Lily Allen's technology freeze as she prepares to give up fame and settle down with boyfriend
12/22/2009 12:27:00 PM
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She became an overnight sensation after millions discovered her quirky pop tunes on social networking site MySpace.
But after recording her every waking moment on the internet, popstar Lily Allen has now declared herself a technology 'addict' - and is attempting to get her life back.
The 24-year-old star is preparing to move in with her boyfriend of seven months, building contractor Sam Cooper, and she revealed: ‘It’s not about being famous, it’s not about all the parties, it’s not about wanting to be the biggest pop star on the planet. It’s about being happy.
‘For me, that is Sam, spending time at home, sorting out bed linen… being normal.’
Miss Allen, who has vowed to take a two-year break from music after recently releasing her second album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, confessed ‘I just had this revelation that Facebook, blogging, all those things were becoming a total addiction.
‘I’d be with my boyfriend or my mum and they’d have just got half of me. So I put my BlackBerry, my laptop, my iPod in a box and that’s the end.
‘I won’t use email, I play records on vinyl, I don’t blog. I’ve got more time, more privacy. We’ve ended up in this world of unreal communication and I don’t want that. I want real life back.’
The star’s comments come after Professor Susan Greenfield told the Mail last year how our brains are under threat from modern technology – and sent out a stark warning about the perils of social networking sites.
Professor Greenfield said we must ‘wake up to the damage that the gadget-filled, pharmaceutically-enhanced 21st century is doing to our brains’
She added: ‘Already, it's pretty clear….Attention spans are shorter, personal communication skills are reduced and there's a marked reduction in the ability to think abstractly.’
‘It's almost as if something hasn't really happened until it's been posted on Facebook, Bebo or YouTube.
‘Add that to the huge amount of personal information now stored on the internet - births, marriages, telephone numbers, credit ratings, holiday pictures - and it's sometimes difficult to know where the boundaries of our individuality actually lie. Only one thing is certain: those boundaries are weakening.’
Miss Allen, still best known for her number one 2006 hit Smile, was also frank as she spoke about her miscarriage two years ago with former boyfriend, Chemical Brothers musician Ed Simons.
She called the loss ‘the worst time of my life’ as she admitted she has therapy – and still gets sad as the loss remains a constant presence in her life.
She told Grazia magazine: ‘I couldn't even compute the emotions going through my head, but I was having to put out a press release about my miscarriage.
’I just didn't deal with it at all. I didn't even start beginning to deal with it until the baby's due date. Then it just hit me like a house collapsing.
‘The week before the due date, all I wanted to do was talk about my baby but I also felt I shouldn't. I was working non-stop and I had all this inside my head.’
Speaking about the instant fame that had, at times, left her depressed, the brunette said: ‘ ‘For me, the last 10 years have been unbelievable. I started off really excited, then it all went horribly, horribly wrong.
‘I've had really bad, unbelievably awful times, but if I hadn't had them I wouldn't get the happiness I've got now. I'm very grateful because I could have turned down a very different path. It could have been awful. It really could."
She now plans to move in with Cooper and claimed: ‘We’ve never had one argument and there’s absolutely nothing about him that annoys me.
‘He’s not impressed by what I do. Sam treats me differently. He’s told me he’ll look after me forever. That’s what I’ve always wanted. Someone to look after me.’
Commenting on her weight loss that has taken her from a curvaceous teenager to Chanel model, Miss Allen said she was now embracing becoming a ‘lady’, adding: ‘I’m healthy now. When I was fat I’d find stories with people slagging me off for being fat. It made it all worse. I’m just over the whole body thing.
‘I honestly don’t care any more. I’ll never be teeny tiny like Cheryl Cole or Dannii Minogue, but I’ve stopped comparing myself. Put me next to the average British woman and I’m fine. I’m normal. I’m over beating myself up about it. Yes, I’ve lost weight, because my body shape has changed as I’ve got older.
‘And I’m happy because I’m with someone who’d hate me to change anything about myself. I’ve still got a big bum and thighs, but they’re the parts of my body my boyfriend is always grabbing. I’ve lost that obsession and paranoia. Thank God.’
