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Seondary media such as this campaign for New Look show Allen as a cartoon like caracture

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Lily Allen says she has no regrets about using her pop star status to address big issues like the Calais migrant crisis.
There was a backlash after her recent visit to the camp, but Lily says it was "necessary".

Speaking to Radio 1's Annie Mac in the latest edition of The Exchange, Lily says it is her "responsibility" to take action.

And she thinks too many stars stay silent on big issues in society.

"It's sad that there are so many people within our society that are so fearful of minority groups or of vulnerable people."

"When I talk openly about those things I'm not setting out to inspire people, it's because I'm usually talking about or trying to highlight a situation I believe in and usually where vulnerable people are concerned.

"I knew full well there was going to be a fallout from the mainstream media but I feel empowered by it, rather than upset by it."

She also revealed she had experienced the fallout on a more personal level when a taxi driver refused to drive her and her children due to her stance on migrants.

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She reckons other people in the public eye avoid getting involved in political issues because they fear it will damage their career.

"If you want to make millions of pounds and please everyone you won't say anything, but if you want to make changes and the only way to do it is to talk - and to do it in your music."

However, attempts to write more political songs have ended up sounding "preachy".

"Where I haven't succeeded in getting my point across in music, I also have a platform with my Twitter, my Instagram and my Snapchat," she explains.

"There's a good chance that what I do say will end up helping some people, so why wouldn't I do that?"

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The Exchange is on Radio 1 on Wednesday at 7pm. Lily Allen will discuss the week's big issues in music with Annie Mac, alongside guests Christine & The Queens and Kano. Find us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat

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Lily Allen says she has no regrets about using her pop star status to address big issues like the Calais migrant crisis. There was a backlash after her recent visit to the camp, but Lily says it was "necessary". Speaking to Radio 1's Annie Mac in the latest edition of The Exchange, Lily says it is her "responsibility" to take action.

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Lily Allen - Apples (Hyundai Mercury Prize 2018)

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Shift from national treasure to abrasive pop star 

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These photographs give the impression that Allen is put together, older, more mature and serious but using light pastel colours to and pink hair to demonstrate she is still herself.

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Despite the Daily Mail’s best efforts, I’d venture that she’s also well on her way to becoming a kind of millennial national treasure. In 2018, there’s still no one quite like her.’

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'No secret: The singer has openly admitted she took drugs for the first time aged 13 when she was at Glastonbury'

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Other winners at the annual event included Ashes To Ashes star Keeley Hawes, Hollywood actress Kate Beckinsale, Hayden Panettiere of Heroes fame and X Factor judge Dannii Minogue.

The Spice Girls were named best band but only three of them - Mel B, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell - were there to collect their award.

Most popular winner of the night was Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page, who arrived to collect her prize for best comedy actress after hotfooting it from the West End, where she is appearing in the play Fat Pig.

Her award was presented by co-star and Gavin and Stacey writer James Corden, who told the audience: "Not only is she an incredible actress and a wonderful person, but she is so perfect in the role that it is inconceivable that it could have been played by anyone else."

Page couldn't resist a quip about Corden's ladykiller image as she stepped up to the stage. She joked: "I can't believe I got this close to James Corden and not been sexually molested or something."

Winners List

:: TV Personality - Dannii Minogue

:: UK TV Actress - Keeley Hawes

:: International Musician - Beth Ditto

:: Accessories Designer - Tamara Mellon

:: Entrepreneur - Kate Moss

:: Film-maker - Jane Goldman

:: Theatre Actress - Kelly Osbourne

:: Writer - Cecilia Ahern

:: Presenter - Fearne Cotton

:: Editor's Special - Lily Allen

:: Radio Personality - Jo Whiley

:: Newcomer - Hayden Panettiere

:: UK Solo Artist - Leona Lewis

:: Comedy Actress - Joanna Page

:: Band - The Spice Girls

:: Film Actress - Kate Beckinsale

:: Man of the Year - Mark Ronson

:: Inspiration - Annie Lennox

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Lily Allen drunk at Women of the Year awards

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Other winners at the annual event included Ashes To Ashes star Keeley Hawes, Hollywood actress Kate Beckinsale, Hayden Panettiere of Heroes fame and X Factor judge Dannii Minogue. The Spice Girls were named best band but only three of them - Mel B, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell - were there to collect their award.

