Lily Allen has spoken out about the disappointing sales of her comeback LP Sheezus, saying that the poor quality of the tracks on the album may have been its downfall and not poor management, as she had previously claimed.
Lily made the admission after her latest single ‘URL Badman’ failed to make it into the top 40, instead remaining stationary at #93.
Speaking to PressPlay, Lily said: “I put my trust in other people, which I don’t usually do. I usually go with my own gut feeling but maybe I wasn’t feeling as confident as I have in the past because of all the hormones.
“The first thing I came back with was ‘Hard Out Here’ and that was important to me, a real statement of intent, even though you couldn’t put it on the radio over here because it had too much swearing.
“I thought it did really well and then management and the label chose to go with ‘Air Balloon’ and I just think starting with something really aggressive and in your face and then going in a different direction… people need to know what they are getting.”
“Maybe the songs aren’t good enough this time, who knows? I just know I can’t wait to get back into the studio.”
While Sheezus did make it to the UK number one spot, it remained in the top 40 for just 10 weeks, a far cry from the success of her two previous albums.
Watch the interview with PressPlay below.
