Lapho eneminyaka engu-14, uLily Allen wabamba iqhaza kuMkhosi weGlastonbury. Futhi kwacaca ukuthi uzoba intombazane enothando lomculo futhi enomlingisi onzima.
Ngokushesha wayeka isikole ukuze asebenze kumademo. Lapho ikhasi lakhe le-MySpace lifinyelela amashumi ezinkulungwane zabalaleli, imboni yomculo yaqaphela.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo kaLily Allen
Usayine ngelebula lokuqopha futhi wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, Alright, Still. Ifake eyokuqala, i-Smile, ihlobo elijabulisayo eladala i-UK ngo-July 2006.
“Ingoma yokuqala engake ngayibhala ethi Smile,” kusho lesi sihlabani. "Sisanda kubheka izingoma ezingaba ngu-7-8 zesampula, sathola isigqi, sashintsha konke ... kwakungeyona into ehlakaniphile kakhulu, kodwa kuvele kupholile!".
“Akekho oma ngemuva kukaLily Allen. Ngokwakhe konke,” kuncoma uMark Ronson, okhiqize i-albhamu yakhe. U-Lily uqophe amahithi amaningi - lawa yi-LDN, Knock 'Em Out kanye no-Alfie. Kodwa-ke, ebheka emuva ekukhululweni kwakhe kokuqala, uthe wayenamahloni njengoba ezwakala "njengohlobo lwebhungu elikhungathekile elifuna ukunakwa".
Kodwa kwaba ukunakwa nenhlonipho ayithola. Bekungewona umculo wakhe kuphela, kodwa nokuhlonishwa kwabalandeli. Ukuthanda kuka-Lily izingubo zebhola ezihambisana namateku kumenze waba isithonjana sesitayela esisha. Futhi imigilingwane yakhe engajwayelekile imenzele indawo kuma-tabloids.
“Bengilokhu ngikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi abantu abayizibonelo zakho kufanele kube abazali bakho noma udadewenu, hhayi umuntu ofana nami ... Yilokhu okuhlale kungifaka enkingeni,” esho ngezimpikiswano ezihlobene nokusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa, ukulwa kosaziwayo (noCheryl Cole noKaty Perry).
Udumo nemali uLily Allen
U-Lily, owaqala njengomsakazi wohlelo lwezingxoxo ku-BBC Three, wayenomugqa wakhe wemfashini nobudlelwano obukhethekile nendlu yemfashini iChanel.
Ekupheleni kuka-2007, lo mculi wamemezela ukuthi wayeno-Ed Simons (Amakhemikhali Brothers) ulindele umntwana.
Ngeshwa, ngesikhathi sokubaleka kwezothando eMaldives, uLily waphuphunyelwa yisisu. Laba bashadikazi bahlukana emasontweni ambalwa kamuva. Futhi uLily wayesakha kabusha impilo yakhe futhi eqopha i-albhamu entsha.
Eyokuqala ethi The Fear yakhululwa ngoDisemba 2008 futhi yathatha indawo yokuqala. Ngenxa yokuqamba, isihlabani se-pop siwine Izindondo ze-Ivor Novello.
Lo mculi ubonwe egibele isikebhe e-St. Barts Island nomthengisi wezobuciko oyizigidi eziningi u-Jay Joplin, owayeneminyaka engu-45 ubudala.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi ngiyawathanda amadoda amadala,” kusho yena. “Ngizihlalela nabantu abadala, ngiye ezindaweni eziwubukhazikhazi lapho ngiyodla khona isidlo sakusihlwa, sixoxe ngobuciko. Ngihlangana nabantu abathakazelisa kakhulu abasebenza ubuchopho bami. "
Wabe eseqala ukuthandana noSam Cooper. “Ngacabanga kabusha ngempilo yami kanye nokuziphatha kwami, isibonelo, ngichitha izinto ezimbili ezinhle ngithenga izicathulo ezintsha ... kuhle, lokhu kungaphezu kwamandla,” kusho yena. USam wamsiza kakhulu ngoba wathi, “Yeka! Wenzani? Le mali ikusasa lakho!
