Lily Allen - This summers biggest racist?

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would lmao but i cant for smdh-ing

1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Friday, 22 November 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link

I was referring to the long thread of disparaging comments you scored. As you say, heartening for you.

everything, Friday, 22 November 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link

Say something that makes sense or fuck off before the sun rises and turns you to stone.

a beef supreme (dog latin), Friday, 22 November 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link

Charming.

everything, Friday, 22 November 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link

I'm busy blacking up my dick right now. See you in a bit.

everything, Friday, 22 November 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link

I'm really impressed by the endless list of feminist articles for the Quietus, also impressed by the sausagefest that is their end of year poll full of avant manmetal.

ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Monday, 25 November 2013 03:04 (ten years ago) link

I was referring to the long thread of disparaging comments you scored. As you say, heartening for you.

"never go btl" applies as much on the quietus as on the guardian, fact, pretty much every official outlet. in terms of +ve feedback from people who's opinions i respect, yes, the response to that was extremely heartening

lex pretend, Monday, 25 November 2013 08:44 (ten years ago) link

i do wonder about your own stake in defending lily allen though

lex pretend, Monday, 25 November 2013 08:46 (ten years ago) link

My go:

I've not seen the vid, which means I am well-placed to say:

The song sounds alright, we heard it on the chart rundown yesterday.

As far as the video goes, it sounds like it's a take-off of a previous hit video by someone else, which means it has a lot in common with what the two ronnies did many years ago, so is not a good idea.

Mark G, Monday, 25 November 2013 11:10 (ten years ago) link

Someone compared it to early-90s French and Saunders.

a beef supreme (dog latin), Monday, 25 November 2013 11:43 (ten years ago) link

Now that is harsh.

In times of osterity, these Eton-educated poshboys (Bananaman Begins), Monday, 25 November 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link

Well, there you go. (xpost)

Mark G, Monday, 25 November 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link

the songs itself doesn't bother me (that one line is eurgh tho), and in fact i really dig the chorus. my taste in pop has been called rank tho

1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Friday, 29 November 2013 21:22 (ten years ago) link

that is basically my feeling on it too. i loved it when i first overheard i coming out of someone else's computer speakers.

the video sort of ruins it forever for me though, which kinda doesn't speak highly of the song itself if it can be so determined by that

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 November 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link

yeah. i dont like it enough to say so in public and risk people thinking im ok with the rankness of the video, since that's the most well-known thing about it at this point.

1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Friday, 29 November 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...

cringing so much at her album title

prolego, Friday, 21 February 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link

No dumber than what its spoofing.

Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Friday, 21 February 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link

People who think Kanye named his album Yeezus without any self-awareness, consideration, or understanding of how such an album title would be received in light of his public image also probably think Sheezus is a clever spoof.

Greer, Friday, 21 February 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link

Wait, I thought it was joke?
http://i.minus.com/ibqeOcSW2kgfau.gif

Bonnie Mckii (jay.), Friday, 21 February 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link

xpost

Their still both dumb.

Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Friday, 21 February 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link

it's really the worst feeling in the world when you make a stupid typo while calling someone else dumb

sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link

Gah!

It really is.

*leaves thread in shame*

Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:57 (ten years ago) link

ahhahahahah

socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 22 February 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link

why is this happening

bomb england

wow such doge of venice (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 23 February 2014 09:57 (ten years ago) link

maybe it's a reference to how Woody Allen says "Jesus?"

Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 23 February 2014 09:59 (ten years ago) link

lily is going to struggle to top that. i can only hope i wld have such poise during my crucifixion

ogmor, Sunday, 23 February 2014 10:28 (ten years ago) link

RTC OTM

(except there were only like three good songs on that)

I got the Poison, I got the Rammellzee (sic), Sunday, 23 February 2014 12:30 (ten years ago) link

The two have an unusual history together. Allen appeared on "Drivin' Me Wild," a 2007 Common track produced by West for his album Finding Forever. In 2011, West earned the ire of Allen after tweeting "An abortion can cost a ballin' nigga up to 50gs maybe a 100," he posted. "Gold diggin' bitches be getting pregnant on purpose. #STRAPUP my niggas!" The tweet has since been deleted, but caused Allen to reply, "Never has a tweet put me in such a bad mood. This is wrong on so many levels."

never has a tweet put me in such a bad mood

has all the music leaked in one place yet? Indiv songs seem to be all over the place

