Leave it to Lily Allen to push the button a little bit and bring up her old feud with Elton John in her latest video "Who'd Have Known".
Capturing Elton, serenading him and feeding him pizza is just a small part of this eerie yet intriguing video thats just been released.
I guess a good feud never dies...
Showing posts with label lily allen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lily allen. Show all posts
Monday, October 19, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Lily Allen Stands Up For The Little Guy...
Good or bad, you have to hand it to Lily Allen for speaking her mind.
This time around. she tackles British music and illegal file sharing and actually does make some valid points. One can argue for or against her but rising to fame on MySpace you must admit she is quite familiar with the workings of how a band blows up in this day and age.
Taking her opinion to her MySpace blog, Lily has written the following:
"I havent written on here for a while but I've taken the time to write this as I think music piracy is having a dangerous effect on British music, but some really rich and successful artists like Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Ed O'Brien from Radiohead don't seem to think so. Last week in an article in the Times these guys from huge bands said file sharing music is fine. It probably is fine for them. They do sell-out arena tours and have the biggest Ferrari collections in the world. For new talent though, file sharing is a disaster as it's making it harder and harder for new acts to emerge. Heres a link to the article http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6828262.ece
Mason, O'Brien and the Featured Artists Coalition say that file sharing's "like a sampler, like taping your mate's music", but mix tapes and recording from the radio are actually very different to the file sharing that happens today. Mix tapes were rubbish quality - you bought the real music, because you liked the track and wanted to hear it without the DJ cutting off the end of each song. In digital land pirated tracks are as good quality as bought tracks, so there's not a need to buy for better quality. The Featured Artist Coalition also says file sharing's fine because it "means a new generation of fans for us". This is great if you're a big artist at the back end of your career with loads of albums to flog to a new audience, but emerging artists don't have this luxury. Basically the FAC is saying 'we're alright, we've made it, so file sharing's fine', which is just so unfair to new acts trying to make it in the industry.
You don't start out in music with the Ferraris. Instead you get a huge debt from your record company, which you spend years working your arse off to repay. When you manage to get a contract, all those pretty videos and posters advertising your album have to be paid for and as the artist, you have to pay for them. I've only just finished paying off all the money I owe my record company. I'm lucky that I've been successful and managed to pay it back, but not everyone's so lucky. You might not care about this, but the more difficult it is for new artists to make it, the less new artists you'll see and the more British music will be nothing but puppets paid for by Simon Cowell.
And it's not like there aren't alternatives to illegal downloads anyway. Sites like Spotify give us access to new music and different music without having to rip someone off - you can listen to tracks and see if you like them before you buy them. Then obviously there's MySpace, that streams music and helps acts like me get enough fans to convince record companies to sign us up.
If this sounds like I'm siding with the record bosses, I'm not. They've been naive and complacent about new technology - and they've spent all the money they've earned on their own fat salaries not industry development. But as they start to lose big from piracy, they're not slashing their salaries - they're pulling what they invest in A&R. Lack of funds results in A&R people not being able to take risks and only signing acts they think will work, which again makes British music Cowell puppets.
Is this the way we want British music to go? Now, obviously I'm going to benefit from fighting piracy, but I think without fighting it, British music is going to suffer.
I don't think what's out there is perfect. It's stupid that kids can't buy anything on the internet without credit, forcing them to steal Mum's credit card or download illegally. It's this kind of thing that the record company bosses, artists, broadband providers and government should be sitting down and discussing. I'm off to South America on tour today, but i'm going to be writing British artists, saying just this.
File sharing's not okay for British music. We need to find new ways to help consumers access and buy music legally, but saying file sharing's fine is not helping anyone - and definitely not helping British music. I want to get people working together to use new digital opportunities to encourage new artists."
Thoughts?
This time around. she tackles British music and illegal file sharing and actually does make some valid points. One can argue for or against her but rising to fame on MySpace you must admit she is quite familiar with the workings of how a band blows up in this day and age.
