Meet Lily Allen

Even though Lily Allen wants me dead for buying Paris Hilton's album, there is no denying that her music is sweet. The UK's 'it' girl, is set to release her blockbuster album "Alright, Still," her in the USA on January 30th ,2007.

Lily Allen's "Smile" has been a massive summer hit in the U. K., topping the U. K. Airplay chart for six weeks in a row. The 21-year-old artist, pronounced by NME as "the archetypal singer-songwriter for the iPod generation," started posting tracks last November, on her MySpace site so she could see what fans thought of them. “Since then, it’s gone mad,� she says.

Born in Hammersmith, Lily grew up fast. "I listened to punk, ska and reggae when I grew up, courtesy of my parents' record collections. We moved around London - Shepherds Bush, Bloomsbury, Islington, and I absorbed all the music around me. I got expelled from various schools and was sent to boarding school as they thought it would be a restraining influence, but I ran away to Glastonbury and other places when I was 14. I was into jungle and drum and bass. It was obvious I didn't like authority. I guess I knew from an early age that I could never do a job where I'd have to sit in an office all day long."

AUDIO:
"Smile" by Lily Allen

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