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Allen took a break from piblic appearances except for her being more vocal about politics and on social media. She became known for her tweets against troll and released a cover of a protest song which she performed at the woman's march in 2017. This time interrim time suggested a shift in Allen's ideas of her public image.  This is note worthy as Shingler suggests (2012, p.141) that public appearances are not what reveals aspects of the star as a 'real person', rather its is their dedication to good causes or their entanglement in legal issues that reveal more about the 'real person'.

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Lily Allen's Sheezus ALbum was less well received than her previous two and received harsh rrevews from music critiques like pitfork. she has since said that she was experiencing an identity crisis, trying to live up the the media expectation of her.

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A few weeks ago, Lily Allen released a single called "Sheezus", from her new album of the same name. She begins the song in a weary murmur, announcing that, after five years away, she's ready to step back into the spotlight and endure all the "embarrassing" comparisons she will receive to other female pop stars. Then, in the chorus, she all but invites these comparisons by name-checking some artists she seems to perceive as her contemporaries: " Riri isn't scared of Katy Perry's Roaring/ Queen B's gone back to the drawing/ Lorde smells blood, yeah she's about to slay you/ Kid ain't one to fuck with when she's only on her debut."

"Sheezus" is a maddeningly catchy, deeply puzzling song. Is she paying homage to these women? Is she making fun of them? Maybe a little bit of both? (And while we're asking the unanswerable: Why is she dressed like a Na'vi from Avatar in the song's video?) Maybe Allen wants "Sheezus" to be read as a critique of the ruthlessly combative, Who-Wore-It-Better? pageant that our culture creates for female celebrities-though at the same time, she admits that part of her desires that rigged game's flashy prize. "Give me the crown, bitch," she snaps a little too convincingly at the end of the chorus, "I wanna be Sheezus."

All things considered, the Lorde reference is particularly loaded. Nearly a decade ago, Allen was the promising and precociously literate pop insurgent who was "only on her debut." That record was 2006's enduringly charming * Alright, Still -*a personable blast of witty, hip-hop-informed pop that featured lively character sketches of famous family members, eccentric London townies, and shitty ex-boyfriends. It sold millions and made her a star, particularly in her home country. Allen became a fixture on the London club scene and an acid-tongued presence in the British media; she took a brief and well-publicized break from drinking after telling Elton John to "fuck off" on national TV.

Her second record, It's Not Me, It's You, was as shimmery and sharp as a shattered mirror, critiquing the vapidity of fame ("The Fear") and the ways in which the deck is stacked against outspoken women who dare to outlive their ingénue phase ("22", a song about the Rock-Forever-21-But-Just-Turned-30 set, now feels like a bleak sequel to Taylor Swift's hit of the same name). Though the tabloids charted Allen's every affair, her most passionate love/hate relationship seemed to be with her own notoriety. (A telling detail that almost every profile of her dutifully noted: After she was arrested in 2007 for attacking a photographer, she blew up a copy of the police citation and hung it in her foyer.)

Clearly, Allen possesses a terrific flair for irony. But there's a fine line between using irony to make a cutting point and using it as a protective coating to hide the fact that you're not sure exactly what you're trying to say. Allen was once a master of the former, but Sheezus too often finds her drifting perilously in the latter territory. Even before she was disowning her underperforming singles as "docile pop rubbish" on Twitter a few weeks ago, we got a taste of this back-pedaling and double-speak on the album's lead-off single "Hard Out Here", which fashioned itself a critique of music industry sexism but, to some listeners, sent an unfortunate mixed message. "I don't have to shake my ass for you, cuz I've got a brain," Allen sang, as though the two were mutually exclusive; behind her, a group of black women shook their asses at the camera. When the video was accused of being racist, Allen clarified, "If I could dance like the ladies can, it would have been my arse on your screens." All of this confusion only muddled her original point, and made you wonder if the song had as much brain power as Allen advertised.

