There's Just the Right Amount of Awkward

How I got around to some Lily Allen:

I was walking around in my school's bookstore sometime last fall semester when a song started playing over the speakers that piqued my interest a bit. I found out it was "Merry Happy" by Kate Nash. It's rather peppy and maybe just slightly...girly...but who cares, I like it. I was listening to her on Spotify and in that "Similar Artists" section or whatever it named Lily Allen. Why not, I thought, and I followed a link to some of her music next.

Maybe I'm coming back around into this British-female vocalist phase, because I quite fancy this music at the moment. Two songs I want to mention:

The first is "Fuck You"



I kinda love this song now. The ironic contrast of a happy-go-lucky melody with a big ol' "Fuck your ignorant hatred" makes me grin. I'll think of it/sing it in my head if someone ever says something completely distasteful, rude, and just plain mean.


The other is "Who'd Have Known"



When it first started playing, I was extremely caught off guard because I thought it was the T-Pain song playing (5 o'clock in the morning...or whatever it is). I could care less for that song...much less for T-Pain as well, but I had no idea the hook he uses in his track is from Lily Allen. As a result, I spent a good 5 seconds trying to figure out when the hell did I queue T-Pain's song. Surprise, surprise. Hah.

So I gave this song a listen...and now I love it, specifically the story it tells. Yes, it's a love song, but I like how it seems to aptly describe the feelings of someone in those not-quite-early-but-still-early-in-the-scheme-of-things stages of romance, with all the interactions, the witheld questions and curiosity about where this person is in terms of relationship. So freaking adorable.




In other news, I spent 8 hours in the dance building today (Saturday) getting ready for Ballroom Magic. Which equals me coming home and falling asleep around 8:30PM only to wake up about two hours later and suddenly not feeling that tired anymore even though I have another 8 hour tech rehearsal tomorrow (or today, Sunday, whatever). Awesome. But I'm really excited though. It's gonna be a great show!