British singer Lily Allen has described her latest album as a “really angry record”.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Elle UK, the singer said she was “terrified” of the reaction she would get from West End Girl, which she wrote in the wake of the breakdown of her marriage to US actor David Harbour.<\/p>\n
She told the magazine: “I was processing things that were happening at quite a traumatic period of time.<\/p>\n
“I don\u2019t think that it\u2019s a particularly self-aware record. It\u2019s a really angry record.<\/p>\n
“And it\u2019s a lot more about rage directed towards other people. It\u2019s not really about self-reflection.”<\/p>\n
She said she now realised it was good to get her feelings out, adding: “I think that if I\u2019ve learnt anything about myself from it, it\u2019s that rage is powerful and necessary, and it\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing to express.<\/p>\n
“In fact, repressed rage is arguably more damaging.”<\/p>\n
And she said that the positive reaction to her fifth studio album had given her a boost.<\/p>\n
“I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s great for the soul, but it\u2019s good for the ego,” she added.<\/p>\n
Allen, who is due to go on tour next month when she will perform West End Girl in its entirety each night, said it will “feel more like a Broadway-esque one-woman show, with really interesting set design”.<\/p>\n
“There\u2019ll be no band and no dancers,” she added.<\/p>\n
The mother-of-two, who appears on the cover of Elle UK, said she now receives lots of messages from women who have been cheated on.<\/p>\n
“In my Instagram DMs, I get loads of women telling me really graphic stuff,” she said.<\/p>\n
“All I can do is write some music that hopefully they identify with and makes them feel less alone.”<\/p>\n
The Madeline singer also said the parents of her daughters\u2019 friends are “happy for me” after seeing her suffer following her marriage split.<\/p>\n
She told the magazine: “They were there when I was in a really tough spot \u2013 they could see how drawn I was and how withdrawn I became and how skinny I got and how sad I was.<\/p>\n
“They\u2019d come and pick up their kids from play dates and I wouldn\u2019t come downstairs. I\u2019d be in my bedroom crying.”<\/p>\n
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