Lily Allen has written a breakup album

Allen didn’t confirm or deny rumors of infidelity on the part of Harbour, whom she married in 2020, when asked, but rather answered, in the magazine’s words, “in the manner of someone who has recently spent an inordinate amount of money on lawyers’ fees.” “There are things that are on the record that I experienced within my marriage, but that’s not to say that it’s all gospel,” Allen said. “It is inspired by what went on in the relationship.” Even if a selection of lyrics shared by the outlet were just a way for her to process the “confusion, sorrow, grief, [and] helplessness” she felt as her relationship fell apart, they do seem to point to some sort of infidelity. “You let me think it was me in my head / And nothing to do with them girls in your bed,” she reportedly sings on “Sleepwalking,” a track Vogue characterizes as a “standout.” On “Dallas Major,” she sings, “You know I used to be quite famous that was way back in the day / I probably should explain how my marriage has been open since my husband went astray.” Another called “4chan” reportedly contains the lyric, “What a sad, sad man, it’s giving 4chan stan.” 

We still don’t know when the album will actually be released or what it will sound like, other than pissed off. Vogue does give it a glowing pre-review: “It is, quite possibly, Lily at the very peak of her powers: the gut-punch lyrics, now with added years on the clock, are set to infectious pop, and her pitch-perfect voice is at its most beautifully fragile. Frankly, it will eviscerate you.” We’ll see how much that description holds up in time, but for now, it’s not hard out here for Lily Allen fans.