Lily Allen Is So Back, Announcing Her First Album in Seven Years

The year is 2008. You're blasting Lily Allen's "Not Fair" through your pink Walkman and gliding down the street in your Heelys and life is good. For many of us who came of age in the early 2000s, the unfiltered honesty and sharp wit of her 2006 debut album, Alright, Still, earned it cult classic status. Thanks to TikTok, her early songs are once again resonating with a new generation. The year is now 2025, and Lily Allen is so back.

The artist announced the release of her fifth studio album, West End Girl, set to drop this Friday, October 24. Describing it as her most "vulnerable" work to date, Allen shared that she wrote and recorded all 14 songs over an "intense 10-day period" following her split from ex-husband David Harbour in December 2024. "It was a way for me to process what was happening in my life," she told Vogue.

 

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Now 40, and seven years since her last release (No Shame, 2018), Allen is once again turning heartbreak into art, something she's long mastered. Her debut album came after her first major heartbreak, and her sophomore project was written in the aftermath of her first marriage ending. If history's any indicator, West End Girl is likely to be raw and unflinchingly honest.

The tracks were written by Allen in collaboration with her musical director, Blue May. Executive producers Seb Chew and Kito also helped shape the record, while the album artwork was created by painter Nieves González. With early 2010s favorites like Rizzle Kicks, Hilary Duff and Kylie Minogue recently stepping back into the spotlight, this wave of musical nostalgia feels perfectly timed, and Lily Allen's return is the cherry on top.

West End Girl drops on October 24. Consider our playlists officially updated.

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