Allen was one of the first high-profile artists to cultivate a fanbase via the internet; she posted demos on Myspace in advance of Alright, Still, and later became known for writing confessional posts on her blog. But the controversy that "Hard Out Here" generated seemed like a barometer of how much the internet has changed in a few short years-especially when it comes to talking (or making music) about feminism. As the writer Michelle Goldberg described in a recent cover story for The Nation, it can sometimes feel on Twitter like there is a radical SWAT team that would rather jump on anyone who Does Feminism Wrong (see also: the "Is Beyoncé A Feminist?" Thinkpiece Fatigue of 2014) than allow people to express "well intentioned" but "imperfect" opinions. Because she is making some valid points about double standards in the music industry, some might find it tempting to consider Allen a victim of this kind of hand-wringing. But in the end, Sheezus fails on much less ambiguous grounds.

There's nothing particularly wrong with the way the album sounds: It's a sleek and bubbly, if somewhat indistinct, pop record. It's not easy to write songs that are as catchy as they are verbose, but Allen and her frequent collaborator, producer Greg Kurstin, have not lost the light, agile touch they showcased on the best of It's Not Me. "L8 CMMR" is cheeky summertime pop, and the Sugababes-sweet "Air Balloon" is infectious enough that I can almost forgive Allen, lyrically, for making the same joke as that stupid Bavaria Radler commercial with Elvis and Kurt Cobain. (Almost.) The record's most satisfyingly on-point moment, though, is "URL Badman", a satirical send-up of spiteful internet commenters. Allen sings it in the voice of a parents'-basement-dwelling "London white boy repping ATL" who says things like, "I don't troll, I make statements." Even though he spends his days spouting Wordpress vitriol at famous women who will never fuck him, he wants us to know that deep down he's really just a sensitive guy, "like Drake."

If only this record could put its money where its delightfully dirty mouth is. But too often, there's a tone of scolding, mean-spirited superiority about Sheezus that, after a few spins, makes you wonder why Allen thinks she's so different from that blogosphere hater. The feather-light R&B number "Insincerely Yours" is bogged down by cheap shots and Twitter-beef petulance: "I don't give a fuck about the Delevingne, that Rita girl, about Jourdan Dunn... I don't give a fuck about your Instagram, about your lovely house or your ugly kids." Allen's venomous tongue was previously effective when it spewed at unidentified love interests or impersonal cultural institutions like "society" or , but, as on "Sheezus", she runs into trouble as soon as she starts naming names. Not only will "Insincerely Yours" age about as well as the Fred Durst diss in "The Real Slim Shady", but less forgivably, it contradicts the record's overall message. How can Allen not see that she's playing into the very catfight narrative that, four songs previous, she was supposedly trying to end?

Even as Allen takes both serious and "ironic" jabs at her contemporaries, she seems plenty interested in borrowing from their sounds and sensibilities. "Our Time" is her obligatory stab at a YOLO-anthem, a "We Can't Stop" in everything but name and cutting-edge production. There's also a particularly noxious song called "Silver Spoon", the main argument of which scans as, "Fuck off, I grew up slightly less rich than you think I did." Although it aims for empathy across class lines, it just comes off as defensive. Furthermore, although Allen's records have always been stylistic hodgepodges, Sheezus doesn't flow as fluidly as her last two. When things get a little weary after the mandatory ballad about not wanting to be famous anymore, cue "As Long As I Got You", which is...a zydeco song?

