Lily Allen
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Born | Lily Rose Beatrice Allen 2 May 1985 Hammersmith, London, England |
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Lily Rose Beatrice Allen
Her second studio album,
Allen also ventured into other careers; in 2008, she hosted her own television talk show, Lily Allen and Friends, on BBC Three before launching her own record label, In the Name Of, in 2011.[7] In 2018, Allen released her autobiographical book, My Thoughts Exactly.[8] As an actress, Allen appeared in the 2019 film How to Build a Girl. In 2021, she made her West End debut in the new play 2:22 A Ghost Story, for which she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress.
Early life
Allen was born on 2 May 1985
At the age of three, Allen appeared in
Allen attended 13 schools, including King Charles III's junior alma mater, the
Allen told
Music career
2001–2005: Career beginnings
When her family went to
In 2005, Allen was signed to
2006–2008: Alright, Still
The success convinced her label to allow her more creative control over the album and to use some of the songs that she had written instead of working with mainstream producers. Allen decided to work with producers
In 2007, she played the newly launched Park Stage at the
Allen later performed at a benefit concert for War Child, an international child protection agency that works with children affected by war. Backed by Keane, Allen sang "Smile" and "Everybody's Changing".[36]
2008–2011: It's Not Me, It's You and musical hiatus
After the release of her first album, her parent record company, EMI, was taken over by Terra Firma.[37] She also changed her management company from Empire Artist Management to Twenty-First Artists, although her core team remained in place. At the urging of her record company, Allen tried unsuccessfully to create the album with several writers and producers. Allen eventually returned to Greg Kurstin who had written three songs for Alright, Still.[18] The album was produced by Kurstin at Eagle Rock Studios in Los Angeles.[38] Before returning to Kus, Allen co-wrote the songs for the album with Kurstin who played piano on it. This is a change from her earlier work in which she wrote lyrics for finished tracks.[39] Allen released a statement saying "We decided to try and make bigger sounding, more ethereal songs, real songs ... I wanted to work with one person from start to finish to make it one body of work. I wanted it to feel like it had some sort of integrity. I think I've grown up a bit as a person and I hope it reflects that."[38] She posted two new song demos on her Myspace page and planned to release a mixtape to give her fans an idea of what the new direction was.[40][citation needed][41][42][43][44]
Allen cancelled a scheduled appearance at the 2008
It's Not Me, It's You was released in February 2009. It debuted at the number 1 position in the UK, Canada, and Australia and the number 5 position in the United States.
Allen and Jamie Hince, guitarist for The Kills, raised £48,350 for the children's charity The Hoping Foundation. The pair sang "Dream a Little Dream of Me" at a karaoke auction fundraiser.[67]
In September 2009, Allen announced that she was considering a career in acting, that she would not renew her record contract, and that she had "no plans" to make another record.
2012–2018: Sheezus and No Shame
In June 2012, Allen confirmed she was in the studio working with Greg Kurstin on new music.[72][73][74] She later changed her professional name from Lily Allen to Lily Rose Cooper[75] and appeared on the track "True Love" on Pink's sixth studio album, The Truth About Love, released in September 2012. In February 2013, she performed live at a Paris fashion show produced by Mark Ronson in what she called her "mumback", and foreshadowed the release of a new album "inspired by her experiences of motherhood" by the end of 2013.[76] In August 2013, she changed her professional name back to Lily Allen and tweeted new music would be arriving "soon".[77]
In November 2013, Allen recorded a cover of
Following the release of Sheezus (2014), Allen had an "identity crisis". She did not enjoy the music she was being asked to create and believed people within the music industry were controlling her musical choices.[84][85] Allen mentioned on the podcast News Roast that she is working on a new album, which will mainly deal with herself, her relationship with her children, the breakdown of her marriage, substance abuse, etc. Allen has been working with Mark Ronson.[86] In late 2017, Allen uploaded numerous songs online in preparation for the album, including the track titled "Family Man".[87] When conceiving the album Allen wanted to work through her problems via music. Allen decided to do this because she felt that people are often led "by outside forces" when they are trying to express themselves – something she wanted to explore when creating No Shame.[88]
Later that year, in December, a song called "Trigger Bang" was leaked and featured rapper
2019–present: Concept album and second hiatus
In April 2019, Allen revealed on
In the Glastonbury Festival 2022, Allen appeared during Olivia Rodrigo's set to perform "Fuck You", as a protest against the 2022 Supreme Court ruling that abortion was not protected by the Constitution of the United States.[95][96][97] The Guardian described it as a "thrilling and furious" moment.[98] Allen later said that she was unsure that she could perform "on a stage like that sober again", being nearly three years sober.[99]
In late 2022, Allen booked five weeks in a music studio, but she said it felt "contrived" and that the music was not ready to be released.[100] In 2024 she said she had recorded around 50 songs for her next music project, which she was still working on.[101]
