Lily Allen Gives Up Electronics to Beat Her Addiction to Technology
British singer Lily Allen, who became a star when millions discovered her tunes on MySpace, is giving up Facebook, Twitter, email, and more to beat her addiction to technology.
Australia’s Herald Sun reports that after releasing her second album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, the 24-year-old ditched Twitter with a final message: "I am a neo-Luddite, goodbye."
"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,” she said.
"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."
Allen is scheduled to tour Australia as the main headline act for national music festival, Big Day Out, starting in three weeks.
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