On The Jaw-Dropping West End Girl, Lily Allen Sets A New Bar For The Confessional Break-Up Album

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68fb2b081800003bd6fe41e8.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Lily Allen performing at Glastonbury in 2022" data-caption="Lily Allen performing at Glastonbury in 2022" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Joseph Okpako/WireImage" />Lily Allen performing at Glastonbury in 2022</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400">As soon as <a href="news/lily-allen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lily Allen</a> announced her return to the pop world with her fifth album West End Girl last week, it was clear the press was going to have a field day.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">Lily has been a tabloid fixture since she first burst onto the pop scene more than 20 years ago, and at the height of her fame, was arguably as known for her headline-grabbing antics and personal drama as she was for her frank and confessional songwriting.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">West End Girl is not just her first release in seven years, but the first since her much-publicised split from her second husband, <a href="news/stranger-things/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stranger Things</a> actor <a href="news/david-harbour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Harbour</a>. The pair <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lily-allen-david-harbour-wedding-marriage-las-vegas_uk_5f59c480c5b67602f6008f4b">tied the knot in Las Vegas in 2020</a>, after which they relocated to New York with Lily’s two daughters from her first marriage, and were <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/david-harbour-avoids-questions-lily-al