Lily Allen reckons record labels are scared of taking risks these days and it annoys her when they select the really obviously comÂmerÂcial singles to try and sell an album.
"What pisses me off about music right now is the lack of support for being experÂiÂmental and brave," she mused to the NME.
"People just want to be formulaic and preÂdictÂable. Record companies and A&R people are just absoÂlutely terrified of taking risks at the moment – and that's quite frusÂtratÂing as an artist, when it comes to picking singles, because they only ever want to go for the watered-down stuff."
Surely the trick is not to actually record any watered-down stuff, this elimÂinÂatÂing any chance that it might be chosen.
Anyway, Lily goes on to clarify: "I'm not saying that those songs can't have a good pop sensÂibÂilÂity about them, but perÂsonÂally, I like to think of myself as being something a little bit more than that."
"It's sad to watch the tracks that I think are stronger having to sit back on the album while the poppier, more comÂmerÂcial ones are driving it."
(Poppier and more comÂmerÂcial sounds fine to us.)
