“You’ve Come a Long Way, Pretty Girl.”
Lily Allen has a lot to be thankful for. The striking, yet frequently overlooked English beauty has been through a hell of a lot over the last few years.
Before her entrance to the door of stardom, Lily was turned down by many record labels due to her excessive drinking and as she says, because her father is Keith Allen. Although she used her father as an excuse, she later used his connections and eventually landed her a spot on Warner Music in 2002, but unfortunately, she was dropped soon after the executive that signed her left the record company.
After being let down once again, Lily went on to pursue a career as a florist, but she later decided to return to music. Finally, in 2005, she was signed to Regal Records where she was offered £25,000 to produce an album.
Once Lily’s myspace page was created, she released demos that brought in thousands of listeners. People were finally beginning to notice the talent that is Lily Allen. Magazines featured articles about her success through myspace, she was working with bigger stars, and she had finally finished her album.
Over the next year, things were going very well for Allen. Her album was a #1 success in the UK and she had finally built a very large and devoted fanbase. The next year was not as promising.
Due to Lily’s outgoing personality, she made many blunt comments to the press about other artists, and she was heavily ridiculed for this. On top of all of this, Lily was diagnosed with a heart murmur, and as if that wasn’t enough, in 2008, Allen suffered from a miscarriage after a vacation, and her longtime boyfriend and father of their would have been baby ended their relationship.
After all of this, Lily stayed away from the public for a while. Leading many people to believe that she would never be emotionally or mentally stable enough to come back.
I too wondered about this from time to time, but I recently received a new issue of “Nylon Magazine” featuring Lily on the cover looking more stunning than ever. This leads me back to my original topic: Thanksgiving. On this day, families and friends throughout our nation come together and celebrate. They eat and converse, and some choose to give thanks. They address what and who they are thankful for. After all is said and done, everyone says their goodbyes and returns home. The next day, the only remnants of the previous day are those that usually involve food. Why don’t we give thanks every day? Do we not always have something to be thankful for? Should we be limited to a “day” of thanks?
