Pop Quiz: Lily Allen

Pop Quiz: Lily Allen

Aidin Vaziri | How can you not love Lily Allen? The 21-year-old British pop singer got famous using her MySpace page (74,664 friends at last count), plays a weird mix of ska-pop and has just released a lippy, dippy four-song digital EP, "Smile." It's the ska-pop part that's holding you back, isn't it? Maybe you should see a therapist for that. Or you can just check out her music and totally change your mind. Allen's full-length debut, "Alright, Still," isn't due in the United States until next year (it's already gone to No. 2 on the British pop chart) but she's giving us a taste.

Lily Allen
Q: When was the last time you sat down in front of a TV and watched "Knight Rider" reruns?
A: I don't know. When was the last time I watched television? I think like a month ago.
Q: Don't worry. When you go on tour you'll have plenty of time alone in hotel rooms to catch up.
A: I'm really excited about coming to America just because it will be a country where I can actually understand the TV.
Q: And the hotel pornography is much better.
A: Oh my God. I'm so into German fantasy porn.
Q: Do you think it's better because you can't understand the dialogue?
A: No, actually you can understand the words because "Oh, that is good" is "Oh, das ist gut."
Q: Not too much translation required there.
A: Not at all. You wonder why they even dub it because it's American porn with German overdubs. There's just no point in it at all. "Oh, das ist gut!"
Q: You did that pretty well. If the whole music thing doesn't work out you might have something to fall back on.