"The game is changing," Allen sings on "Sheezus". "Can't just come back, jump on the mic and do the same thing." There is something poignant and disarmingly honest about this song-very few artists pull back the curtain on the kind of fears and anxieties she's acknowledging here. And while Allen's right-the game is changing-there are plenty of reasons to feel more hopeful about the future than she does. Katy Perry's "Roar" wasn't a catty snipe at anybody's Instagram, but instead a primal battle cry of female self-empowerment. Yes, Beyoncé did go back to the drawing board-and she returned to completely reinvent the album as a relevant format in 2014 and prove that brains and ass-shaking can coexist and the world shall continue to turn. And in the short amount of time she's been on the scene, Lorde has not only spoken out against the music industry's sexism but also cultivated a powerful sense of solidarity with other young female pop stars. Even in the context of a joke, the word "diva" feels applicable to her least of all. She is not the girl who wants to "slay" her "rivals", but befriend and root for them instead.

So "Sheezus" is based on a false conceit. Nobody's vying for the title of Top Diva in 2014 because-and this is the great and exciting thing about women in pop music right now-there's enough room at the table for all different kinds of femininities, sexualities, races, body types, and sounds. (It ain't perfect, of course, but progress is being made.) Sheezus has a few good points and some admirable intentions, but too often it misses the point. In the end, Allen only fans the flames she says she wants to extinguish.

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Lily Allen possesses a terrific flair for irony, but there's a fine line between using irony to make a cutting point and using it as a protective coating to hide the fact that you're not sure exactly what you're trying to say. She was once a master of the former, but her new album, Sheezus, is another story.

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'Then again, we are talking about Lily Allen, perhaps the cheekiest person in popular culture since Bob Dylan circa 1965.'

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'Then again, we are talking about Lily Allen, perhaps the cheekiest person in popular culture since Bob Dylan circa 1965.'

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Allen's star image of being outlandish and abrasive is amplified with her third album in 2014

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Lily Allen has admitted to snorting a line of ketamine at the 2008 Glamour Awards which she claimed she believed was cocaine.

The singer said she collapsed in a "K hole" and had to be carried over the barriers and removed from the ceremony in a Twitter thread posted on Sunday.

Ms Allen was responding to a question posed by Brook Rogers which asked "(what) is the best reason you've been kicked out of an event, building or group?"

Posting photos of her taken by paparazzi which showed her being carried by a bouncer while she appeared to be passed out, she wrote:

"Someone gave me a line of what I assumed to be cocaine at the Glamour Awards once, but it turned out to be Ketamine. I was thrown out (passed over some railings) of the Glamour Awards for being in a k hole."

While some people deemed the singer a "legend" and said she was "brave" for sharing the photos, others criticised her for admitting her drug use.

One woman asked her "is this really something to glamorise/ be proud of?"

To which Ms Allen replied: "Probably not, did you have a point?"

Others accused her of being a poor role model.

"What a brilliant role model you are! I certainly wouldn't want any child of mine to look up to you or be inspired by you. Is there a new book to promote...," one person said.

Another Twitter user said: "How disappointing then that you tweet comments as earlier. Do you not even comprehend your role in many young girls' lives.

"Tweet your loving thoughtful and generous moments NOT your flaws in future."

Ms Allen later posted a tweet by someone called SleepytimeLisa which read: "Yeah, let's teach young girls to hide their flaws and shortcomings, encourage shame when they show themselves as less than perfect.

"Oh wait, that's what we've been doing. So no, let's be real and imperfect and let young people know they don't have to be perfect to be amazing."

Comedian Alan Carr said he witnessed the singer being carried out of the event.

"I followed in the car behind with her brother Alfie - but we somehow got there before her but then she was put straight to bed and I remember helping myself to a vodka and chatting with Alfie and Sam Sparro most of the night," he said.

Ms Allen responded to a number of her critics with the words: "No Shame June 8" which is the the name of her forth coming album.

