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Lily Allen

The gorgoeus loveable Lily Allen returns next week with a brand new single.

Lily Allen’s new single The Fear is released on 9th December.  The Fear is taken from Lily Allen’s second album It’s Not Me, It’s You which is due for release on 10th February 2009.

It’s Not Me, It’s You will be released in the UK on Parlophone and in the United States by Capitol Records.  The much anticipated release will be the follow-up to Lily Allen’s critically acclaimed 2007 debut, Alright, Still.

It’s Not Me, It’s You was recorded at Eagle Rock Studios in Los Angeles.  Lily Allen wrote and recorded the album’s 12 songs with producer Greg Kurstin, who also worked with her on three songs for Alright, Still – Everything’s Just Wonderful, Alfie and Not Big.

“We decided to try and make bigger sounding, more ethereal songs, real songs,” says Lily, who will be touring the U.S. in the spring. “I wanted to work with one person from start to finish to make it one body of work. I wanted it to feel like it had some sort of integrity. I think I’ve grown up a bit as a person and I hope it reflects that.”

On It’s Not Me, It’s You, Lily’s characteristically sharp observations find expression in a variety of musical styles, with influences ranging from the Jazz Era to country and western to dance music. “Highlights include ‘Everyone’s at It,’ a synth-pop song about prescription drugs that features Allen on xylophone; ‘He Wasn’t There,’ which matches emotional lyrics about her absent father to a jazz groove; and ‘Not Fair,’ a saucy country song about an inadequate lover,” said Rolling Stone.

Often called the ‘Queen of MySpace‘ – a reference to the massive interest generated by early demos she posted on her page – Lily was hailed by NME as “the archetypal singer-songwriter for the iPod generation” while The New York Times observed, “She symbolizes a new blogging-age, middle-class girl: cockily ambitious, skeptical yet enthusiastic, technically savvy, musically open, obsessed with public expression and ready to fight back.”

The track listing for It’s Not Me, It’s You is:

1. Everyone’s At It
2. The Fear
3. It’s Not Fair
4. 22
5. I Could Say
6. Go Back To the Start
7. Never Gonna Happen
8. Fuck You
9. Who’d've Known
10. Chinese
11. Him
12. He Wasn’t There

For more information visit Lily Allen’s Myspace page or  Lily Allen’s official website.