title: ast.literal_eval not working (python string of list to list)
body: <p>I am trying to convert the following string of a list back to a list.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[('zX7XjZ1Vwai5UbqNDDJ1NQ', 570512, [155])]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tried both <code>eval()</code> and <code>ast.literal_eval</code> but for some reason when I print the type of my converted string it is still a string (but with the quotations removed)</p>
  
  <p>I have also tried using <code>json.loads()</code></p>
  
  <p>It seems like no matter how hard I try, I cannot convert this string of a list to a python list!</p>