I don’t know what it is about Lily Allen but I find myself drawn to her and her music. This song in particular is one that I find myself singing and listening to on the tube on the way to work.
I love the video and the song’s pre-financial crisis analysis of materialism is one of the reasons why I love it so much. There are a number of strong (but worrying) lines and concepts such as ‘Everything’s cool as long as I’m getting thinner’, ‘I want to be rich and have lots of money, I don’t care about clever, I don’t care about funny!’ and the whole songs seems to perfectly capture the way
in which access to readily available funds unchecked by any boundaries leads to ‘massive consumption’ on a massive scale.
I love Lily and I love this song…
Enjoy…
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