Lo mculi ubefuna ukuthatha ikhefu ekuqopheni. Ubuye wakhathala yi-inthanethi futhi wamemezela ukuthi uyaphuma kuTwitter nala mazwi: "Angikho luddite, sala kahle."
Kamuva wachaza, “Anginayo iBlackBerry noma ikhompyutha. Angiwafundi nama-imeyili. Ngisebenzise i-inthanethi ngendlela elimazayo. Ngendlela efanayo, ngikholelwa ukuthi imilutha yotshwala nezidakamizwa kufanele ziyeke ukusebenzisa izidakamizwa noma utshwala ukuze zibone ukuthi zibathinta kabi kanjani.”
Charity Lily Allen
Ngo-2010, waya eBrazil ukuyosiza ekuqwashiseni ngokulondoloza ihlathi lemvula. Wayefuna ukukwenza ngokushesha, kodwa wangakwazi ngenxa yesimiso sakhe esimatasa. “Kuyinkinga enkulu futhi bengifuna ukusiza ngangokunokwenzeka, kodwa bekunzima futhi kuyinselelo ngempela,” kusho yena.
"Inhloso enkulu yalolu hlelo bekuwukufundisa kabusha imiphakathi yendawo ukuze kunqandwe ukugawulwa kwamahlathi okucekela phansi indawo."
“Lokhu ngeke kuhlale unomphela,” kusho yena. “Ngifuna ukuyijabulela futhi ngizame ukuzinza. Ngakho-ke ngingathola ukuphumula lapho ngisanda kweva eminyakeni engu-20 futhi ngibe nendlu yasemaphandleni, amabhayisikili amane, umhlaba, isikhathi sokukha izimbali, ngifuye izingulube, ngikhulise umndeni. Sengike ngaba nomsindo owanele nezinxushunxushu empilweni yami."
U-Lily no-Sam basebenzise imali endlini yezwe engu-£3m e-Cotswolds. Bamemezela ukuthi babelindele ingane yabo yokuqala. ULily wayejabule ngethemba lokuba ngumama. “Angisakwazi ukulinda,” kusho yena.
Wayenesitolo sezingubo zakudala e-Covent Garden nodadewabo u-Sarah Owen.
“Ngesikhathi ngikhulelwa, nganquma ukushintsha indlela yokuphila evamile kancane… Ekuqaleni kwakuyisitolo semfashini, kodwa ngenxa yothando lwethu lwezingubo zakudala, sasicabanga ukuthi zizosebenza kangcono,” kusho yena. “Kwaze kwafika lapho ngingazi nokuthi nginezingubo ezingaki. Ukuvula isitolo kwakuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokuqeda lokho!”
Ngeshwa, ngoNovemba 2010, unobhala wezindaba womculi wakhipha isitatimende sokuthi ulahlekelwe umfana ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha zokukhulelwa.
Kodwa ngonyaka olandelayo, uLily noSam bafeza iphupho labo futhi baba abazali bendodakazi ngoNovemba 2011. Futhi ngo-2013, kwazalwa enye indodakazi.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngoLily Allen
- U-Lily waduma e-UK. Ukhiphe amathrekhi edemo kusayithi lomphakathi i-MySpace.com ngoNovemba 2005.
- U-Allen uqokwe njengomuntu wesithathu opholile kunabo bonke onyakeni ngumagazini we-NME ngo-2006. Futhi yaqashelwa yi-BBC Three ("Abantu Abacasula Kakhulu Bango-2006").
- "Ungumlandeli" wekhilikithi futhi uvele ku-Test Match Special.
- U-Lily Allen ungumsekeli weqembu lebhola lezinyawo lase-English Premier League iFulham.
- Wayenamaviki angu-16 ekhulelwe ngesikhathi eshada noSam Cooper.
- Ngo-2010, ngenxa ye-albhamu yesibili ephumelelayo, umculi wathola indondo yaseBrithani ekuqokweni kwegama elithi "British Female Solo Artist".
- U-Lili ushicilele inkumbulo yakhe ethi Imicabango Yami Exactly ngoSepthemba 20, 2018.
- U-Allen uphethwe yi-bipolar disorder.
