Lily Allen nibbling on a snack before recording her next album. (CC-BY-SA Diliff)
Since the dawn of her fumbling career Lily Allen has been stupid. She has about as many brain cells as she has accents to sing with. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve learned to accept there are some stupid people in the world that will manage to shoot themselves in the foot even with the barrel pointing upwards; Allen is one of those annoying ones who blows everybody else’s foot off while doing it.
Before going into the credible, objective, reasons why she shares the intellect of a baboon with a finger up its own arse I would like to make bitchy, aggressive, notions into why she annoys me personally: number one, her face. Number two, her style of music contains half-baked and hypocritical, “messages”, that make me put my face (dramatic pause) into my palm (ergo, riches and fame corrupt people BUT PIRATES ARE TAKING MY MILLIONS THAT I WORKED A FULL DAY IN A RECORDING STUDIO TO EARN AND IT’S NOT FAIR!).
Anyway, onto more objective pastures. Our dear protagonist Lily decides defending the current creative industry is a good thing – here comes the shot in the foot! It seems fairly odd that an artist claiming that piracy is destroying artists’ livelihood seems completely oblivious to her contract and, more importantly, the contracts of those below her in the food chain. As an artists she is completely on the leash of record companies who pay her and others pittance while taking the rest for themselves – including the rights to the music. A final kick in the crotch to artists is that the bonus they are paid when they sign their rights over goes back into costs the label endure. The only reason, from a business perspective, that record labels are able to exist is that they dangle a one-off payment carrot with strings attached in ignorant, unrepresented, artists’ faces. Why defend them when they hurt you?!
Finally (and here comes the shot in other people’s foot) she decides the reason her laptop was hacked is Apple’s fault and not her own. That’s kind of like me suing a condom company because I poked holes in their products and NOW MY BELOVED IS PREGNANT! I can see who’s at blame in the scenario! Grrrr Durex!
Seriously though, being stupid is one thing; blaming others for your stupidity and having the audacity to sue them is another. You’re unbelievable, girl!
In short Lily, grow up or hire somebody to do your thinking for you.