Lily Allen's "LDN" (which you can download below) is THE Song for the Summer 2006. I haven't seen the blogosphere erupt over one song since Annie's "Chewing Gum" hit a few years ago. It's the same kind of buzz that launched M.I.A. onto everyone's iPods, and it's spreading faster than that Britney/DFA track leaked. We're talking MAJOR buzz.
So...who is Lily Allen? She's a 20-year-old British singer/rapper from London who put some of her tunes on MySpace and ended up with over 1,000,000 listeners.
This Guardian article explains how Lily turned that MySpace account into a deal with a record label. She's also the daughter of
Keith Allen.
Pitchfork says:
"Lily's debut single "LDN" is breezy, lilting summertime pop, a horn-tinged tribute to London-- loving without being fawning, charming without being all winks and nods. It's the sort of song that hasn't sniffed U.S. radio since the late-90s (think "How Bizarre", or Sugar Ray if they didn't suck), but will likely set up residency at No. 1 in the UK for weeks."
Here's all the Lily Allen music you need:
Lily Allen - "LDN"Lily Allen - "Smile"Lily Allen - "Knock 'Em Out"Lily Allen - "Cheryl Tweedy"Lily Allen - "Nan, You're a Window Shopper"Lily Allen - "Shame for You"Lily Allen - "Everything's Just Wonderful"Lily Allen - "Little Things"Lily Allen - "Alfie" (YouSendIt link) If you like those, be sure to snag Lily's first mixtape as fast as you can -- I hear it's not going to be up much longer. It's got a few Lily demos, some Dizzee Rascal, some Squeeze, some rap stuff, and some...yodeling(?):
Lily Allen - My First Mixtape (70MB file)
Also, you can
click here to see the "LDN" videoAnd finally...here's
Lilly's MySpace site that started it all.
