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Album: Sheezus (2014)
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  • Allen told Rolling Stone about this song where she dismisses online commentators: "I wrote that after I put out the video for 'Hard Out Here' and everyone said I was racist," she said. "I was really alarmed by that reaction. I stand by that video and I know what my intention was and I'm sorry that people interpreted it in a different way."

    "A lot of that negative stuff came from females and the feminist blogger scene," Allen continued. "What really pissed me off was the misogynistic, hipster, male bloggers that went after me in a completely different way. And I just thought, "F--- you, I'm going to write a song about you."

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