Younger artists like Charli XCX have mastered what Allen owned first: a kind of ironic detachment that makes any suggestion of female artists being ‘hysterical’ much harder. With her new album, the pop star is so back, says Roisin O’Connor
Lily Allen has always been the queen of the confessional – West End Girl is a perfect exercise in unsparing honesty … from the Independent Roisin O’Connor
