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Lily Allen and David Harbour.Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n\u201cStranger Things\u201d fans know David Harbour as the lovably gruff Chief of Police Jim Hopper, but a whole new side of him has been exposed by Lily Allen\u2019s new breakup album, \u201cWest End Girl.\u201d <\/p>\n
Harbour and Allen\u2019s separation was confirmed earlier this year. The pair tied the knot in September 2020 after about a year of dating. \u201cWest End Girl,\u201d which was released on Oct. 24, paints a scathing portrait of Harbour\u2019s alleged behavior during the marriage.<\/p>\n
The album opens with the title track, which includes a one-sided phone call of Allen getting the news that her husband wants to open their marriage. She was in London at the time, making her West End debut in the play \u201c2:22 A Ghost Story,\u201d while Harbour was back in their shared New York City home.<\/p>\n
Lily Allen and David Harbour.Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy can\u2019t you wait for me to come home? This conversation\u2019s too big for a phone call,\u201d Allen sings on the following track, \u201cRuminating.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bombshell revelations continue from there. The track \u201cMadeline\u201d suggests that Harbour deviated from the duo\u2019s rules for their open marriage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had an arrangement \/ Be discreet and don\u2019t be blatant \/ There had to be payment \/ It had to be with strangers \/ But you\u2019re not a stranger, Madeline,\u201d Allen sings.<\/p>\n
Allen\u2019s dark sense of humor has been part of her lyrical style since her 2006 debut record, \u201cAlright, Still,\u201d but she reaches new scathing heights on \u201cWest End Girl.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whether she\u2019s singing about finding her husband\u2019s stash of sexual paraphernalia (\u201cHundreds of Trojans \/ you\u2019re so f\u2014ing broken\u201d) or her own reluctant return to dating apps (\u201cI\u2019m a mum to teenage children, does that sound like fun to you?\u201d), Allen holds nothing back. <\/p>\n
After listening to \u201cWest End Girl\u201d in its entirety, it\u2019s easy to wonder how Harbour will be able to show his face doing press for the final season of \u201cStranger Things,\u201d<\/a> which hits Netflix on Nov. 26. But Allen told Interview Magazine<\/a> that she wasn\u2019t seeking \u201crevenge\u201d when she released the album.<\/p>\n \u201cI wrote this record in 10 days in December [2024], and I feel very differently about the whole situation now. We all go through breakups and it\u2019s always f\u2014ing brutal. But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s that often that you feel inclined to write about it while you\u2019re in it,\u201d she said. \u201cAt the time, I was really trying to process things and that\u2019s great in terms of the album, but I don\u2019t feel confused or angry now. I don\u2019t need revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Who\u2019s missing from the \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 season 5 trailer?<\/a><\/p>\n Allen also told British Vogue <\/a>that not everything on the record is the literal truth. <\/p>\n \u201cThere are things that are on the record that I experienced within my marriage, but that\u2019s not to say that it\u2019s all gospel,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is inspired by what went on in the relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n Harbour has yet to publicly react to \u201cWest End Girl.\u201d Allen told Interview magazine that she tries \u201cnot to think about\u201d him hearing the songs. Back in April, Harbour told GQ <\/a>that there was \u201cno use\u201d in weighing in on the discourse about him and Allen \u201cbecause it\u2019s all based on hysterical hyperbole\u201d and amounted to \u201ca salacious s\u2014show of humiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n Allen defends her right to air out her ex\u2019s dirty laundry on the \u201cWest End Girl\u201d track \u201cLet you W\/In.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGod knows how long you\u2019ve been getting away with it \/ Already let you in, all I can do is sing \/ So why should I let you win?\u201d she sings. <\/p>\n Part 1 of \u201cStranger Things\u201d season 5 will hit Netflix on Nov. 26. Parts 2 and 3 will premiere on Dec. 25 and Dec. 31, respectively. Past seasons of \u201cStranger Things\u201d are available to stream on Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cStranger Things\u201d fans know David Harbour as the lovably gruff Chief of Police Jim Hopper, but a whole…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-110121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}