teeegan!
Just to prove that you're better than me!
I'm not, you don't know me!
Sara, you don't know me!
You don't - (throws up)
I'm sorry, was that your jack-o lantern?
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry, Tegan.
I'm sorry, Sara.
I-Is there anything - you think I need help?
No more hugs 'til you give up drugs
I know it sucks for once think about us
No more hugs 'til you give up drugs
I know it sucks for once think about us
No more hugs 'til you give up drugs
I know it sucks for once think about us
No more hugs 'til you give up drugs
I know it sucks for once think about us
Welcome, to your intervention (oh,oh)
We need some of your attention
You've got a problem we must mention (oh,oh)
We're not gonna put you in detention
Welcome, to your intervention (oh,oh)
We need some of your attention
You've got a problem we must mention (oh,oh)
We're not gonna put you in detention
But we think you need, think you need
An intervention