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Lily Allen and David Harbour List Brooklyn Brownstone as New Album Lays Bare Split

The move follows Allen’s release of West End Girl, her first album in seven years.

Overview

  • TMZ reports the former couple’s renovated Carroll Gardens townhouse is on the market for $7,995,000 after they bought it in 2021 for about $3.35 million and overhauled it with designer Billy Cotton and architect Ben Bischoff.
  • Allen says she wrote and recorded West End Girl in 10 days in December 2024, describing that period as deeply depressive but creatively galvanizing.
  • The record traces a marriage’s breakdown and includes explicit scenes tied to a figure called Madeline, which Allen says draw on real experiences while using artistic license.
  • In a Times interview, Allen recounts discovering alleged infidelity by finding David Harbour’s profile on the dating app Raya with a fake account.
  • Allen says she entered trauma therapy and briefly checked into a clinic after the breakup, and she plans to tour following the album’s October 24 release.