Taking her opinion to her MySpace blog, Lily has written the following:
"I havent written on here for a while but I've taken the time to write this as I think music piracy is having a dangerous effect on British music, but some really rich and successful artists like Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Ed O'Brien from Radiohead don't seem to think so. Last week in an article in the Times these guys from huge bands said file sharing music is fine. It probably is fine for them. They do sell-out arena tours and have the biggest Ferrari collections in the world. For new talent though, file sharing is a disaster as it's making it harder and harder for new acts to emerge. Heres a link to the article http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6828262.ece
Mason, O'Brien and the Featured Artists Coalition say that file sharing's "like a sampler, like taping your mate's music", but mix tapes and recording from the radio are actually very different to the file sharing that happens today. Mix tapes were rubbish quality - you bought the real music, because you liked the track and wanted to hear it without the DJ cutting off the end of each song. In digital land pirated tracks are as good quality as bought tracks, so there's not a need to buy for better quality. The Featured Artist Coalition also says file sharing's fine because it "means a new generation of fans for us". This is great if you're a big artist at the back end of your career with loads of albums to flog to a new audience, but emerging artists don't have this luxury. Basically the FAC is saying 'we're alright, we've made it, so file sharing's fine', which is just so unfair to new acts trying to make it in the industry.
You don't start out in music with the Ferraris. Instead you get a huge debt from your record company, which you spend years working your arse off to repay. When you manage to get a contract, all those pretty videos and posters advertising your album have to be paid for and as the artist, you have to pay for them. I've only just finished paying off all the money I owe my record company. I'm lucky that I've been successful and managed to pay it back, but not everyone's so lucky. You might not care about this, but the more difficult it is for new artists to make it, the less new artists you'll see and the more British music will be nothing but puppets paid for by Simon Cowell.
And it's not like there aren't alternatives to illegal downloads anyway. Sites like Spotify give us access to new music and different music without having to rip someone off - you can listen to tracks and see if you like them before you buy them. Then obviously there's MySpace, that streams music and helps acts like me get enough fans to convince record companies to sign us up.
If this sounds like I'm siding with the record bosses, I'm not. They've been naive and complacent about new technology - and they've spent all the money they've earned on their own fat salaries not industry development. But as they start to lose big from piracy, they're not slashing their salaries - they're pulling what they invest in A&R. Lack of funds results in A&R people not being able to take risks and only signing acts they think will work, which again makes British music Cowell puppets.
Is this the way we want British music to go? Now, obviously I'm going to benefit from fighting piracy, but I think without fighting it, British music is going to suffer.
I don't think what's out there is perfect. It's stupid that kids can't buy anything on the internet without credit, forcing them to steal Mum's credit card or download illegally. It's this kind of thing that the record company bosses, artists, broadband providers and government should be sitting down and discussing. I'm off to South America on tour today, but i'm going to be writing British artists, saying just this.
File sharing's not okay for British music. We need to find new ways to help consumers access and buy music legally, but saying file sharing's fine is not helping anyone - and definitely not helping British music. I want to get people working together to use new digital opportunities to encourage new artists."
Thoughts?
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Likely Looks: Lily Allen - 22
Lily Allen comes out with her 4th video from "Its Not Me, Its You" for 22 and its a lovely display of late 20 somethings doing the ins and outs of a single life.
The concept is fabulous and so is the dress that Lily is wearing throughout the video (very Hollywood of her...).
Check it out here:
The concept is fabulous and so is the dress that Lily is wearing throughout the video (very Hollywood of her...).
Check it out here:
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Lily Allen To Record A Song With Kate Moss?
Kate Moss has been known to randomly sing on her famous friends' records (Primal Scream anyone?) but the latest is that she is dying to record a song with Lily Allen.
"Kate knows it'll be easier to persuade Lily to work with her. She's always making Lily do karaoke with her at home. Lily adores Kate and it seems like she'd do anything she suggests," claims a source close to Kate.
