Feature Article Analysis 1

This feature article is from NME and the article is on singer Lily Allen, the feature came out around the time of her second album 'It's not you, It's me' in which the style and the content of this album is very different from her second album 'Alright still'. It was from here she was trying to make a statment of how she had grown up and her background where she grew up in London- here is an insight into what Lily is famous for as well a her music...
''You have this reputation of being mouthy. Do you ever say anything you regret?
Oh yes. I have a lot of insecurities and that’s probably why I say the things I say, trying to deflect the attention away from myself. I’ve always been rebellious and anti-this and that.
I went to so many different schools but that was my choice, as I was expelled or asked to leave and so I could never make friends. It’s something I need to work on but I can’t be bothered. I’m just a gobby bitch.''- Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/sftw/54963/.html#ixzz2D3b991lc
Then in contrast here is her first interview (with NME) this was after she dramatically changed her style and had her hair cut into a bob when her was amost elbow length- it was a dramatic image change. All these things are supported with in this feature as lilys hair is messy, her dark eye make-up and even her tartan shirt which could be influenced from the punk-rock age; even the font used looks like something the Sex Pistols used. All this could support that here is a new lily and a not so childish lily. The title abouve takes up almost a double page spread which could suggest that this is a message she is keen to get across to the public, and even redeem her self  from other peoples presumtions to explain her famous quote ''i'm just a gobby bitch''. The rebellious image that subvert previous opions on Lily because the audience of NME is aimed at the 'individuals' and it is them who will respect this and there for helping Lily into indie audience with them knowing that she has a new album and whole different sound altogether. Lilys fans may not be readers of NME but on the newsagents shelf seen that she is being feature and therefor pick it up, so it is good for both NME's market and Lilys of course.
The text used within the main writing of the feature is quite formal, it looks like Times New Roman, which differentiates from the whole 'rebelious' theme of the feature. This could be the magazine own rebelion for this article.