Lily Allen strikes again! A pop rebel known for her brutal honesty has decided to speak out again. This time about the injustice of music industry towards female artists, objectification of women, beauty standards and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” video.
“Sometimes it’s hard to find the words to say/I’ll go ahead and say them anyway…” Of course you will, Lily. And thank you. You speaketh the truth.
In the video Allen gets a liposuction, learns how to twerk, washes the wheel covers in the kitchen, seductively eats a banana, all while her back up dancers are twerking in the background, smoking, spanking each other, drinking and pouring champagne all over themselves. The highlight of the video is when, Allen uses the Thicke-balloons that spell: “Lily Allen Has A Baggy P**sy.”
And while I understand the song and the video and I agree with what they’re trying to say, what I don’t get is-Allen’s musical direction… She sounds less like the old Lily, we fell in love with, but more like anything we hear overplayed on the radio stations. The beat, clapping, corny transitions… Everything sounds so computerized- the instrumentals, as well as Allen’s voice. Why? Don’t get me wrong, I love computer-produced music, but not when it comes to Lily. She got under my skin because of her unique musical style. Now her music sounds just like anything else.
And while I am really unpleasantly surprised when it comes to Lily’s musical direction, still I am going to say- you go girl! Because, someone has to say it as it is.
Watch the video here! What are your thoughts?
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