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[Cheebo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0CazRHB0so

What follows is an indictment of pop culture, with blatant shots taken at Robin Thicke’s endlessly controversial video for “Blurred Lines” (giant balloons spell out “Lily Allen Has a Baggy Pussy&#8221 and the whipping girl du jour, Miley Cyrus. Like the former Hannah Montana, Allen emulates the excesses of certain hip-hop videos by parading around a host of well-endowed black women who twerk and jiggle their assets with wild abandon.

But unlike Cyrus, Allen is clearly in on the misappropriation: We see her manager (an old white guy) awkwardly demonstrating exactly how he wants Allen and her backup dancers to jiggle said assets. And meanwhile, she sings, “Don’t you want to have somebody who objectifies you/ Have you thought about your butt, who’s gonna tear it in two?”

There’s nothing subtle about “Hard Out Here,” but then subtlety isn’t necessarily called for when addressing the musical sins of Thicke, Cyrus, Rihanna, or any number of other musical acts on the pop scene. Allen’s return feels like a welcome antidote to much of what’s out there.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat..._and_miley_cyrus_video.html?wpisrc=burger_bar


Glad to see the return of Lily Allen after her 4 year absence since her last album. And in a very typical funny, biting Lily Allen sort of fashion who from her first album has been attacking the world of typical pop music and pop stars. And to those who may not be exposed to her, yes the autotune is part of the joke. She actually knows how to sing. It's not as good of a song as some of her past work but like what she is doing with it, it's classic Lily Allen in that way. Lyrically its as fantastic as she always is.

 

[WhereAreMahDragonz]

This song is amazing.

 

[Moze]

Never was a fan of Lily Allen

 

[Jarmel]

The song itself is actually legit.

 

[ezekial45]

It's a cool song, though I get the feeling people aren't actually gonna listen to the lyrics.

 

[UltimaPooh]

Complain about having to adhere to super model standards.

have super model like dancers in your video.

Seems on point.

 

[Stet]

Complain about having to adhere to super model standards.

have super model like dancers in your video.

Seems on point.

"Like the former Hannah Montana, Allen emulates the excesses of certain hip-hop videos by parading around a host of well-endowed black women who twerk and jiggle their assets with wild abandon.

But unlike Cyrus, Allen is clearly in on the misappropriation..."

 

[sixteen-bit]

This song is amazing.

Yeah I really like her stuff

 

[EightBitNate]

Lilly Allen has such a unique voice

 

[Jarmel]

Complain about having to adhere to super model standards.

have super model like dancers in your video.

Seems on point.

I think you missed the point if you thought those scenes were being played straight.

 

[Slowdive]

Love it.

 

[Cheebo]

Complain about having to adhere to super model standards.

have super model like dancers in your video.

Seems on point.

You missed the entire point.

 

[marrec]

Thank God Lily Allen's back.

We've missed you.

Your brother's been up to some shit.

 

[Amir0x]

some gif the ass at 1:40. Thank you.

 

[otapnam]

Liked her when she first came out but was really dissapointed by how sloppy her body got at the show I saw in sf. (mustve just went crazy on tour) she was in a tanktop that didn't hide anything. ..ugh

 

[Empty]

lily rules

 

[Yaboosh]

Liked her when she first came out but was really dissapointed by how sloppy her body got at the show I saw in sf. (mustve just went crazy on tour) she was in a tanktop that didn't hide anything. ..ugh

Lol.

 

[Einhander]

I always adored Lily's music. Her last album was great.

 

[Konka]

I like Who'd Have Known better...

 

[Cheebo]

Liked her when she first came out but was really dissapointed by how sloppy her body got at the show I saw in sf. (mustve just went crazy on tour) she was in a tanktop that didn't hide anything. ..ugh

Way to basically prove what she is singing about correct.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

I haven't listened to much from her, but The Fear is a genuinely great song.

 

[CDX]

 

[Extra Sauce]

I'm conflicted. On the one hand the back-up dancers were clearly cast ironically, but if dancers with different body shapes aren't cast in this video... will they ever be?

 

[GorillaJu]

Finally someone makes a criticism of these pop stars that isn't stale and insufferably direct.

Her lyrics have real wit to them.

 

[trixx]

worst than miley at twerking, i've seen it all

 

[UltimaPooh]

You missed the entire point.

Nope. I got it.

some gif the ass at 1:40. Thank you.

It's clear that others didn't get it... and that's what makes Allen's message messy when she adds those women in.

Whopty fucking do she reveals her Vagina is baggy but then she has ridiculously good women dancing behind her in sexualized outfits in sexualized ways.

It just ends up reinforcing everything.

The song is catchy and it's good but the video destroys any goodwill the song was trying to bring forth.

 

[Jarmel]

The lyrics are really really sharp.

