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Lily Allen Dances In 'Fear' Video, Despite Being 'Rubbish At That Kind Of Thing'

 
Song is first single from It's Not Me, It's You, due in February. By James Montgomery Lily Allen Photo: MTV UK The first single from Lily Allen 's upcoming It's Not Me, It's You album is called "The Fear." It's a relatively scathing indictment of today's glossy, celeb-ified culture (sample lyric: "I want lots of clothes and f---loads of diamonds/ I heard people die while they're trying to find them"), but when it came time to shoot the video for the song, she had just one thing on her mind. "I wanted to do a dance routine, even though I'm not really doing a dance routine," she laughed. "Other people are doing it, but I'm part of it. I think people are quite used to girls in this industry really being able to move in front of the camera, but I'm just rubbish at that kind of thing." So instead of Lily, it's a corps of dancers — dressed as wedding presents, bundles of balloons and, uh, waiters — who do the majority of the moving in the "Fear" clip, ... (link)

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