The Streets: The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living

DOES IT SIGNAL the beginning of the end when an artist casts around for inspiration and can think of nothing to write about other than their own post-fame fallout? It's certainly a view that gets floated from time to time, especially with regard to your street-smart wordsmith. Barely an Arctic Monkeys interview goes by without Alex Turner being invited to ponder whether success will deprive him of his common touch. This hang-up about keeping it real, though — it's something that rears its head only in pop.