'Hard Out Here' songstress Lily Allen has given her take on the current state of the music industry. 

Speaking exclusively to the NME, the star explained that there's a lack of experimental artists at the moment because label bosses are afraid of pushing boundaries:

"What p***es me off about music right now is the lack of support for being experimental and brave. People just want to be formulaic and predictable."

"Record companies and A&R people are just absolutely terrified of taking risks at the moment – and that's quite frustrating as an artist, when it comes to picking singles, because they only ever want to go for the watered-down stuff."

She added that while there's nothing wrong with the pop genre, she wishes that the more unique songs would find more attention: "I'm not saying that those songs can't have a good pop sensibility about them, but personally, I like to think of myself as being something a little bit more than that. It's sad to watch the tracks that I think are stronger having to sit back on the album while the poppier, more commercial ones are driving it."