The second track on Lily Allen’s “It’s not me. It’s you.” is her newest single, “The Fear.” There are plenty of good reviews out there already, so I’ll spare the commentary and go straight the video. Yesterday, I ran through Lily’s Generation RX statement in Everyone’s At It, the first track on the record. In this track, Lily talks about not being skinny, money and greed, and not people think her music is now that she’s famous. Let’s take a look back.

Lily Allen, “The Fear” music video:

I like the video, and the song alot. But where’s the honest, sinking into a downward spiral, Lily songs about self-loathing but weren’t emo because they also mentioned mundane stuff like watching the BBC’s “Antiques in the Attic?” Ah, here:

Old Lily Allen, “Cheryl Tweedy”:

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