 

[HallucinatingElvis]

hrmpf...Having Lily back makes me a happy man

 

[akira28]

Always thought she was sexy.

 

[outunderthestars]

You missed the entire point.

I have to admit that I am struggling to see it as well.

How does filling your video with the exact kind of negative female stereotypes that you resent send a message?

I really like her albums, but I didn't care much for this song or its video.

 

[Cheebo]

Nope. I got it.

Whopty fucking do she reveals her Vagina is baggy but then she has ridiculously good women dancing behind her in sexualized outfits in sexualized ways.

The point is to make it look like a typical pop video with song lyrics ripping into the stereotype.

 

[Ratrat]

Been waiting for her comeback. Finally some decent pop music perhaps.

 

[Jarmel]

The point is to make it look like a typical pop video with song lyrics ripping into the stereotype.

Yea people are clearly missing the point, which is pretty sad in of its own right. She's calling them bitches as they twerk, I'm not sure how much more obvious she can make it.

 

[UltimaPooh]

The point is to make it look like a typical pop video with song lyrics ripping into the stereotype.

But it's not ripping into... it's reinforcing it despite the fact the "Allen is in on it."

It lacks tact.

It's like saying every animal is beautiful and worthy of life and all you show is a montage of cats and dogs.

 

[Stet]

But it's not ripping into... it's reinforcing it despite the fact the "Allen is in on it."

It lacks tact.

It's like saying every animal is beautiful and worthy of life and all you show is a montage of cats and dogs.

Which, with the proper satirical bent is quite funny.

 

[Jarmel]

But it's not ripping into... it's reinforcing it despite the fact the "Allen is in on it."

It lacks tact.

It's like saying every animal is beautiful and worthy of life and all you show is a montage of cats and dogs.

Look up satire and come back to this thread.

 

[Five]

I hope her terrible usage of autotune was also supposed to be ironic.

 

[Cheebo]

It's like saying every animal is beautiful and worthy of life and all you show is a montage of cats and dogs.

Sounds like satire. Which is what this video clearly is.

 

[Dead Prince]

the ass slap

EDIT:

lol baggy pussy

 

[hipbabboom]

I never heard of this women. Her English accent is definitely noticeable in her singing which was a pleasant surprise but the auto-tunes sounding parts sort of killed it for me

 

[marrec]

I never heard of this women. Her English accent is definitely noticeable in her singing which was a pleasant surprise but the auto-tunes sounding parts sort of killed it for me

It's specific for the song, look up her other stuff and you'll be pleasantly surprised at the subtlety of the auto-tune.

 

[Ethical Hedonism]

Is it me or is the video looking vertically stretched at some scenes? Is it on purpose?

 

[Slowdive]

I never heard of this women. Her English accent is definitely noticeable in her singing which was a pleasant surprise but the auto-tunes sounding parts sort of killed it for me

The autotune is intentional, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wGMlSuX_c

 

[Cheebo]

I never heard of this women. Her English accent is definitely noticeable in her singing which was a pleasant surprise but the auto-tunes sounding parts sort of killed it for me

The autotune is ironic, the song is satire.

Listen to her normal music for comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxDrVUrSvI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUYaosyR4bE


I am honestly baffled at how unaware people are of what satire is and that this music video is satire. The article even outlines it plainly too....

 

[Axiom]

But it's not ripping into... it's reinforcing it despite the fact the "Allen is in on it."

It lacks tact.

It's like saying every animal is beautiful and worthy of life and all you show is a montage of cats and dogs.

Your example of tactless satire seemed pretty amusing to me.

I'm not big on the song, but I like Lily quite a bit

 

[Lumination]

I was liking it. Then dat autotune. And it's the chorus. Shame.

Satire doesn't have to detract from the actual song to get the point across.

 

[Cheebo]

I was liking it. Then dat autotune. And it's the chorus. Shame.

The autotune is ironic....

 

[Bay Maximus]

I enjoyed that video for all the wrong reasons. It's hard out here for a penis.

 

[BertramCooper]

If the dancers were frumpy and not hypersexualized the entire concept of the video would make no sense.

She's not trying to empower anyone with this video; she's simply being sardonic.

It's not that hard to understand.

 

[UltimaPooh]

Look up satire and come back to this thread.

Taking this discussion personal or something? I clearly know what satire is.

Sounds like satire. Which is what this video clearly is.

So it's satire to point out that you don't have to fit a stereotypical beauty standard and then have that exact same standard all over your video? I guess it is satire on the content of the music itself. There you have a point.

The point of the song is in direct competition of what happens in the video. It makes her message messy... I mean look at the rest of the thread:

the ass slap

Always thought she was sexy.

some gif the ass at 1:40. Thank you.

Comments on out appearances rather than who she is as a person, which is the point of the song.

If Allen's intent was to take her song and make a satire of it... then she did that wonderfully.