Lily Allen

Intro

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• catchy
• straight forward
• mince words
• charisma

• blunt
• stand for
• paparazzi
• tabloids

• call it like it is
• deep

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Lily Allen is the kind of star who’s not afraid to swear at Elton John if she feels like it. Seriously. He made a comment about her drinking too much and she said something back that we can’t quote here!

It’s that kind of attitude that’s earned the 24-year-old a large following of people who love her dance music as much as they love party lifestyle. Allen.’s singing style kind of sounds like she’s talking, but it’s still very musical. When you listen to her albums, she seems like your wild friend telling you stories and making jokes.

But since Lily Allen has such a strong personality, it’s impossible to listen to her music without thinking about who she is and what she stands for. Listen to Ella and Marni react to Lily Allen.

Dialog

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Ella

Marni

Ella:  Lily Allen. She’s always in the paparazzi and in the tabloids. But what do you think of her music?

Marni:  You know, I like it. It’s catchy. It’s not very deep, but…

Ella:  It’s straightforward.

Marni:  She doesn’t mince words.

Ella:  No, she doesn’t. And she always just kind of says it straight like it is. And her new song, “The Fear,” I love it, because it just kind of goes at everything in pop culture. It makes fun of the girls that go to the tanning salon, and…

Marni:  Yeah. She definitely has charisma. I think she’s got really interesing energy. I think she’s definitely young and cute and…but I can see where you’d just want to hang out with her and she’d probably drink a ton and…

Ella:  Blunt.

Marni:  Exactly. Yeah. She was known for some drug use there, but she’s trying to clean up her image there I think. I was actually just looking at a photo of her tattoo on her wrist which I found very fascinating. Speaking of pop culture. She has a picture of Homer Simpson’s head next to the hammer and sickle, the little Russian communist symbol.

Ella:  I heard she’s a big fan of The Simpsons and she has a third nipple. So that’s always good to know.

Marni:  Wow. Good information.

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