West End Girl Artist : Lily Allen Label : BMG
The concept of “too much information” looms large throughout West End Girl, Lily Allen’s first album in seven years. Written in just 10 days in early 2025, it chronicles the disintegration of her relationship with Stranger Things actor David Harbour, whom she separated from after half a decade of marriage.
Break-up records tend to focus on the warp and weft of heartache, skipping the grisly details. Allen takes the opposite approach with a collection that picks away at the loose threads of an unravelling relationship.
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