Lily Allen has suggested her album West End Girl could be turned into a West End play.
The Not Fair singer released the explosive record in October, just days after announcing the surprise project. She wrote and recorded the collection in a matter of days, following the end of her marriage to Stranger Things star David Harbour.
The 40-year-old singer insists the 14-track album is not a “revenge album” aimed at her ex-husband, 50, despite speculation running rife that it’s about him being unfaithful.
The album is laced with painful moments, which Allen herself has characterised as “autofiction.”
And those very woes could be turned into a production on London’s West End, with the pop star confirming talks are in place.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week, she was asked about a stage adaptation, to which she teased: “I might be… The ink is not dry – is that what they say? Something like that?
“But, you know, I’m definitely having some conversations with people about it.
“It’s very exciting.”
It wouldn’t be the Smile hitmaker’s first foray into theatre, having made her West End debut in Matthew Dunster’s 2:22 A Ghost Story in 2021.
She has since starred in Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman play in 2023, and most recently, Dunster’s take on Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler.
Lily previously insisted West End Girl isn’t a “cruel album”.
She told Interview magazine: “It’s not a cruel album. I don’t feel like I’m being mean. It was just the feelings I was processing at the time.”
Lily is in a different headspace now than she was when she wrote the record and doesn’t feel the need for “revenge”.
She said: “I mean, I wrote this record in 10 days in December and I feel very differently about the whole situation now. We all go through breakups and it’s always f****** brutal. But I don’t think it’s that often that you feel inclined to write about it while you’re in it.
“That’s what’s fun about this record; it’s viscerally like going through the motions. At the time, I was really trying to process things and that’s great in terms of the album, but I don’t feel confused or angry now. I don’t need revenge.”