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Lily Allen admits snorting ketamine she thought was cocaine at 2008 glamour awards

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Lily Allen has admitted to snorting a line of ketamine at the 2008 Glamour Awards which she claimed she believed was cocaine. The singer said she collapsed in a "K hole" and had to be carried over the barriers and removed from the ceremony in a Twitter thread posted on Sunday.

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Primary media; Album, lyrics, music videos and secondary media; reviews and critical reception.

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Primary media; Album, lyrics, music videos and secondary media; reviews and critical reception.

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Magazines like Glamour showcased Allen's style history and presented her as a British icon.

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Magazines like Glamour showcased Allen's style history and presented her as a British icon.

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'Her 60s fringe had sex kitten stamped all over it, and the bold lipstick and glittery eye make-up were enough to make David Bowie jealous. Favouring blacks and metallics, this new incarnation of Lily Allen was a real fashion force to be reckoned with.'

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The Allen family are still cited in reviews of her for her recent work

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The Allen family are still cited in reviews of her for her recent work

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The Guardian used this photo in a review of her book and interview in 2018. Pictured is Lily Allen with her dad, Keith Allen, Mother, Allison Owen and Sister, Sarah Owen.

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Pictures in her book My Thoughts Exactly (2018) show her as a kid, not smiling but with a happy clown face painted over her with the caption 'says it all'. This shows her down to earth humour and creates a metaphor for her book.

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'The Fear' was a single from Allen's second album, her lyrics  commented on the state of the world and her own fame, reinstating the picture of Allen as authentic and brazen and ahead of her time. The image of a authentic British anti-idol grew with her success.

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'Smile' was Allen's biggest hit, knocking Shakira's 'Hips Don't Lie' off number one in the charts. 

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'Smile' was Allen's biggest hit, knocking Shakira's 'Hips Don't Lie' off number one in the charts. 

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The music video shows Allen in her signature prom dress and trainers. Allmusic review the song as having a 'silky verse melody that just barely conceals her spite'.  Much of the imagery from the 'Alright, still' album remained entwined with her star image throughout her career.

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Lily Allen's britishness was integral to her sucess  and her image as a reckless  loud mouth

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Lily Allen's britishness was integral to her sucess  and her image as a reckless  loud mouth

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https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12662-its-not-me-its-you/

'And, more than anything, Lily Allen was funny, excelling in the droll British humor of someone who had sold drugs in Ibiza at age 15 and realized the absurdity of a 15-year-old selling drugs in Ibiza.'

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Allen's second Album was well receved and her caricature was reinforced by critical reception. 

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Allen's second Album was well receved and her caricature was reinforced by critical reception. 

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Pitchfork described her as 'the New Pop Star-- slight voice, bawdy, prom dress 'n' trainers, self-sufficient. The Anti-Idol. "Refreshing" followed her; "candid" was her friend.'

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NME interview  (2018) in which Allen makes it clear she is very aware of her own star image and the significance of her authenticity holds

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NME interview  (2018) in which Allen makes it clear she is very aware of her own star image and the significance of her authenticity holds

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https://www.nme.com/lily-allen-big-read-interview-2018

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NME interview in whiich Allen makes it clear she is taking control of her star image.

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NME interview in whiich Allen makes it clear she is taking control of her star image.

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I remember doing a panel show when I was much younger and I felt a lot more confident then – I felt more able to play a part. I was the lad-ette, it was sort of acceptable. Now, being 33 and in that environment again, I found myself self-censoring a little bit and letting the men be funny.
Fromt https://www.nme.com/lily-allen-big-read-interview-2018#OV9vkZVBOv4SZ01G.99

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Would i lie to you  Christmas special (2018)

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Would i lie to you  Christmas special (2018)

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This clip shows Allen playing with her  image  and shows how well she can perform authenticity. This feeds into her star image by reverting the  conception of her as a dumb loud mouth .

