Lead By
Example
By Tom Lanham
J
udging by Lily Allen's quick-witted,
riposte-riddled new comeback album
Sheezus – her first record in five years,
and a feminine twist on Kanye West's selfimportant “Yeezus” set from 2013 – the
British diva simply does not suffer fools
gladly. In song after song, she takes often
unflattering lyrical jabs at Rita Ora
("Insincerely Yours"), Kurt Cobain ("Air
Balloon"), and – in the title track alone –
Lorde, Rihanna, and Katy Perry. "URL
Badman” – which opens with the sound of
typing, then a mother calling to her adult
son 'Alexander! Your dinner's on the
table!', skewers every soc X[ [YYX[