"Allen's new album, "West End Girl," clearly addresses a husband character on every track, detailing the dissolution of the narrator's marriage with brutal specificity. It's the kind of specificity that the real-life Allen, who married "Stranger Things" star David Harbour in 2020, seems to deliberately be avoiding in the press since news of their split broke in February. Whether for legal or personal reasons, Allen has been careful to hedge when asked about the album's inspiration,"
"describing its narrator as an alter-ego (also named Lily Allen) and its characters as proxies for real people. Even while describing Harbour as her "ex-husband" in a recent interview with British Vogue, Allen gave no clarity about divorce proceedings or co-parenting arrangements when pressed. "You'll have to ask him," she demurred. (Harbour, for his part, has stayed mum since the album's release."
Lily Allen released an album whose lyrics recount explicit details of an open relationship and the breakdown of a marriage. The lyrics include lines about an arrangement requiring discretion, payment, and strangers, and describe finding sheets on the floor and secret sex toys. The album, West End Girl, addresses a husband character on every track and details the narrator's marital dissolution with brutal specificity. The real-life Allen has described the narrator as an alter-ego and the characters as proxies for real people. Allen has declined to clarify divorce or co-parenting arrangements when pressed. David Harbour has largely remained silent, calling tabloid coverage 'hysterical hyperbole.'
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