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Tomorrow's front page: boozy lily allen collapses at notting hill carnival - scoopnest.com

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Tomorrow's, Boozy Lily Allen, Notting Hill Carnival, Get all the Latest news, Breaking headlines and Top stories, photos & video in real time about The Sun

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Reference to wanting to avoid becoming a cartoon in the public eye

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Reference to wanting to avoid becoming a cartoon in the public eye

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"Her death almost didn't feel real because her life had virtually been lived in the newspapers near the end'

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Lily Allen Talks Amy Winehouse: It's So Easy to Get Caught Up in the Madness

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Pregnant British songbird speaks out on her late friend, says she's thankful she didn't follow the same destructive path

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Image still same but less spikey, same style but more pastel colours suggesting her authenticity hasn't changed but shes grown up.

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INTERVIEW WITH VULTURE IN WHICH SHE REFLECTION ON IMAGE

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INTERVIEW WITH VULTURE IN WHICH SHE REFLECTION ON IMAGE

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Do you see your own market research?

I don’t. Well, I did on Sheezus. That’s why I had a breakdown. I can’t talk about myself as a product. It makes me feel ill. If it had been my intention to have massive commercial success, I wouldn’t have signed a five-album deal for £25,000.

With Sheezus, I didn’t give enough respect to it. I was having an identity crisis. I was listening to everybody else for the first time. Maybe I had postnatal depression. All I wanted was to get on the radio.
I was writing while thinking about radio, hooks, being “Lily Allen” — bolshy, confident, snarky. I was writing music for people’s expectations rather than for me.
I’d always been in control of my image, but I’d been a mum in slippers and a dressing gown for two years. I hired a team to dress me up with slick hair, nails, makeup; all harsh and pop star-y. I felt like I was in Alice in Wonderland. “Who am I? What is all this? What are these songs? Why am I nowhere near my children?” Heh. “Where’s the vodka?”

You lost your anchor.

I lost my sense of self. I lost my identity.

My goal has always been to have a laugh and not compromise my sense of self. Social media is there for people to converse. I’m not in it for fake engagement. I’m not in it for that game. I’m a disruptor.

You described yourself as a disruptor. Is that how you view your role in 2018?

I think of myself as a nonconformist. I’m not going to censor myself to be more brand-friendly. That’s not a world I want my daughters to grow up in. It’s sterile nothingness. If someone asks me a question I’m not gonna say, “I won’t answer that because it might affect my career.” That’s how Donald Trump got into power. I don’t set out to annoy people or grab headlines. I say the truth because that’s all I have.

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Desert Island Discs Introduction cements Allen's image as coming from a family of fame yet possessing a strong, perceptive and authentic personality. 

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Desert Island Discs Introduction cements Allen's image as coming from a family of fame yet possessing a strong, perceptive and authentic personality. 

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'she was as good as baptised on the font of celebrity culture, her dad Keith is an actor and writer, her mum Allison an award winning film producer and, for a time, her step dad was Harry Enfield, so it seems almost inevitable that she'd have ended up in the centre of a media saturated life, except that, in all likelihood she would have been propelled there entirely by her own endeavours. Her lyrics are witty and wise ass and capture concisely what it is to be a savvy young woman now.'

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Singer-songwriter Lily Allen is interviewed by Kirsty Young.

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Lily Allen and Alan Carr parody of Cadbury advert emphsise Allen's British humour.

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Lily Allen and Alan Carr parody of Cadbury advert emphsise Allen's British humour.

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Cover of Going To A Town (Rufus Wainwright cover) 2017

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Cover of Going To A Town (Rufus Wainwright cover) 2017

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Lily Allen | Going To A Town (Rufus Wainwright cover)

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'THE PROVOCATIVE LIFE OF LILY ALLEN IN PICTURES'

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'THE PROVOCATIVE LIFE OF LILY ALLEN IN PICTURES'

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'Allen was a rebellious teenager, expelled from a few of the 13 schools she attended in total for smoking and drinking.'

The press promoted her image of provocation.

