Like most everything else on the Internet, Lily Allen's "Hard Out Here" video has sparked CONTROVERSY!!! And of a relatively long-lasting sort, it seems, as more than twenty-four hours since the video for her comeback single debuted, people are still talking about it. Allen's attempt at poking fun at artists such as Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus was naturally intended to spark discussion, but it's a safe bet that the British pop star had not indended to start a conversation about race.
But with with such an outcry questioning her decision to cast women of color as backup dancers, Allen has gone to Twitter to defend herself. She said:
1. If anyone thinks for a second that I requested specific ethnicities for the video, they're wrong.
Allen went on to say that her video is about "ownership" in response to another Twitter critic.
Ironically, similar criticisms of exploiting racial stereotypes were levelled at Miley Cyrus, one of the figures Allen's video spoofs, after she put out her twerk-fest video, "We Can't Stop," this past summer.
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