• Lily Allen and Stranger Things star David Harbour split up after four years of marriage in Feb. 2025.
  • Lily dropped her fifth album, West End Girl, which was largely inspired by their breakup, on Oct. 24.
  • She was recently asked how she thinks David will react to the confessional album, and her response was unexpected.

In case you haven’t scrolled through your social feeds or queued up some songs on Spotify since October 24, allow us to loop you in: Lily Allen dropped major bombshells on her latest album, West End Girl. More specifically, her 14 new tracks detail the end of her marriage with David Harbour, who allegedly cheated on her in an open relationship.

In the days since, Lily has been posting about her tell-all project on social media, and the other woman (known as the pseudonym “Madeline” on several of the album’s tracks) has since reacted to the project.

Of course, fans are wondering how David might feel about all of Lily’s confessional lyrics, which were reportedly written in 10 days during their initial split in December 2024. He hasn’t weighed in (yet, anyway), but the “Pussy Palace” singer-songwriter revealed how she thinks he might react to the album during a conversation with Mel Ottenberg for Interview magazine.

“It’s not a cruel album,” she said. “I don’t feel like I’m being mean. It was just the feelings I was processing at the time.”

She added that she’s in a different mental place than she was when she penned the songs, saying, “I feel very differently about the whole situation now. We all go through breakups, and it’s always fucking brutal. But I don’t think it’s that often that you feel inclined to write about it while you’re in it.”

“That’s what’s fun about this record; it’s viscerally like going through the motions,” Lily shared about the chronological nature of her storytelling across the 14 songs. “At the time, I was really trying to process things, and that’s great in terms of the album, but I don’t feel confused or angry now. I don’t need revenge.”

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Lily Allen and David Harbour in 2022.

The “Smile” hitmaker added that she felt it was “important” that she “didn’t sound like a victim” because she wanted the record to “feel brutal and tragic but also empowering” for listeners.

As for how David might react to it all? “I try not to think about that,” she admitted.

Noted!