She’s back, and she’s got something to say.
After seven long years away from the music scene, Lily Allen has officially announced her fifth studio album, West End Girl, arriving October 24th via BMG.
The record features 14 brand new songs, written and recorded over an intense 10-day period that began in Los Angeles last December and later wrapped in London and New York.
Lily co-wrote every song, alongside her longtime musical director Blue May, with executive production from Seb Chew, Kito, and Blue May. The project’s visuals and cover art come from Spanish artist Nieves González, giving this new era a distinct artistic heartbeat before we’ve even heard a note.
West End Girl finds Lily in a completely new chapter: candid, vulnerable, and honest. “The record is vulnerable in a way that my music perhaps hasn’t been before,” she shared in an official press release. “I’ve tried to document my life in a new city and the events that led me to where I am in my life now.”
And if there’s one thing we know about Lily, it’s that she doesn’t hold back. From her razor-sharp pop debut “Alright, Still” to the introspective “No Shame,” she’s never been afraid to mix humor, heartbreak, and truth, something that’s clearly alive and well in this new body of work.
Since stepping away from music, Lily has flourished in other creative spaces: from sold-out theater runs like 2:22 A Ghost Story and The Pillowman to co-hosting her hit podcast Miss Me with Miquita Oliver.
But West End Girl is her official return to the spotlight, blending fact and fiction into a narrative about reinvention, relationships, and what it means to start over. “I think it’s very much an album about the complexities of relationships and how we all navigate them,” she says. “It’s a story…”
West End Girl drops October 24th, and let’s be real… the pop world just got a lot more interesting again. Be sure to pre-save it now!
XO Diva D 