| "L8 CMMR" | |
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| Promotional single by Lily Allen | |
| from the album Sheezus | |
| Released | 6 February 2014 [1] |
| Recorded | 2013 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:41 |
| Label | Parlophone |
| Songwriters |
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| Producer | Greg Kurstin |
| Lyric video | |
| "L8 CMMR" on YouTube | |
"L8 CMMR" (pronounced "latecomer") is a song by English singer Lily Allen from her third studio album, Sheezus (2014). It premiered online on 6 February 2014, [1] the same day as the release of her previous single "Air Balloon" music video.
This track follows the style of her previous single, "Air Balloon", and is a bubblegum pop and electropop song. [2] The song also features heavy amounts of autotune, as well as chipper synths. Described as a "no brainer (song)" by Allen herself, the song describes her love to a man, whom nobody can ever steal away from her.
The song was included in Girls Volume 2: All Adventurous Women Do, the soundtrack of the second series of the HBO series Girls .
On 17 February 2014, an official lyric video of the song was released on her official YouTube channel. [3] The lyric video features a retrogaming-inspired video. The video shows Allen as a character of a 1980s video game, who needs to fight and overcome obstacles, like racing, in order to win prizes like engagement rings. The video received critical acclaim and was a fan favorite as the video was fun and different from mainstream videos.
The song received generally positive reviews from music critics. Spin gave a positive review of the song, calling it a "bright, bouncy electro-pop with well-crafted hooks and some playful Auto-Tune effects", but also stated it was a "little lackluster". [4] In May 2014, the song debuted at number 61 on the Flanders Ultratip chart, and later reached number 4. [5]
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [5] | 4 |