Let's see if it comes through...
"Kate knows it'll be easier to persuade Lily to work with her. She's always making Lily do karaoke with her at home. Lily adores Kate and it seems like she'd do anything she suggests," claims a source close to Kate.
Let's see if it comes through...
Monday, June 22, 2009
Likely Looks: Lily Allen - Fuck You
Surprisingly, Lily Allen and her record label managed to make a clean version of "Fuck You", which is quite impressive in itself...but a video too?! Now, that takes the cake...
The video itself doesn't actually feature Lily but its a day in the life with a little twist. Somehow she's got the ability to make people look like they do in crazy circus mirrors and other things courtesy of a green screen.
Check it out here:
The video itself doesn't actually feature Lily but its a day in the life with a little twist. Somehow she's got the ability to make people look like they do in crazy circus mirrors and other things courtesy of a green screen.
Check it out here:
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Kid Cudi Gets Denied By Lily Allen and Andre 3000
Kid Cudi may be the most talked about new guy in hip-hop but that still doesn't give him all the power in the world. Reaching out to Lily Allen and Andre 3000 to collaborate with them, he got rejected.
Here is his blog that explains it all:
I ONLY HAVE 3 FEATURES FOR MY ALBUM WHICH IS MY BIG HOMIE SNOOP, KANYE AND COMMON. THE OTHER 2 ARTISTS I ASKED SO FAR TO BE ON MY ALBUM: LILY ALLEN AND ANDRE 3000, HAVE DECLINED MY REQUEST FOR A COLLAB. IT MADE ME REALIZE THO, DO I REALLY WANNA GO IN ON FEATURES? SURE I LIKE THESE ARTISTS BUT THIS FIRST ALBUM NEEDS TO BE ABOUT WUT I CAN DO. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL THINK ITS A GAME SO I WILL FOREVER FEEL LIKE I HAVE SUTTIN TO PROVE. U GUYS NEED TO HEAR MORE OF ME SO WHEN UR DEBATIN WITH UR FRIENDS ABOUT HOW ILL MAN ON THE MOON IS, THEY CAN BE LIKE “YEA, YOU RIGHT” LOL HAHA
Here is his blog that explains it all:
I ONLY HAVE 3 FEATURES FOR MY ALBUM WHICH IS MY BIG HOMIE SNOOP, KANYE AND COMMON. THE OTHER 2 ARTISTS I ASKED SO FAR TO BE ON MY ALBUM: LILY ALLEN AND ANDRE 3000, HAVE DECLINED MY REQUEST FOR A COLLAB. IT MADE ME REALIZE THO, DO I REALLY WANNA GO IN ON FEATURES? SURE I LIKE THESE ARTISTS BUT THIS FIRST ALBUM NEEDS TO BE ABOUT WUT I CAN DO. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL THINK ITS A GAME SO I WILL FOREVER FEEL LIKE I HAVE SUTTIN TO PROVE. U GUYS NEED TO HEAR MORE OF ME SO WHEN UR DEBATIN WITH UR FRIENDS ABOUT HOW ILL MAN ON THE MOON IS, THEY CAN BE LIKE “YEA, YOU RIGHT” LOL HAHA
Monday, April 27, 2009
Lily Allen Announces UK Tour
Woohoo for UK Lily fans! She's going back for another few dates in the UK in November so get your tickets fast...
November 16 - Sheffield O2 Academy
November 17 -Manchester Apollo
November 20 - Bournemouth BIC
November 21 - Plymouth Pavilions
November 22 -Swindon Oasis
November 24 -Birmingham NIA
November 25 -Glasgow SECC
November 27 -London O2 Academy Brixton
Oh and yes I went to the Lily show on Monday at Roseland and YES I will be posting a review soon.
