TALK OF THE TOWN: Lily Allen moans about not being paid enough for her 2006 hit Smile

TALK OF THE TOWN: Lily Allen moans about not being paid enough for her 2006 hit Smile – despite singer believed to have pocketed about £400,000 for the streams

Pop star Lily Allen loves complaining, but she’s surpassed herself with a moan about not being paid enough.

She posted a picture on Instagram from the video for her 2006 hit Smile, with the caption: ‘Me waiting for Spotify to be invented so in 14 years I can celebrate one hundred million streams of “Smile” and buy myself a cheese sandwich with the royalties.’ 

In fact, the singer is believed to have pocketed about £400,000 for the streams. 

The picture from Lily Allen’s 2006 hit Smile which she posted onto Instagram. She said that a cheese sandwich is ‘rhyming slang’ for the £90,000 alligator Birkin bag she plans to buy

Lily at the Charles Finch and Chanel pre-Bafta party in Mayfair, London, in February this year

Lily at the Charles Finch and Chanel pre-Bafta party in Mayfair, London, in February this year

When an online critic challenged Lily, she came up with the bizarre answer that a cheese sandwich is ‘rhyming slang’ for the £90,000 alligator Birkin bag she plans to buy for herself. 

Poor Lily. She has it tough…

Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek loved lockdown in London so much he is planning a permanent move to the capital.

Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton attend the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, in February this year

Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton attend the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, in February this year

I’m told the LA native, 39, above with his actress girlfriend Lucy Boynton, 26 – who also appeared in the Oscar-winning biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury – have been househunting.

A friend said, ‘They’ve been looking at mansions in North London. They plan on settling down and starting a family here as Rami doesn’t get much privacy when he goes out in LA these days.’

Can I hear Rami yelling: ‘I want to break free!’?