Lee626, Sunday, 23 February 2014 13:43 (ten years ago) link

I'm not against someone hypothetically parodying Kanye's album title. In another world, I've released a mixtape named Wash The Throne (the cover has me as a janitor looking horrified into a bathroom stall). But if tweaking his megalomania is her goal, wouldn't it make more sense to name the album Leezus rather than Sheezus? Unless the joke is that she's taking it up a notch by assuming representation of her entire gender as well as messiah-hood?

da croupier, Sunday, 23 February 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link

she's saving her gender from scary rap music god i hate her

dyl, Sunday, 23 February 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link

more likely she thought it was lolz and would garner publicity

Scooby Doom (۩), Sunday, 23 February 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link

Is remy out of jail yet?

sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 23 February 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link

I think the "she" just sorta brings in the gender aspect, points it out, and it sounds better than "Leezus." either way it's going to inspire a lot of horrible clickbait pieces so it is terrible.

which is what she was after

Scooby Doom (۩), Sunday, 23 February 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link

man, I had no idea that "Hard Out Here" actually did well in UK/Australia/etc, or that she'd released another single.

da croupier, Sunday, 23 February 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo9Fja5x04o

recommended if you like ersatz mia, air balloons

da croupier, Sunday, 23 February 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link

Well I like it..

Btw, "Nan yr a window shopper" she has form

Mark G, Sunday, 23 February 2014 16:50 (ten years ago) link

"Hard Out Here" was actually a bit of a flop sales-wise. 9-31-50 is not a typical Lily Allen sort of chart run in the UK (by comparison, "The Fear" spent four weeks at #1 and several more in the top 10). There was nothing special about its success in Australia - she's moderately popular and I would say a hyped new single with lots of controversy should have gone higher than #14.

oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 24 February 2014 03:36 (ten years ago) link

I think they were expecting it to be a big hit for her but not to worry, I'm sure it'll be referred to as buzz single from now on.

Air Balloon is okay but the fact this will probably be a huge hit and the last Cher Lloyd single got to so little interest in the UK it was cancelled, just doesn't seem right.

Kitchen Person, Monday, 24 February 2014 05:24 (ten years ago) link

Edwardo, in the US the song didn't even chart so I'm standing by my statesider's surprise at it reaching the Top 10 in European countries (however briefly) and going platinum in Australia.

da croupier, Monday, 24 February 2014 06:40 (ten years ago) link

There was that other single, that did quite well..

Mark G, Monday, 24 February 2014 07:45 (ten years ago) link

she's such an embarrassment and it's tremendous to see how easy she's making it for people to point & laugh. pretty obvious by now her heart's not in this comeback - it's not like there were (m)any ideas there to start with but the laziness is pitiful and transparent right now. i assume her many media mates will valiantly try to sustain this campaign but it's just making them all look shit as well.

lex pretend, Monday, 24 February 2014 08:18 (ten years ago) link

it's funny, ed o wrote this about "hard out here" on the singles jukebox:

The video is just a visual version of Allen’s general MO, refashioning something “bad” or crass with an ironic wink, getting the benefit of its ideas without having to come up with her own, all the while acting as if she’s above her sources’ dubiousness or uncoolness and she’s just having a laugh because she’s better than that.

and she seems totally intent on proving him more and more correct

lex pretend, Monday, 24 February 2014 08:19 (ten years ago) link

more likely she thought it was lolz and would garner publicity

I'd be surprised if it was any deeper than that tbh

What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Monday, 24 February 2014 09:53 (ten years ago) link

Actually her PR has seemed a lot more interested in the other clients on the company roster recently (not as much sharing-about on social media as other acts, eg Kylie Minogue).

baked beings on toast (suzy), Monday, 24 February 2014 10:08 (ten years ago) link

da croupier: spending one week in the top 10 in the UK is not even remotely like being a top 10 hit in the US. One week at #9, then out, that is a big disappointment for an artist of her standing, it's the sort of chart run you might expect from single 3 or 4. Also going platinum in Australia is nothing, you still have to sell 70k like you did 20 years ago, except digital sales are huge (singles used to be about AUD 7-8 except some priced at 4.99, now a digital song sale is one-third of that) and the population is 40% higher, so it's not that impressive (The really really big hits, believe it or not, go like 6-8 times platinum. "Party Rock Anthem" and "Somebody I Used To Know" both have sold over 750,000 copies, for instance, "The Fear" and "Not Fair" shifted about 120k five years ago which makes them about twice as big adjusting for sales inflation.

oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 24 February 2014 14:44 (ten years ago) link

haha ok i apologize for saying i didn't realize the song did "well" overseas when obv that was far too reductive a statement, slander retracted

da croupier, Monday, 24 February 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link


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