Sticks + Stones
3/5
It’s only been a year since Cher strutted into the public consciousness on ‘The X Factor’, wowing audiences with her cover of Soulja Boy’s ‘Turn My Swag On’, her vocals quivering but accomplished, before flipping into her now trademark defiant lip-curl. Her ballsy break from the overcooked covers of most ‘X Factor’ auditions earned her a standing ovation and the clip still gives us goosebumps. In hindsight it seems canny that she should choose a song that focused on fabulousity, a kiss-off to the ‘haters’, because more than any other ‘X Factor’ alum, Lloyd has dealt with a lot of flak in the past 12 months. She’s a diva and a brat, she’s fallen out with Cheryl Cole, she’s too big for boots, they say. The Malvern-born 18 year old has been largely defiant in the face of those ‘keyboard warriors with a licence to hate’, but even with a Number One under her belt (the diabolical ‘Oh My Darling, Clementine’-referencing ‘Swagger Jagger’) it still must sting. The Runners – her Stateside-recorded debut will do little to silence her critics. It’s certainly divisive, but it is unmistakably Cher Lloyd, and there’s some triumph in that.
Cher Lloyd album review
It’s only been a year since Cher strutted into the public consciousness
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