Overview
- Lily Allen posted a TikTok dressed as the children’s-book character Madeline, echoing the title of a song tied to her marriage breakdown, captioned, “Who IS Madeline though, actually?”.
- David Harbour discussed “pain, slip-ups and mistakes” in an Esquire Spain interview published this weekend but conducted before the album’s release, offering his most-cited public remarks to date.
- West End Girl, released October 24, frames itself as autofiction and includes explicit lyrics about an open arrangement and alleged boundary-breaking during Allen’s marriage.
- Media reports identify costume designer Natalie Tippett as the woman alluded to in lyrics, with Tippett telling the Mail she has heard the song and is worried for her family.
- Coverage also noted Harbour spending time with Allen’s daughters shortly after the album’s release, with reports of a theme-park outing in Orlando.