Lily Allen defends controversial 'Hard Out Here' music video from racist allegations on Twitter, dismisses them as missing the point [VIDEO]

Yesterday (Nov. 12) marked the long-awaited return to music for "Smile" singer Lily Allen. She released the pop culture-bashing, female empowering anthem "Hard Out Here" alongside a satirical music video. Now, Allen is facing some flak for her music video after some critics have called out the clip as "racist."

The music video features Allen "twerking" and performing stereotypical hip-hop and pop music dances and acts alongside several black backing dancers. Critics have said even though Allen's video is social commentary, even using all black dancers ironically is still not appropriate.

However, Allen has dismissed that claim in a Twitlonger message sent out to her 4.3 million followers, saying she neither requested certain ethnicities for her music video nor would she have dismissed them on account of their race after they were hired: it just happened all the women were black.

Allen did mean to start a conversation with "Hare Out Here," but it was supposed to be about women in popular culture, not race. "Whilst I don't want to offend anyone. I do strive to provoke thought and conversation. The video is meant to be a lighthearted satirical video that deals with objectification of women within modern pop culture. It has nothing to do with race, at all," she wrote.

Allen also explained that her wardrobe versus her dancers was a result of her own insecurities, failure to learn how to properly twerk in two weeks and her "chronic cellulite, which nobody wants to see."

Instead of taking on race, Allen's video perfectly tackles gender expectations in the music industry. The clip features managers trying to force her to get liposuction after having two babies, Allen attempting to twerk and writhe around on a car and a perfect parody of Robin Thicke's misogynistic "Blurred Lines" video.

Since being released yesterday, the video has racked up nearly 1.5 million views on YouTube.

Check out the clip below: