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Lily Allen: 'The Fear'
Released on Monday, Jan 26 2009
Published Monday, Jan 12 2009, 10:26 GMT | By Nick Levine | 33 comments
'The Fear' finds her parodying the tawdry ambitions of today's Z-list celebs with a steady supply of sharp couplets. "I want loads of clothes and a f***load of diamonds," she deadpans, "I heard people die while they're trying to find them". Musically she adopts a more mature electropop sound here, but her gift for a memorable melody remains, making this a welcome reminder of why she became famous in the first place. Yes, she's gobby and her chatshow wasn't much cop, but Lily Allen's still got a knack for making smart, relevant, affecting pop music.
> Click here to watch Lily Allen's 'The Fear' video
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if think theres more to the song than people realise,i think shes talking about the matrix world we live in thats run by people who are shape shifters,sounds insain but the truth is out there.wake up people nibiru is getting closer!!2012
Three words for this song "load of s**t". Lilly Allen is a toad and is uglier than a goblin. Why the UK is wasting their time listening to this crap just proves that people in the UK have no good taste in music. Lilly go get a job singing for little girls.
Wow! Her lyrics are like, so deep and her voice is,yeah, POWERFUL! And the swearing makes the tune cutting edge and the message is really really anti-establishment because she knows how bad fame is... and I really need my medication now, NURSE! PLEASE!
Love the song
Has no one else picked up on the irony of talent free Lily who is, lets face it mostly famous for being Keith Allen's daughter and shagging his elderly friends 'writing' a song about fame hungry wanabees with er no talent? A distinctly average song but she deserves audacity points for releasing something so clearly dripping with hypocrisy.
its like elevator music , so awful, and i struggle to call something a song when the person talks all the way through
this song is amazing, i could listen to it a thousand times over. i know for one i will be going out to purchase a copy.
This song is brilliant! Surely Lily's second No. 1??
Catchy, play it all day...wondered why the US isnt diggin it as yet.
It's a sign that I'm getting older (I'm 22) that I'm getting irritated by slightly unnecessary swearing and the lyric of 'everything's cool as long as im getting finner...' - I don't consider Lily to be a voice of the common people, despite her out spoken, tabloid friendly fodder. That said, The Fear is a fine track - commercial, but credible at the same time.
Absolutely love it - best thing she's ever done by a mile. And she looks so cute in the video (deceptive I know!)
Took me a while but now I really like it!
Really like it. Its very different from last album an I wasnt really expecting to like her new stuff because i heard it has an indie influence but this song is amazing and it'll more than likely get to no 1
I heard this at the dentist earlier. Oh dear, my teeth had no pain but my ears were screaming for it to to stop. Justify 4 stars!
I don't think its that good to be honest. I usually like her music.
Lee-B, on January 14th, 2009
Excellent well produced song. The video is one of the best I've seen in years and has some hot boys in it too :)
Excellent well produced song. The video is one of the best I've seen in years and has some hot boys in it too :)
Pathetic, should be zero stars
Yeah, it's a catchy track. But credit goes to the production team for that, not Lily Allen. And being a catchy tune doesn't make it good. The fact is, she can't sing at all and is hugely overrated. I can't understand how she ever became famous in the first place. Throwaway pop.
I love this song. It is very catchy.
Not that good tbh