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QUOTES FROM THE BOOK ABOUT HER STAR IMAGE

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QUOTES FROM THE BOOK ABOUT HER STAR IMAGE

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' Fame, by it's very nature is confusing. It creates around you another persona, like a Ready Brek orange glow'

'the projected version of me- public Lily, the Lily in the media, the lily most people saw or read about - became so disorted that even i had trouble reconciling her with the original cast from whence she came'

'It was confusing. Who was in charge of who? who was real? The quiet person who felt alone inside or the noisy one that everyone listened to, but who seemed unable to control what she was saying?

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ALLEN REFLECTS ON PUTTING UP A FACADE AND LIVING UP TO THE PERSONA CREATED OF HER

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ALLEN REFLECTS ON PUTTING UP A FACADE AND LIVING UP TO THE PERSONA CREATED OF HER

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"With Sheezus, I just suddenly lost agency," she says of the album's reception. "I just was like, 'What have I done?' I'd made a record for the record company and for everybody else and for what people's expectations of me as a person were. Everyone thinks Lily Allen is this brash, bold, funny person. It was all just a bit of a facade, and bravado. And I couldn't sell it." She laughs. "It's the truth!"

Allen goes on to reflect on how leading the narrative of her star image is important to her to feel valid, stating that when she wasn't in control (during her third album ‘Sheezus’) is when she felt lost, in similar interviews reflecting on that time she refers to it as an identity crisis.

The headline 'Lily Allen iIs Writing Her Own Headlines' along witht he GQ photographs of Allen present the sense that Allen is in control and this sophoisticated side, as depicted by the blazer, make up and facial expressions is a part of the new and mulitfaceted image Akken wishes to portray

From <https://www.gq.com/story/on-no-shame-lily-allen-is-writing-her-own-headlines>

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'The british pop star's been through the wringer since the very start of her career. Now she's taking back control of her story'

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'The british pop star's been through the wringer since the very start of her career. Now she's taking back control of her story'

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https://www.gq.com/story/on-no-shame-lily-allen-is-writing-her-own-headlines

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The quote ' not detail too personal in the singer's affecting account of her rise to fame and being constantly under scruitiny paired with a photo of herengaging in that fame while havving fun- also under the title of self loating it paints a darker juxtaposition between the happy images we see and what the is going on behind closed doors

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Allen's memoir My Thoughts Exactly (2018) show her confronting the conflictions she has felt while navigating her public persona with her private sense of self

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'staggering sincerity... subtly barbed but vulnerable, a duality she conveys well- Pitchfork 'No Shame' review

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Allen reflects on the exaggerated image of her brand and image as 'An Allen'

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Allen reflects on the exaggerated image of her brand and image as 'An Allen'

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'the notion, cooked up years later, of me being 'daddy's little girl' was invented by the media. Sometimes I come across photos of Alfie and me as kids hanging out with our dad, but they were all set ups'

(Allen, 2018, p.20) She continues 'It's as if i had joined the family firm - The Allens: our business is fame! - without earning my own stripes. That's what got to me: this assumption that i had it easy, that i just snuck in the door.'' (p.102)

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CHANEL BRANDING,  A IMAGE OF SOPHISTICATION 

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CHANEL BRANDING,  A IMAGE OF SOPHISTICATION 

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Vogue report on Allen as being affiliated with Chanel due to her Britishness and witt.

"I love Lily Allen," Lagerfeld said of his choice. "She looks a lot like Gabrielle Chanel and she is a self-made woman. She is cool, young and extremely witty."

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Lily Allen was chosen as a cover gril for the national portrait gallery's campaign, her image as a British treasure was reinstated by the Gallery's positioning as a 'forward thinking institution that celebrates and helps to connect a nation's past, present and future with intelligence and charm.' Here she is portrayed as a alternative nations sweetheart, emphasising that she took time out of fame to be a florist , that she is an intelligent 'briton' who represents openness and story telling.

