Released in 2009, the album has some of the biggest hits of the British star’s career, such as ‘F*ck You’, ‘Not Fair’ and ‘The Fear’
The year was 2009, Lily Allenone of the most authentic singers in British pop, presented her second album to the world, It’s Not Me, It’s You. If in All right, still (2006), the singer brought freshness to British pop with songs like “Smile“, “LDN” It is “Alfie“, three years later she appears more mature and confident, without losing her relaxed air.
On the album, the singer ventures into new genres, flirting with rhythms such as country and jazz. In this project she repeats the successful double with Greg Kurstin, with whom he worked on the first album. He produced and wrote with Lily.
The album was well received by critics, who praised the singer’s “sharp tongue”. Commercially, the work was also a success, reaching first place in the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. It was later certified double platinum by British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for sales that exceeded 900 thousand copies.
The first single, “The Fear“, remained at the top of the chart for four weeks and brings a Lily review, which addresses themes such as consumerism and futility, without leaving aside aesthetics in one of the most beautiful clips of the singer’s career.
Then others came, like “Not Fair“, “F*ck You“, “22” It is “Who’d Have Known” – with a fun clip where she kidnaps Elton John. The album was followed by a tour, the It’s Not Me, It’s You World Tourwhich passed through Europe, North America, Asia, Oceania and South America, bringing the singer to Brazil for the first time.
Source: Rollingstone
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