But after recording her every waking moment on the internet, popstar Lily Allen has now declared herself a technology 'addict' - and is attempting to get her life back.
The 24-year-old star is preparing to move in with her boyfriend of seven months, building contractor Sam Cooper, and she revealed: ‘It’s not about being famous, it’s not about all the parties, it’s not about wanting to be the biggest pop star on the planet. It’s about being happy.
‘For me, that is Sam, spending time at home, sorting out bed linen… being normal.’
Miss Allen, who has vowed to take a two-year break from music after recently releasing her second album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, confessed ‘I just had this revelation that Facebook, blogging, all those things were becoming a total addiction.
‘I’d be with my boyfriend or my mum and they’d have just got half of me. So I put my BlackBerry, my laptop, my iPod in a box and that’s the end.
‘I won’t use email, I play records on vinyl, I don’t blog. I’ve got more time, more privacy. We’ve ended up in this world of unreal communication and I don’t want that. I want real life back.’
The star’s comments come after Professor Susan Greenfield told the Mail last year how our brains are under threat from modern technology – and sent out a stark warning about the perils of social networking sites.
Professor Greenfield said we must ‘wake up to the damage that the gadget-filled, pharmaceutically-enhanced 21st century is doing to our brains’
She added: ‘Already, it's pretty clear….Attention spans are shorter, personal communication skills are reduced and there's a marked reduction in the ability to think abstractly.’
‘It's almost as if something hasn't really happened until it's been posted on Facebook, Bebo or YouTube.
‘Add that to the huge amount of personal information now stored on the internet - births, marriages, telephone numbers, credit ratings, holiday pictures - and it's sometimes difficult to know where the boundaries of our individuality actually lie. Only one thing is certain: those boundaries are weakening.’
Miss Allen, still best known for her number one 2006 hit Smile, was also frank as she spoke about her miscarriage two years ago with former boyfriend, Chemical Brothers musician Ed Simons.
She called the loss ‘the worst time of my life’ as she admitted she has therapy – and still gets sad as the loss remains a constant presence in her life.
She told Grazia magazine: ‘I couldn't even compute the emotions going through my head, but I was having to put out a press release about my miscarriage.
’I just didn't deal with it at all. I didn't even start beginning to deal with it until the baby's due date. Then it just hit me like a house collapsing.
‘The week before the due date, all I wanted to do was talk about my baby but I also felt I shouldn't. I was working non-stop and I had all this inside my head.’
Speaking about the instant fame that had, at times, left her depressed, the brunette said: ‘ ‘For me, the last 10 years have been unbelievable. I started off really excited, then it all went horribly, horribly wrong.
‘I've had really bad, unbelievably awful times, but if I hadn't had them I wouldn't get the happiness I've got now. I'm very grateful because I could have turned down a very different path. It could have been awful. It really could."
She now plans to move in with Cooper and claimed: ‘We’ve never had one argument and there’s absolutely nothing about him that annoys me.
‘He’s not impressed by what I do. Sam treats me differently. He’s told me he’ll look after me forever. That’s what I’ve always wanted. Someone to look after me.’
Commenting on her weight loss that has taken her from a curvaceous teenager to Chanel model, Miss Allen said she was now embracing becoming a ‘lady’, adding: ‘I’m healthy now. When I was fat I’d find stories with people slagging me off for being fat. It made it all worse. I’m just over the whole body thing.
‘I honestly don’t care any more. I’ll never be teeny tiny like Cheryl Cole or Dannii Minogue, but I’ve stopped comparing myself. Put me next to the average British woman and I’m fine. I’m normal. I’m over beating myself up about it. Yes, I’ve lost weight, because my body shape has changed as I’ve got older.
‘And I’m happy because I’m with someone who’d hate me to change anything about myself. I’ve still got a big bum and thighs, but they’re the parts of my body my boyfriend is always grabbing. I’ve lost that obsession and paranoia. Thank God.’
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