November 16 - Sheffield O2 Academy
November 17 -Manchester Apollo
November 20 - Bournemouth BIC
November 21 - Plymouth Pavilions
November 22 -Swindon Oasis
November 24 -Birmingham NIA
November 25 -Glasgow SECC
November 27 -London O2 Academy Brixton
Oh and yes I went to the Lily show on Monday at Roseland and YES I will be posting a review soon.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Lindsay Lohan Joins Lily Allen On Stage
During Lily Allen's performance of "Womanizer" last night at the Wiltern, a special guest popped out to do some dancing and barely sing...Lindsay Lohan.
What the point of her coming on stage was? I don't know. Maybe you have a theory...
What the point of her coming on stage was? I don't know. Maybe you have a theory...
Friday, February 13, 2009
Lily Allen - The EPK
Lily Allen's EPK for her new album "It's Not You, It's Me" has been placed on everyone's favorite online video channel, YouTube.
It features tracks for the record and Lily discussing a little bit about the writing process and her songs. Its quite sweet...
It features tracks for the record and Lily discussing a little bit about the writing process and her songs. Its quite sweet...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Lily Allen's Doing Oprah!
Some things are going right in the land of Lily Allen right now!
After her MySpace Secret Show tonight at the Bowery Ballroom it all go uphill from there as she will doing an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show! I guess changing management was a good thing after all, eh?
Date and time to be announced!
After her MySpace Secret Show tonight at the Bowery Ballroom it all go uphill from there as she will doing an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show! I guess changing management was a good thing after all, eh?
Date and time to be announced!
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Lily Allen To Do MySpace Secret Shows In Support Of "It's Not Me, It's You"
Get ready for next week to be Lily Allen week! So far, she's announced a special deal when purchased the album on MP3 via Amazon for only $3.99.
Plus, she'll be doing 3 MySpace Music Secret Shows in London, Tokyo and New York. The only one confirmed is Tuesday, the day the album is released in the U.S. at Bowery Ballroom.
Stay tuned for this space for details on where to get a wristband etc.
Plus, she'll be doing 3 MySpace Music Secret Shows in London, Tokyo and New York. The only one confirmed is Tuesday, the day the album is released in the U.S. at Bowery Ballroom.
Stay tuned for this space for details on where to get a wristband etc.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Lily Allen North American Tour Dates Announced!
Lily's back! She'll be hitting the road in support of her album "It's Not Me, It's You" in the U.S. and Canada starting in April.
Support will come from Natalie Portman's Shaved Head.
The tour dates are as follows:
April
1 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
2 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern
4 San Francisco, CA - Warfield
6 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
8 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
9 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
12 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
13 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
15 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
18 Philadelphia, PA - TLA
19 Boston, MA - House of Blues
20 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
22 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theater
More dates to come!
Support will come from Natalie Portman's Shaved Head.
The tour dates are as follows:
April
1 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
2 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern
4 San Francisco, CA - Warfield
6 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
8 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
9 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
12 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
13 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
15 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
18 Philadelphia, PA - TLA
19 Boston, MA - House of Blues
20 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
22 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theater
More dates to come!
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Lily Allen's "The Fear" Goes To #1
Lily Allen has scored his second #1 single with "The Fear" this week. It seems to be a trend now...her first single on each album has went to #1
She ended Lady GaGa's 3 week reign at #1...oh well.
Congrats Lily!
She ended Lady GaGa's 3 week reign at #1...oh well.
Congrats Lily!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Lily Allen - Two New Tracks!
Lily, Lily, and more Lily! Here are two new Lily Allen tracks that are on "The Fear" EP and bonus tracks on "It's Not Me, It's You".
"Fag Hag":
"Kabul Shit"
"Fag Hag":
"Kabul Shit"
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Lily Allen Performs New Track On BBC 6
Its less than a month away till the release of "It's Not Me, It's You" and songs are slowly pouring in. With the nice little sampler Parlophone offered up the other week and Lily releasing demos ages ago, now she has recently performed "He Wasn't There" live on BBC 6.