Acting career
Stage
In June 2021, Allen announced that she would be playing the lead role of Jenny in the West End play 2:22 A Ghost Story at the Noël Coward Theatre from 3 August 2021. The play, directed by Matthew Dunster and written by Danny Robins saw Allen debut in August 2021.[102][103][4] Reviewing the play for The Independent, Annabel Nugent wrote, "Allen is superb as Jenny. Exhaustion thrums a fraction below her palpable fear – just visible enough in her performance to have you questioning Jenny's version of events".[104] In 2022, she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress,[105] and also won a WhatsOnStage Award for her performance.[106]
In 2023, Allen starred in The Pillowman, staged at the Duke of York's Theatre, London. Allen's performance received mixed reviews by critics.[107][108][109]
Screen
Allen made an appearance as a lady-in-waiting in the 1998 film Elizabeth, which was co-produced by her mother. She later appeared as Elizabeth Taylor in How to Build a Girl in July 2019, alongside her brother Alfie.[110]
In April 2023, Allen starred alongside Freema Agyeman in Sharon Horgan's comedy-drama Dreamland for Sky Max. It was developed from a short starring Morgana Robinson that aired in 2017.[111][112]
Other ventures
Allen signed a one series contract to present her own BBC Three TV show titled Lily Allen and Friends based on the social networking phenomenon that helped to launch her music career.[113][114][115] Guests included Mark Ronson, Joanna Page, James Corden, Lauren Laverne, Róisín Murphy, Louis Walsh, and Danny Dyer.[116] The show attracted only 2 per cent of the total multi-channel audience despite a high-profile nationwide marketing campaign.[117] Citing Allen's rapid development as a TV host and her popularity among its target audience BBC Three announced it was renewing Lily Allen and Friends for a second season.[118] BBC Three controller Danny Cohen later said that the show would not air in the spring of 2009 as originally scheduled because of music commitments.[119]
In 2009, Allen was named the face of the
On 20 September 2018, Allen published the memoir
In October 2020, Allen worked with the sex tech company Womanizer to create her own sex toy called "Liberty", a clitoral pump.[129] She is the chief liberation officer at Womanizer and is heading up their #IMasturbate campaign which encourages women to embrace their own sexuality.[130] Liberty was positively reviewed in The Independent and Mashable.[131][132] The product sucks and massages the clitoris without making direct contact, using sonic waves to induce sexual pleasure.[131] It is waterproof and has six different intensity levels.[133] Allen had previously recommended Womanizer's products in her autobiography My Thoughts Exactly.[134][135]
In 2024, Alen began hosting a twice-weekly BBC Sounds podcast, Miss Me?, with her lifelong friend Miquita Oliver.[136]
Personal life
Allen has spoken publicly about her seven-year stalking ordeal and the effect it had on her life. Her stalker, Alex Gray, first made contact with Allen in 2008 when he sent her a series of tweets, claiming he had written her song "The Fear", under the Twitter handle "@lilyallenisRIP". He then sent Allen threatening letters to her home, her clothes shop, her record label and her manager's office.[137] In October 2015, he sent an email to his mother stating he was planning on murdering a celebrity and went on to spend nights in Allen's back garden, broke into her bedroom whilst she was sleeping, and ultimately forced Allen to move. Allen has strongly criticised the Metropolitan Police for their inaction in the case, which included refusals to show Allen a picture of her stalker, lending her a panic alarm before demanding it back and refusal to believe stalking incidents were linked.[138][139] In April 2016, Gray was convicted of burglary and harassment. At Harrow Crown Court on 10 June, Judge Martyn Barklem sentenced him to an indefinite hospital order. Gray was also made the subject of a restraining order and banned from entering the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham or the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.[140][141]
Allen said that she isolated herself following the stalking incidents, believing that "nobody was taking me seriously because the police weren't taking me seriously". This coincided with her divorce, in which she says "everyone sided with [Cooper]", and her album No Shame became the outlet for her issues.[12] In February 2017, Allen said that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.[142]
Allen has been outspoken regarding her body image throughout her career. In an interview for Lorraine, an ITV breakfast program, Allen mentions that she "used to sleep for days so that [she] didn't eat" and that her relationship with her body was "not great" in her 20s. When asked about being influenced by the pressure of the music industry to "look a certain way in order to sell records," she replied that due to her defiant way of dealing with these unrealistic expectations, she was often criticized far more than the average musician.[143] In January 2021, Allen gave an interview to discuss how she became addicted to the prescription drug Adderall in 2014 in order to lose weight before supporting Miley Cyrus on her Bangerz tour.[144] She began a journey of recovery soon after when she was tempted to try heroin.
In November 2010, she took legal action against
Allen is a cricket fan and has appeared on Test Match Special.[146]
In 2023, she was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).[147]
Relationships and children
Allen began dating musician Ed Simons of the
In July 2009, Allen began dating Sam Cooper, a builder and decorator.
