Monday, March 23, 2009

It's not me, it's her.



According to the one and only, Lily Allen hates being a pop star. Apparently the fame and fortune stops her practicing safe sex, with the pappies snapping her everywhere including her local chemist. But if she really is going to throw it all away (like madam says she is) and open a cake shop, her latest album isn’t telling this reviewer to hold her breath.

If you are like me, and up to your Lily Allen limits with the radio-raped singles The Fear and Everyone’s At It, don’t think the album will provide anything resembling a breath of fresh air. Back away. Seconding Alright, Still, The 12 track It’s Not Me It’s You oozes the typical Lily Allen sound. Chiming her voice through the usual paradoxical vulgar and angry lyrics may not be old to some but I’m hanging out for the day her voice varies an octave. Amusingly, before the release of the latest album, Queen Lily Myspaced her fans about her new direction, saying “I did a retro thing last time, and since I did that, a lot of other people did it too. I wanted to separate myself from the group and move forward". You know when under complete scrutiny the drum machine behind most tracks does have a more electropop sound, as opposed to the poprock sound of album number one. Touché Ms Lily.

But who could blame the darling! With all her sufferings from the slings of arrows of OUTRAGEOUS fortunes, the formula works! Alright, Still sold 2.6 million copies and reached international and critical acclaim with nominations at the BRIT, MTV and Grammy awards. So she rolled it out again and It’s Not Me It’s You debuted at number one in the UK, Canada and Australia, number two in Europe and number five in the US.

And I for one can definitely see the appeal. Sweet sounding music with fuck you lyrics goes down nicely as a poor, journalism student. It’s very easy to listen to; I’m listening to it right now! Just an afterthought…It also sounds very easy to make. A+B=C…Somehow I don’t think Lily Allen will be disappearing for a while.

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