Listen to it here!:
Listen to it here!:
Monday, January 19, 2009
Lily Allen Continues Katy Perry Feud
Lily Allen is not a person to get into a feud...and I am sure Katy Perry is regretting ever making that stupid comment about her being the skinnier American version of Lily and the fatter Amy Winehouse.
Lily was recently on Miquita Oliver's show and pulled off quite a good impression of Katy during her interview
Watch it here:
Lily was recently on Miquita Oliver's show and pulled off quite a good impression of Katy during her interview
Watch it here:
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Lily Allen Explains Why She Didn't Work With Mark Ronson On "It's Not Me, It's You"
Lily Allen has had to face up to the big question...why no Mark Ronson this time around? He was such a big part in the production of "Alright, Still" but he is nowhere to be found to "It's Not Me, It's You".
Setting the record straight, Lily explains why...she wanted a different sound. She wanted to steer away from the usual suspects Mark has been working with and find a new sound courtesy of some new producers.
"I wanted to set myself away from Duffy, Adele and Amy (Winehouse) because they are so brilliant at what they do - it would be silly for me to follow them down that route," said Lily to MTV UK.
But don't worry...she is not opposed to working with Ronson again. "I just didn't want to do it this time because Mark has a really retro feel to what he is doing," she continued.
Let's see what happens next time around...
Setting the record straight, Lily explains why...she wanted a different sound. She wanted to steer away from the usual suspects Mark has been working with and find a new sound courtesy of some new producers.
"I wanted to set myself away from Duffy, Adele and Amy (Winehouse) because they are so brilliant at what they do - it would be silly for me to follow them down that route," said Lily to MTV UK.
But don't worry...she is not opposed to working with Ronson again. "I just didn't want to do it this time because Mark has a really retro feel to what he is doing," she continued.
Let's see what happens next time around...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Lily Allen vs Katy Perry...Its Still On
Some gossip just never gets old...and it seems to get the best of us sometimes. Case in point, Lily Allen and Katy Perry. Unfortunately, Katy should have thought a bit further before she claimed she was the "skinnier version of Lily Allen" because Lily just won't seem to let it go.
According to The Sun, Lily Facebook page claims, “I have Katy Perry’s number, someone did me a favour. I’m just waiting for her to open her mouth one more time then it hits Facebook.”
She's also on two Facebook groups, “I hate Katy Perry and her dumb-ass song I Kissed A Girl” and “Katy Perry? Who in the hell does she think she is?”
Katy, give up...this is going to be a hard feud to win.
According to The Sun, Lily Facebook page claims, “I have Katy Perry’s number, someone did me a favour. I’m just waiting for her to open her mouth one more time then it hits Facebook.”
She's also on two Facebook groups, “I hate Katy Perry and her dumb-ass song I Kissed A Girl” and “Katy Perry? Who in the hell does she think she is?”
Katy, give up...this is going to be a hard feud to win.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Lily Allen's 'It's Not Me, It's You' Album Sampler
Lily Allen keeps giving us little hints about exactly how her upcoming album "It's Not Me, It's You" is going to sound like before its release date on February 9, 2009...and it sounds fantastic!
Here's a little sampler with a few new tracks from the album that haven't been leaked already (there are 5 songs floating around in full currently).
Thank you to the lovely MK of Popbytes that was gracious enough to send this my way first thing in the morning today!
Here's a little sampler with a few new tracks from the album that haven't been leaked already (there are 5 songs floating around in full currently).
Thank you to the lovely MK of Popbytes that was gracious enough to send this my way first thing in the morning today!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Lily Does Britney - Womanizer
Mark Ronson did Lily Allen fans a favor when he forgot to talk over Lily's cover of "Womanizer". Now thanks to the joy of online video channels we can hear Lily's cover of Britney Spears' "Womanizer".
It's quite good I must say...
It's quite good I must say...
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