Lily Allen is back! The beloved UK singer-songwriter has announced her first LP in seven years: West End Girl. It will also be her fifth studio album, and is set to drop this Friday, October 24.
Per a report by Pitchfork, the 14 tracks on the record were mostly written by Allen and her musical director, Blue May. The pair executive-produced the LP alongside Seb Chew and Kito.
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In a press release, Allen said, “I’m nervous. The record is vulnerable in a way that my music perhaps hasn’t been before - certainly not over the course of a whole album. I’ve tried to document my life in a new city and the events that led me to where I am in my life now. At the same time, I’ve used shared experiences as the basis for songs which try to delve into why we humans behave as we do, so the record is a mixture of fact and fiction which I hope serves as a reminder of how stoic yet also how frail we humans can be. In that respect I think it’s very much an album about the complexities of relationships and how we all navigate them. It’s a story…”
According to Genius, The record is in part a reflection of Allen’s life in New York after moving in with her husband actor, David Harbour. During her time in the city, Allen played the lead role in a West End revival of The Pillowman. After divorcing Harbour, Allen returned to London, where she spoke out about her mental health struggles surrounding the split.
Allen wrote and recorded West End Girl in Los Angeles in 2024 within the span of 10 days. She later finished it between London and New York.
In addition to the tracklist, album title, and release date, Allen has also revealed the project's cover art. It's a portrait of herself, painted by Spanish artist Nieves González.
Lily Allen's last studio album was 2018's No Shame. In the time since then, she's published a memoir, co-founded the podcast Miss Me?, and performed with Olivia Rodrigo twice. (Once in 2022, and more recently in 2024.)
See the cover art and full tracklist for West End Girl below.
West End Girl:
01 West End Girl
02 Ruminating
03 Sleepwalking
04 Tennis
05 Madeline
06 Relapse
07 Pussy Palace
08 4chan Stan
09 Nonmonogamummy (Ft. Specialist Moss)
10 Just Enough
11 Dallas Major
12 Beg for Me
13 Let You W/In
14 Fruityloop
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Article Image: Lily Allen at the 2022 premiere of "Violent Night." (Jean_Nelson via Depositphotos)
