Stream: Lily Allen, “22 (Big Pink Remix)”
- story Matthew Schnipper
In the video for the original version of “22,” a well made up Lily Allen continues to make herself up in the mirror at a club, and she sees back the older, grimmer version of herself. Which, honestly, isn’t all that grim. But the rougher version of her does look more like she’d be interested in this remix of the track by fellow Brits, industrial strength duo Big Pink. Their new drums sound like whips and the replaced guitar sounds like an alarm in Star Wars, like they’ve forcefully taken down the original. But Allen still sounds bubbly. Somehow, Lily Allen is not annoying. At all. It seems like she should be. Maybe it’s because she’s not ours—British people, is she inherently annoying to you?—but she just seems too charming to let her incessant good nature grate. She’s nearly 30 now, and she’s out every night she sings, and, maybe in the original it was demeaning, but as gruff as this remix sounds, Allen can’t fault a girl for trying. (via Stereogum)
It’s Monday. Here’s Some New Videos.
- story THE FADER
Most people in the music-related industry, including us, are putting the pieces back together this morning after SXSW, so we’re just gonna throw up a few notable new videos and chill out for a minute. Up top is UNKLE’s new one made up of an edit to Spike Jonze and Ty Evans’ Fully Flared Lakai video from last year which most people consider the greatest skate film of all time. After the jump, our dudes Jim Jones and Ryan Leslie team up for “Precious” off Jones’ Pray IV Reign and Lily Allen stops by the Porter Wagoner Show c. 1976 for her new one “Not Fair.”
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posted on Mar 23, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Jim Jones, Lily Allen, Porter Wagoner, Ryan Leslie, UNKLE
