Lily Allen, a British pop artist, is well-known for her unique style that takes light and fun beats and puts them behind intense and socially relevant topics. In this essay, I will dive into an assessment of her 2009 hit “Fuck You” and the commentary it makes on intolerance of homosexuality and a continued adherence to outdated beliefs. Though the song reached its peak popularity in 2009, and was inspired by the American politics in the few years prior to its release, its relevance extends into present day America.
This song functions as a cultural artifact and points out the tension surrounding the fight for gay rights that exists up until present day. This artifact parallels the arguments of racial inequality reinforced by historical and contemporary …show more content…
Bush, I think an appropriate place to begin would be an assessment of how the views Lily Allen has towards the Republican Party can be seen in her lyrics. Bush’s presidency is remembered as one of mistakes and poor judgment. He made numerous unpopular decisions regarding war, and was publicly and extremely against reproductive rights. He backed a constitutional amendment forbidding same-sex marriage, and during his 2004 campaign, he failed to speak out against anti-gay bigotry. In Arlie Russel Hochschild’s novel Strangers in Their Own Land, Hochschild travels to the heart of the conservative right: Louisiana. She interviews men and women about their experience living in Louisiana, as well as their political views. The book serves as an attempt to answer the question of why people who would so benefit from left policies, continue to vote in line with the right, and why they are veering more and more to the right as time progresses. I will argue that the lyrics in “F**k You” are left-leaning and abrasive towards the far right and can be compared to the opinions that Hochschild encounters in her investigation that makes up Strangers in Their Own
This song functions as a cultural artifact and points out the tension surrounding the fight for gay rights that exists up until present day. This artifact parallels the arguments of racial inequality reinforced by historical and contemporary …show more content…
Bush, I think an appropriate place to begin would be an assessment of how the views Lily Allen has towards the Republican Party can be seen in her lyrics. Bush’s presidency is remembered as one of mistakes and poor judgment. He made numerous unpopular decisions regarding war, and was publicly and extremely against reproductive rights. He backed a constitutional amendment forbidding same-sex marriage, and during his 2004 campaign, he failed to speak out against anti-gay bigotry. In Arlie Russel Hochschild’s novel Strangers in Their Own Land, Hochschild travels to the heart of the conservative right: Louisiana. She interviews men and women about their experience living in Louisiana, as well as their political views. The book serves as an attempt to answer the question of why people who would so benefit from left policies, continue to vote in line with the right, and why they are veering more and more to the right as time progresses. I will argue that the lyrics in “F**k You” are left-leaning and abrasive towards the far right and can be compared to the opinions that Hochschild encounters in her investigation that makes up Strangers in Their Own