In her latest album, Lily Allen sought revenge on her ex–husband David Harbour in the most brutal of ways after accusing him of cheating on her.
Now after eviscerating the Stranger Things actor in her hit record West End Girl, the singer is set to seek retribution once again – but this time on the music industry colleagues who she claims bullied and abused her in the past, Daily Mail reports.
The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Ms Lily Allen, 40, is determined to finally release an album which was written five years ago and features songs intended to ‘shame’ the men who mistreated her.
It was never released by her label BMG at the time as her popularity had dipped and her music career appeared to be in free fall.
But tonight a music industry insider said: ‘There’s now great excitement about Lily’s unreleased album finally getting a release. She’s really pushing the idea.
‘Having timed the release of West End Girl perfectly to coincide with Harbour’s comeback in Stranger Things, heaven knows what she’s got in store for her other exes if the album does get released.
‘Lily knows her currency right now, she is a superstar after her last album and if ever there was a time to get what she wants, it’s now.’
Every song on the unreleased album is about a separate colleague, although she refrains from actually naming the men and instead uses a different first name for each song.
The source adds: ‘There will be plenty of material – Lily has had rotten time within the industry. As a vulnerable young woman, there were many people circling around to abuse her.’
In 2018 Ms Lily Allen claimed she had been sexually abused by a music industry executive, saying the unnamed man had settled her in his hotel room after a party and then tried to have sex with her as she slept.
To avoid legal ramifications, her bosses have suggested she use the British–born producer Blue May, who worked with her on West End Girl, to help her update the record.
Ms Lily Allen, mother to Ethel, 14, and Marnie, 13, was in Los Angeles, where May lives, in recent weeks.
She has made such an impact that as music industry executives gather for tonight’s Grammy Awards, the London–born singer is ‘the talk of the town’.