Who is Lily Allen?: Lily Allen is a singer, a songwriter, a sharp social critic, a mother, the daughter of a famous British comedian and the older sister of Alfie Allen, who is better known as Theon Greyjoy on Game of Thrones. She appears to live for taking the piss out of people, but tends to have small breakdowns if anyone takes the piss out of her. It is, in equal parts, endearing and infuriating. After quite a long absence between recordings, now we're on the cusp of the release of her third album, which she has decided to name Sheezus.

Why would Lily Allen name her album Sheezus?: She told the BBC's Graham Norton, "It's a confident title choice � and a little nod to Kanye West." She clarified on Twitter, saying, "It's an homage, not a piss take." So yes, it is exactly what you think it is. Lily Allen is declaring herself the female messiah/Kanye West. This characterization may be a slight exaggeration of Allen's intentions. Or it might not. One can never tell with these comedian/pop star types. We'll wait to see if there are a series of video taped rants a la Kanye West to make that call.

What was she doing between albums that kept her away from music for so long?: Let's see, the last album came out in 2009 so we'll say she worked on it doing promotion and touring and such until 2010. Between now and then, she's mostly dedicating time to her personal life. There was a wedding with a couture Chanel dress, there was a baby, there was another baby, there was her Lucy In Disguise boutique and there was work on this album (interrupted, it seems, by that second baby). Then, there was her collaboration with P!nk on the song "True Love," which heralded her return. Not long after, we got "Hard Out Here."