LILY ALLEN

Who is Lily Allen?

Lily Allen's varied career has seen her arrive as the heralded darling of social media site MySpace with whip-smart lyrics and an infectious reggae-inspired sound, before switching tact for her electronic and inherently more socio-political second record It's Not Me, It's You and chasing what some may class as an outdated form of pop stardom on Sheezus. 2018's No Shame brought Lily back down to Earth, but its nomination for that year's Mercury Prize showed the years had dulled none of her talent; 3 Number 1 singles and 2 Number 1 albums speak for themselves.

On Monday 20th October, Lily Allen announced her fifth studio album West End Girl, to be released on October 24, via BMG. The record, Lily’s first for seven years, features 14 brand new songs, written and recorded over an intense 10 day period in Los Angeles starting in Dec 2024, and later finished in London and New York.

On 31st October 2025, Lily Allen netted her highest-charting album in 11 years with candid divorce record West End Girl (4).

Lily’s much-talked about fifth studio collection became her highest-charting album since 2014’s chart-topping Sheezus. West End Girl joins 2006’s Alright, Still (2), 2009’s It’s Not Me, It’s You (1), Sheezus (1) and 2018’s No Shame (8) in an unbroken run of five consecutive Top 10 studio albums for the West London singer.

Released only on digital platforms so far, no other digital-only release by a British artist in 2025 has been streamed more times in its opening week than West End Girl. It’s also the UK’s most-downloaded album of its first week, landing at Number 1 on the Official Albums Downloads Chart.