Lilly Allen - Smile

November 11, 2006 11:46 AM

Lilly Allen's perfect revenge video Lilly Allen sings in her British accent, a song about how it makes her smile to see her ex-boyfriend cry. He cheated on her and she got the perfect revenge.
posted by ubnya (24 comments total)

Are you a covert agent for Ms. Allen or Ms. Allen's record company?
posted by xmutex at 11:48 AM on November 11, 2006

Is this real?
posted by arcticwoman at 11:49 AM on November 11, 2006

I do love Lilly Allen. But come on.
posted by Bookhouse at 11:52 AM on November 11, 2006

I miss ceiling cat.
posted by imperium at 11:58 AM on November 11, 2006

It was a good video and song but yeah, why link to the blog post and not to the YouTube page?
posted by fenriq at 12:00 PM on November 11, 2006

Blegh. Crap song. Crap post. Could she be a little more disinterested?
posted by Baby_Balrog at 12:04 PM on November 11, 2006

Meh.
posted by sbutler at 12:05 PM on November 11, 2006

nope...didn't do it for me....but i'm an old cranky man... (or a cranky old man, depends on how you look at it)
posted by HuronBob at 12:06 PM on November 11, 2006

and...the "perfect revenge" is always death...always!
posted by HuronBob at 12:07 PM on November 11, 2006

I saw Lily Allen in New York last month. It was fun. Apparently she sang "I Fought The Law" and "White Riot" with her godfather Joe Strummer when he opened for The Who at Wembley Stadium about five years ago. She must have been about sixteen at the time.
posted by liam at 12:09 PM on November 11, 2006

No, the perfect revenge is killing them, raising them from the dead as a zombie, and then make them do yardwork, clean the house, change your oil, etc.
posted by nyxxxx at 12:10 PM on November 11, 2006

What a vengeful, evil bitch! Nice song though...
posted by zeerobots at 12:11 PM on November 11, 2006

I think Knock 'Em Out is a much better song from that album. Way catchier. Can't find a decent video or audio of it though, just a shitty live cut on YouTube.
posted by PercussivePaul at 12:15 PM on November 11, 2006

Yeah I suppose her chav-accent is a flavour of British if you say wiggers like Eminem have an American accent.
posted by randomstriker at 12:18 PM on November 11, 2006

or, a nice revenge, perhaps not perfect but still quite eatable, is taking a good person and turning them into a vengeful, obsessed, evil psycho, and have them self destroy their lives, hurt their friends, and probably get arrested. Induced self destruction the old saying goes, is a dish best served after a minute thirty five in the microwave.
posted by Staggering Jack at 12:19 PM on November 11, 2006

It's accents like that that made me emigrate.
posted by nowonmai at 12:24 PM on November 11, 2006

I don't really understand why this has been posted to the front page. I was going to flag it, but I figured maybe there's something I missing. Is Lily Allen unknown or unpromoted in the US, or something? This song's been all over the radio in Australia (and on tv commercials) for a while now, and Lily's Myspace ascendence is common knowledge (or so I thought). I like the song and the video, but, still....
Does this mean I can now post a single link to the blue about Grinderman, Nick Cave's new band?
posted by bunglin jones at 12:27 PM on November 11, 2006

so miserable, and the awful accent.
it reminds me of why i left london.
posted by bhnyc at 12:30 PM on November 11, 2006

if you say wiggers like Eminem have an American accent.

I think you'd be hard-pressed to find an American who says Eminem doesn't have an American accent.
posted by FortyT-wo at 12:32 PM on November 11, 2006

Does this mean I can now post a single link to the blue about Grinderman, Nick Cave's new band?

Yes, please.
posted by Zetetics at 12:44 PM on November 11, 2006

Blegh. Crap song. Crap post. Could she be a little more disinterested?

Her user number isn't low enough. Give her time.
posted by srboisvert at 12:46 PM on November 11, 2006

Only one "L" in Lily. And yes, she's been everywhere since at least June.
posted by yeti at 12:56 PM on November 11, 2006

Opps. I mean, only two. [As opposed to three].
posted by yeti at 12:56 PM on November 11, 2006

if you say wiggers like Eminem have an American accent.

So, the class war rages on in London, huh?
posted by Bookhouse at 1:16 PM on November 11, 2006