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singer lily allen have confirmed that the mysterious Madeline character on their new album was created by multiple people.
The 40-year-old popstar returned this week west end girlHer first album in seven years, it covers a number of complex topics including cheating, gaslighting, open relationships and sex addiction.
Allen himself has described the album as “a mixture of fact and fiction”, which I hope will serve as a reminder of how stupid we humans can be.
14-track record follows the demise of his marriage To stranger things Actor David Harbour.
On the songs “Tennis” and “Madeline”, Allen name-checks a woman named Madeline, questioning him after seeing a text message from her on her partner’s phone.
talking to many timesAllen told the newspaper that Madeline was “a fictional character”. When asked if she was “the creation of others”, Allen said: “Yes”.
In the same interview, Allen said she wrote the album in just 10 days the previous December, when she was “really depressed”.
“I felt like I had no good songs left,” she explains. “My writing was really bad and something happening in my life, everything falling apart, was the thing for me to say, ‘Oh, here she is.'”
She added, “Traditionally in my life, when traumatic things happen, I take time to step away. I certainly don’t think I could have got up on stage a few days after losing a child.” [Allen suffered a stillbirth in 2010]But it’s probably more a physical thing. And there are levels of insult – right?”
In a five star review, IndependentHannah Ivens wrote: “This isn’t just confessional pop, it’s oblivion; an emotional post-mortem conducted in public, a multimillion-dollar account of the breakdown of a thoroughly modern marriage.”
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Allen married Harbor in 2019 after meeting on Raya, an exclusive dating app popular among celebrities and other high-profile figures.
She revealed earlier this month that she had entered a treatment facility following their separation last year as she struggled with intense feelings of depression and nearly relapsed after six years of sobriety.
the singer told British Vogue That she “wanted to die” but is now “feeling fine” after finding a sponsor and going to daily meetings in addition to medication, therapy and antidepressants.
During his Brit Award-winning and Grammy-nominated career, Allen has released five albums: ok, still (2006), it’s not me it’s you (2009), Sheezus (2014), no shame (2018) andwest end girl (2025).
In recent years, she has turned to acting, including starring in plays 2:22: A Ghost Story, The Pillowman And Hedda.