Lily Allen

Lily Allen

It's Not Me, It's You




Foundation: Maybelline DreamMatte Mousse


Eye Shadow Colour: A blend of natural and fresh base palettes with lots of black kohl eyeliner!


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Tips: be fashion-forward like Lily and wear jade coloured nail polish from Chanel. Ebay sells them at a fraction of the cost.



Its easy to forget what it was that made Lily Allen a household name. The past few years she’s graced the pages of every newspaper and glossy magazine around the country, her willingness to put it all out there has made her a favourite target of the paparazzi, but has living her life through a lens made her more guarded second time round? In short, no.

It’s been two years since Allen last gave us any musical offerings and in that time she’s experienced more than say, what your average thirty year old goes through. It’s still hard to believe she’s only 24.

It’s Not Me, It’s You sees her grow as an artist, delving into taboo areas such as drugs, politics, celebrity culture and the very bitter ‘He Wasn't There’, a song about growing up with a famous father and feeling lonely with no one to talk to; perhaps this will inspire Keith Allen take a good hard look at himself, and ask if it was all worth it?

Everyone’s At It is song set to a synth-heavy soundtrack The Killers would be well within their rights to sue over, and that’s not the only familiar track; ‘Who’d Have Known’ is a borrowed melody stolen from Take That’s ‘Shine’, although this time, it was consented!

This record is full of social commentary and witty observations; only Lily Allen could get away with writing a song about premature ejaculation and turn it into a heartfelt track, it’s part of her charm; she's gobby and glamourous in equal measure!

The record is a melting pot of Kate Nash, Remi Nicole, Katy Perry and Gwen Stefani-esque tracks.
The Fear dived straight into the number one stop on in February, followed by It's Not Fair and 22, my only hope is that Go Back To The Start, a letter to her sister asking for forgiveness, is the next single to be released.
The most noticeable thing about this album is just how incredibly honest it is. It differs from her previous album, Alright, Now; less frantic but just as exciting.
In these songs Allen isn’t just a young woman, she’s every woman.