Tag Archives: Lily Allen

TIME has a review: Lily Allen’s upcoming album, Sheezus, might poke fun at Kanye West, but on the recently premiered title track, she turns her attention to another crop of royals: Lorde, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga don’t just get name-checked on “Sheezus” — Allen’s search-engine-optimized opinions of her pop-star peers make up the song’s entire hook. At …

LGBT ally Lily Allen is back with a new video from her coming third studio album to be released next month. The new track doesn’t have the social commentary we usually see from Allen, as in her 2013 dig on female beauty standards in Hard Out Here.  If you’re unfamiliar with Lily Allen, you might start with Fuck You, her …

Stereogum has a review: She’s already covered Keane for a British department-store commercial, and now she’s got her first real single since 2009. It’s called “Hard Out Here,” and it’s an Auto-Tuned pop song that also works as an on-the-nose parody of Auto-Tuned pop songs, or at least the wing of pop culture that produces them. The glossy video, from …

Lady Gaga dominated tonight’s Brit Awards, winning all three categories she was nominated for. Mercifully, the Brits only have about 1/20th the number of categories as the Grammys. British Female Solo Artist – Lily AllenBritish Male Solo Artist – Dizzee RascalBritish Breakthrough Act – JLSBritish Group – KasabianBritish Album – Florence & The Machine, LungsBritish Single – JLS, Beat AgainCritics …

Lots of sites are posting their “Best of YouTube” recaps this week. We loved the parodies of NOM’s Gathering Storm ad, we giggled at all the Single Ladies tributes, and we got all teary-eyed over the many inspiring clips of impromptu marriage rallies/protests. But for me, one clip stands out above all the rest. Still makes me laugh, still chokes …

Remember the Big Fat Gay Anti-Hate Collaboration? Here’s a bunch of French kids doing their version. Almost as cute as the first one, I especially cracked up at the 2:00 mark.

Two dozen YouTubers collaborated to create this take on Lily Allen’s Fuck You. Love it, love it, love it. Big props to Bil Browning at the Bilerico Project for the tip. I’m putting this on repeat for the rest of the day.