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"genuine personality with wit and attitude to spare", Pitchfork's Mark Pytlik remarked that the album "isn't anything else but a fantastic success".[11] In his review for Blender, Jon Dolan complimented Allen's "little-sisterly" personality, describing it as a combination "of panache and self-doubt, courage and chaos".[13]

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'When women tell there stories loudly and clearly things begin to change' (Allen, 2018)

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'When women tell there stories loudly and clearly things begin to change' (Allen, 2018)

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Authentic story telling continues to be the main USP of her star image.

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Being nominated for a Mercury award and her awards night performance (in which she stood alone on stage with just a spotlight) cements her efforts of turning her public image around, the nomination is a sign that her image control has been successful.

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Allen's image of Britishness and dry witt was empahsised by appearances on chat shows like the Johnathon Ross show  and British game shows such as Never mind the Buzzcocks. She hosted her own chat show in which her audience was comprised of her 'internet friends'' it upheld her prom dress and trainer image while promoting a sofa style interview that played a role in Allen's giggly, authentic and cheeky persona.

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Her distinct look, family background and her unflinching honesty as well as her almost fantasy like cartoon self made her a target for tabloid imaging.

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'LILY ALLEN GOES ON COCAINE BENDER' News of the World (2006)

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'LILY ALLEN GOES ON COCAINE BENDER' News of the World (2006)

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Lily Allen describes this headline in her book as the moment 'cartoon lily was born' (Allen, 2018, p.103)

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Secondary media has portrayed Allen as a reckless mess.

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Secondary media has portrayed Allen as a reckless mess.

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The Sun among other papers have repeated reported on Allen's drug taking and short comings in the public eye.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr2Grfi3lFg

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The music video for 'Oh my god' displayed a Jessica rabbit style cartooned version of Lily Allen

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Allen was depicted, literally and figuratively, as a cartoon like character throughout her career. The cartoon persona was a gobby 'ladette' character who embodied an urban britishishness, her image was unapologetic and reckless.

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Allen's urban British image was cemented from a young age. 

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Allen's urban British image was cemented from a young age. 

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She sang and appeared in the video for the song by Fat Les, 'Who invented fish and chips?', a 2002 England world cup single f with her dad Kieth Allen.

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The NME presents Allen acknowledging her image in 2009, further constructing the picture  (as illustrated by the quote and photo) of her as self-defensive, human yet builds an image of celebrity who is authentic, un-afraid and rebellious .

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Clothing choice was key to Allen's star image. She was self-styled and the juxtaposition between prom dresses, trainers and gold jewellery created her image of being ordinary and authentic yet loud and challenging expectations.

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NME Have added to the image of a Allen as not taking her self too seriously, as a summer-fling, anti authority, care free, with a rebellious reputation using front page quotes like ' I cant stop slagging people off'.

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 “Yeah, I’m a bad mother, I’m a bad wife/You saw it on the socials, you read it online,”

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 “Yeah, I’m a bad mother, I’m a bad wife/You saw it on the socials, you read it online,”

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The images used and lyrics of her fourth album show that Allen is actively addressing the aspects of her public image she doesn't agree with

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The artwork for the album and its singles demonstrates the difference between the image she had in 2006-2009 and the image she has created for herself in 201

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The album cover used for this album demonstrates her purposeful shift away from the image she had been assigned in 2014 adn towards a more honest and real version of herself

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'Sheezus' Album (2014 ) Her lyrics demonstrate an awareness of her image and the role she is expected to perform; ''The game is changing, can't just jump back on the mic and do the same thing'

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It's Not Me, It's you Album (2009)

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This artwork shows her ska influences on her first record and further demonstrate how, not only her persona became cartoonish, but her representation across primary and secondary media had her depicted as a cartoon.

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This artwork shows her ska influences on her first record and further demonstrate how, not only her persona became cartoonish, but her representation across primary and secondary media had her depicted as a cartoon.

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Allen's lyrics on this album demonstrate the brash, witty, authentic nature of Allen's personality which was the catalyst for the star image that was to be built around her from this point on.