Miley Cyrus Twerking VMA Awards 2013: Lily Allen 'Hard Out Here' Music Video Mocks Singer And Robin Thicke [VIDEO]
After four long years of taking a break, British pop star Lily Allen makes a comeback, unveiling her anticipated fresh solo material "Hard Out Here" on November 12. The new single's accompanying music video is not at all subtle about addressing the issue of gender inequality in the music business, as well as mocking two fellow artists, Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke.
The auto-tuned, mid-tempo track with cheerful piano-lead beat certainly embraces Lily Allen's distinctive musical and lyrical style. The "LDN" songstress expresses frustration of being a woman due to outlandish expectations for females in entertainment industry.
The multi-layered visual begins as Allen lying down on an operating table surrounded by surgeons performing liposuction. Her agent looking at the singer wonders aloud, "How does somebody let themselves get like this?" which she replies, "Um, I had two babies."
After the brief introduction, the music starts playing. "I suppose I should tell you what this b---h is thinking / You'll find me in the studio and not in the kitchen," Lily Allen sarcastically sings in the first verse. "And now it's time to speed it up / 'Cause I can't move in this pace," the 28-year-old singer voices that she wants a change now and do something about gender injustice.
"It's hard, it's hard / It's hard out here for a b---h this hard," Allen continues in the track's chorus, talking about women going through hardships.
"You should probably lose some weight 'cause we can't see your bones / You should probably fix your face, or you'll end up on your own," she sings in the second verse of the bouncy song, about how women are always expected to be "perfectly beautiful."
The singer mocks certain hip-hop videos by imitating them: the music video comically features a host of black women twerking all throughout. Her manager also awkwardly demonstrates how he wants Allen and her backup dancers to twerk. Meanwhile, Lily Allen sings, "Don't you want to have somebody who objectifies you / Have you thought about your butt, who's gona tear it in two?"
The visual blatantly references both Miley Cyrus' infamous twerking performance at MTV VMAs and Robin Thicke's controversial video for "Blurred Lines." It even has silver Robin Thicke-like balloons that spell out the singer's explicit message, "Lily Allen Has A Baggy Pussy."
Lily Allen announced that she would be taking a hiatus from recording following the release of 2009 sophomore album, "It's Not Me, It's You," after the release of her acclaimed 2006 debut, "Alright, Still." Since then, she and her husband Sam Cooper had two daughters, Ethel Mary in 2011 and Marnie Rose last January. Allen has released a few tracks as a featuring artist during her break, which include T-Pain's 2011 single "5 O'clock" and P!nk's "True Love," which came in at No. 84 on last week's Hot 100 chart.
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