Lily Allen Analysis

Lily Allen released 'Alright, Still' in 2006, with the song 'Smile' featuring on it. "The lyrics tackle her dealing with the betrayal of her boyfriend, while enjoying his misery." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_(Lily_Allen_song) Lily Allen's music video 'Smile' has been disabled by request, so I can't embed it. Instead, I have pasted a link from youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsqeVYe7bJM

This picture tells the audience a lot about her image as an artist. She is eating a chocolate bar in the clip which differs her from other female artists and models in this day and age as they are portrayed separately from them as a real person, and them as a star. Lily Allen aims to be seen as a real person.

This image backs up my previous point of Lily Allen representing herself as a real person. As a media student I know that the video was purposely engineered this way so the audience and fans can relate to her, and see her as one of them. This is a mid shot of Lily Allen in a cafe which is very basic, again showing she is not representing herself as someone who goes out to glamour expensive places, making it easier for the audience to relate to her.




More info.

• On Tuesday 28th September I went onto youtube and Lily Allen's music video 'Smile' had 72, 912 views.
• To get a better idea of what audience listens to Lily Allen, I clicked onto the comments underneath her video 'Smile' and I looked at the profile of the commenters to see their ages. The ages range between 13-32, and the average is 20 years old.

Reviews

To gain wider knowledge on Lily Allen and her album 'Alright, Still', I googled and researched reviews.

Here is a link to Metacritic-
http://www.metacritic.com/music/alright-still

Lily Allen's album scored a high 79 out of 100 on metascore. (These figures are based on 27 critics)
One critic said that her album 'Alright, Still' is 'really good' with 'unique' lyrics. This was a users review, which suggests that the album pleased fans.

The Guardian also reviewed Lily Allen on Metacritic saying : "The female Mike Skinner? She's far, far better than that." This is extremely useful for research as The Guardian are a popular, well established newspaper with influence on a variety of audiences. Therefore, with a positive review from them goes a long way to promote her credibility as a leading artist.


Lily Allen's album cover of "Alright, Still'

Lily Allen's image is shown through this album cover as laid back and unique. The animation on the front cover gives a different side to her masculine image as it is more relatable to a different audience. The fact she is wearing a dress with trainers shows she is unique with her dress code and doesn't want to be seen as a typical female artist.