Lily Allen reveals she wants to write her first album in six years following her split from husband David Harbour
Lily Allen has had a change of heart and wants to write her first album in six years after getting her ‘head in order’ for the first time – which could allow her to open up about her recent marriage break-up.
Just a few weeks ago, she said she couldn’t write music anymore because she couldn’t stop herself from being honest and vulnerable – and she worried she might regret it if her album sales didn’t earn her honesty.
While she admitted she hadn’t gotten that far in making concrete plans to start writing again, she said she was taking a first step in “manifesting” her desire to get back into a studio.
In June, Lily will appear in a production of Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler, but before revealing her New Year’s plans, she said: ‘First I’m going to clear my head.
‘I’m working on myself a bit in this early part of the year, then I’ll do some more writing, then I’ll do my play – hopefully an album will be out at the end of this year. the year.’
Lily Allen has had a change of heart and wants to write her first album in six years after getting her ‘head straight’ for the first time
The album allowed her to pour her heart out about her recent marriage, divorced from David Harbor (pictured in June 2024)
When her best friend Miquita Oliver sounded shocked that she was returning to music, Lily responded: “It’s not real, I’m just trying to manifest it now.”
The hitmaker added: ‘I think I’m going to try to be less of a narcissist in 2025.
‘I have to be more empathetic. I’ve been pretty preoccupied with myself and victimhood lately and I’m ready to move on.”
Just last month, as her marriage ended, Lily said she was too scared to write new music because she wanted it to be vulnerable.
She said she didn’t mind expressing her heartache, but she only wanted to do it if enough people were listening to make her feel like being so open was worth it.
But she was gripped by the fear that this would not be the case and might not have a large enough audience.
The singer admitted she was scared, despite believing her latest album No Shame was her best yet – it reached number eight in the UK charts.
Lily added that she had not lost her passion for making music, saying that another problem is that she wanted to feel financially independent, but the advent of streaming makes that very difficult for artists.
The 39-year-old singer did not deny her split from Stranger Things actor David Harbor during her first Miss Me? podcast since they broke up
When her best friend Miquita Oliver sounded shocked that she was returning to music, Lily responded: “It’s not real, I’m just trying to manifest it now.”
Lily, who has been acting since her last music release, said: ‘The fear of failure stops me from doing things. I’m really scared of writing music right now and I think it’s the fear of failure.”
When asked by Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe on her podcast if it’s because of the gap since she last released an album, she replied: ‘No, I don’t think so. I think I’m somewhat traumatized by the last album I released because I really felt like it was my best work and it should have been much more successful commercially.
“I know that sounds very legitimate, and it is somewhat legitimate, but it also has a little bit to do with ego.
‘And also just the reality that you can now make a living with music. It’s really difficult. It’s a scary prospect.’
When asked if she still has the same passion for writing, Lily, who had a hit single called The Fear, said: ‘Yes, I do, but there’s a bit of a block.
‘I don’t know, I think it’s fear of the truth. I just want to tell the truth, and I think if I’m really going to go there, I have to like really reveal some things. I’m afraid to do that.
“And then I can’t bear the idea of doing that and then releasing it without anyone noticing. But that’s because I’m a greedy narcissist.’
When asked if she wanted to say that she wanted to be vulnerable, but not on a small scale, she said: ‘Yes. That’s really true.
Just a few weeks ago she said she couldn’t write music anymore because she couldn’t stop herself from being honest and vulnerable
‘If four people were to sit at the table where I am now and ask me to sing, I would have a much bigger problem with that than if I were sitting in a room of five thousand people.
‘I want the stakes to be higher. It shouldn’t be about that. It should just be about expressing yourself freely.
“But somehow, in the 20 years I’ve been doing this, I’ve managed to get my ego caught up in it and complicate things.”
She added, “So the fear of failure, it’s over.”