Lily Allen’s New Album Reveals Shocking Allegations Against Ex-Husband David Harbour Cheating And Possibly Fathering Another Woman’s Child

Earlier this year, singer Lily Allen and Stranger Things actor David Harbour called it quits on their four-year marriage. The two married in 2020, though there has been hints that things weren’t going well at the end of 2024. And with the release of Lily Allen’s latest album, West End Girl, the songstress might just be hinting at more scandal than the public originally believed.

In many ways, it feels as though the album chronicles their time together, including when they bought their New York brownstone together. While a good number of the songs hint to her lover (presumably Harbour) being with other women, there are some details that clearly hint at a troubled marriage. For instance, in Sleepwalking, she sings:

Who said romance isn’t dead? Been no romance since we wed
“Why aren’t we f*cking baby?” Yeah that’s what you said
But you let me think it was me in my head
And nothing to do with them girls in your bed

She chronicles feeling jealous of her lover’s other relationships in Tennis, including uncovering damning messages on his phone:

So I read your text, and now I regret it
I can’t get my head round how you’ve been playing tennis
If it was just sex, I wouldn’t be jealous
You won’t play with me and who’s Madeline?

It’s interesting that she mentions a woman named “Madeline,” because that’s the name of the next song on the album, where she sings about confronting the woman, who she hints is someone she already knew:

We had an arrangement
Be discreet and don’t be blatant
There had to be payment
It had to be with strangers
But you’re not a stranger, Madeline

While it’s clear Allen is hinting at having an open relationship with Harbour, the song also seems to imply that he didn’t stick to their arrangement and cheated on her.

In P*ssy Palace, Lily sings about kicking her lover out of their shared home and asking him to stay in their West Village apartment instead—and later about the shocking scene she found when she visited the apartment to drop off some of his things:

I found a shoebox full of handwritten letters
From brokenhearted women wishing you could have been better
Sheets pulled off the bed, they’re strewn all on the floor
Long black hair, probably from the night before
Duane Reade bag with the handles tied
S*x toys, b*tt plugs, l*be inside
Hundreds of Trojans, you’re so f*cking broken
How’d I get caught up in your double life?

In 4chan Stan, Lily continues with the story, talking about their “marriage of convenience” and how she was planning a divorce. She also hinted that her lover may have had an affair with someone famous:

Why won’t you tell me what her name is? This is outrageous
What, is she famous? Say that it’s over
Do you mean a hiatus? Why won’t you tell me?

In Nonmonogamummy, Lily sings about her frustration of having an open marriage—and how she had been willing to give up anything for her partner:

I don’t wanna f*ck with anyone else, I know that’s all you wanna do
I’m so committed that I’d lose myself ’cause I don’t want to lose you, you, you
I changed my immigration status for you to treat me like a stranger
Why do I feel like such a failure? A life with you looked good on paper

In the next song on the album, just enough, Lily makes one the biggest bombshell allegation on the whole album—that a pregnancy may have been involved, but it wasn’t her own (or, at the very least, she had believed there was):

Did you fall in love with someone who isn’t me?
Why arе we here talking about vasеctomies?
Did you get someone pregnant? Someone who isn’t me?
Did you take her to the clinic? Did you hold her hand?
Is she having your babies?

In Dallas Major, Lily continues her story to explain how after her lover cheated, they opened their marriage, and how she tried to find her own lovers, too:

So I go by Dallas Major but that’s not really my name
You know I used to be quite famous, that was way back in the day
Yes, I’m here for validation and I probably should explain
How my marriage has been open since my husband went astray

The final two songs on the album seem to be Lily accepting the end of her relationship and realizing that she doesn’t have to hold her lovers secrets anymore. In Let You W/in, she says “But I can walk out with my dignity, if I lay my truth on the table,” and then goes into her final song, Fruityloop:

You’re just a little boy looking for his mummy
Things have gotten complicated what with all the fame and money
Playing with his toys, he just wants attention
He can’t really do attachment, scared he’s gonna be a burden
And finally I see (I see)

This album is… definitely a doozy. I think I’m going to have to sit with a lot of these allegations and implications, but one thing is clear: Lily Allen will no longer be silent.