Tune Day: Pop Music Saviour

Today, Lily Allen's new CD, It's Not Me, It's You, hits shelves. And not a flipping moment too soon.

It's the sass-mouthed, snarky, danceable fun you might expect, but about 20 times more intelligent than the pop drivel we suffered through in 2008. Hopefully, Kelly Clarkson's Swedish songwriters can keep up here next month.

Ms. Allen, by the way, writes her own material. Her album is fantastic (I think I like it better than her debut, to be honest). And this, friends, is your current #1 single in the United Kingdom:



The Fear - Lily Allen

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