Going from MySpace to no place to hide in just over 10 years is something Lily Allen probably didn’t foresee when she was a wannabe pop star in 2005. It was at this point (late 2005) that Allen created a MySpace account, and uploaded demo songs that attracted tens of thousands of listeners. The record displayed Allen’s conversational sense of humour and was laced with acerbic asides and barely concealed insults. Such an audacious stance for a female pop star to take was viewed positively (“the icing on the cake is that brutally barbed tongue,” noted the Observer) yet perhaps pushed Allen into a corner from which it was difficult to escape. Like her doggedly honest songs, the memoir confirmed her status as a selfless, confessional writer confident enough to briskly admit flaws and virtues.

Source: The Irish Times December 08, 2018 04:52 UTC