Lily Allen - No Shame

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‘No Shame' is Lily being herself, for herself.

Lily Allen has lived her life in the spotlight. From the sunshine success of ‘Smile' through the skipping uncertainty of ‘The Fear' and the brash, take-no-prisoners of ‘Hard Out Here', she's used her music as a mirror. Part reflection, part idealistic hope for change, part brave face, the one thing that's tied her journey together is her own outspoken honesty.

The thing is, while Lily has been telling tales of bad boyfriends, the streets of London and numbing the pain, the tabloid media has been telling tales of Lily. Her every move scrutinized, her every tweet picked apart, argued and dismissed and her every truth seen as a stunt, her life in front of the camera comes with its own set of crosshairs.

‘No Shame' sees her taking back control. "I try to keep an open mind; I feel like I'm under attack all of the time" starts ‘Come On Then'. "My head can't always hold itself so high," it admits but rather that welling in misery, putting on a fake smile or turning it all into a joke, she takes a breath and digs deeps. "Come on then, if you know so much about me, put your money where your mouth is," she invites. ‘No Shame' is her refusing to feel guilty about other people's expectations. ‘No Shame' is her side of the story.