Allen and Cooper became engaged in December 2010 while on holiday in
On 2 September 2018, Allen posted on Instagram that she had had sex with female escorts in 2014 whilst married to Cooper, and whilst on tour promoting Sheezus.[168][169] Allen had included details of these events in her book My Thoughts Exactly, and said that she made the Instagram post as the Daily Mail were planning to publish an article about it the following day.[170] Saying that "I'm not proud, but I'm not ashamed", Allen has linked the events to her postnatal depression and the breakdown of her marriage. Allen has criticised the press for portraying the events as a "lesbian prostitute sex romp".[170][171]
In My Thoughts Exactly, Allen writes that she had an affair with Liam Gallagher when he was married to Nicole Appleton. In mid-2015, Allen and Cooper broke up, after she told him about her acts of infidelity.[172] In June 2018, it was publicly announced that a "friendly divorce" from Cooper had been finalised and they would share custody of their children.[173]
Allen began a relationship with actor David Harbour in 2019. They made their red carpet debut during the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.[174] A day after they obtained their marriage certificate, they got married on 7 September 2020 in Las Vegas, in a wedding that was officiated by an Elvis impersonator.[175] The couple share a home in Brooklyn.[176] Allen said in 2024 that she had prioritised her children over her career as a contrast to the relative absence of her parents.[177]
Politics and activism
Allen considers herself to be a
After the British government's plans to implement a
On 1 October 2009, Allen and several other musicians released the world's first digital musical petition aimed at pressuring world leaders attending the December 2009 climate change summit in Copenhagen. The petition included a cover of the song "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil.[188]
During the London assembly and mayoral elections in April 2016, Allen announced that she would be giving "half her vote to the Women's Equality Party" – by voting for them on the London-wide Assembly list but voting Labour elsewhere.[189]
In June 2016, Allen published several
On 15 June 2017, Allen appeared on Channel 4 News to discuss the Grenfell Tower fire. She claimed that "the death count has been downplayed by the mainstream media", disputing the then official figure of 17 fatalities by saying, "I'm hearing from people that the figure is much closer to 150".[192] The official death toll is now 72.[193]
In November 2019, Allen declared during the 2019 UK general election campaign that the Labour Party manifesto was "the best I've ever seen"[194] and shared a picture of her polling card with the caption: "Tories OUT."[195]
Controversies
Due to her outspokenness, Allen was the subject of many controversies early in her career. Disparaging remarks about musicians such as
On 28 June 2007, Allen was arrested in London for allegedly assaulting photographer Kevin Rush while she was leaving a nightclub in London's West End. Prior to this, she had expressed discomfort with attention from the paparazzi on her Myspace blog.[202] By February 2009, she had stopped addressing controversies about herself on her blog because she found it "boring when people just pick stuff up and write about it. People get hurt, people get upset."[203]
In May 2009, French football magazine So Foot published a fake interview in which Allen was quoted as making derogatory remarks about David and Victoria Beckham and Ashley and Cheryl Cole. Some of the material was reprinted in the British tabloid The Sun. Both publications later apologised and paid damages to Allen.[204] In October 2009, after having created her career on Myspace, Allen deleted her social media accounts and announced "I am now a neo-luddite. Goodbye".[205] She re-activated her accounts four months later in February 2010.[206]
Allen's November 2013 video for "Hard out Here" was accused of being racist for its use of mostly black dancers in an allegedly "disapproving" manner. Allen responded that ethnicity was not a factor in hiring the dancers, and the video was a lighthearted satirical look at objectification of women in modern pop music.[207][208] In November 2016, Allen apologised for the video in an interview with Annie Mac, stating "I definitely wanted to make a feminist statement. But I was guilty of assuming that there was a one-size-fits-all where feminism is concerned."[209]
Artistry
Allen's early released songs saw her singing against retro productions.[29] Her songs also featured other elements, such as the ska influence on second single, "LDN". She was also noted for her liberal use of crude words in her lyrics.[210] Allen has said she cringes now when listening to tracks from Alright, Still, as it reminds her that she was a "sort of over-excitable teenager who desperately wanted attention" when she wrote it.[18] Wanting to move on from the retro sound that many other artists had adapted since her debut, Allen ventured in a new direction sonically and lyrically in her second studio album, It's Not Me, It's You. "The Fear", the first single from the album, is an electro-pop track denouncing consumerism.[211][212][213] Her new musical direction and willingness to write lyrics that tackled less-common subjects were lauded by some critics.[58][214]
Allen's song "Who'd Have Known" was sampled in T-Pain's single "5 O'Clock" because of her accent.[215][216]
Accolades
Allen has received 31 awards and 73 nominations for her music, including nominations for nine
Discography
- Alright, Still (2006)
- It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
- Sheezus (2014)
- No Shame (2018)
Tours
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Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988
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The Comic Strip Presents...
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Child in Promo | "The Yob" (Season 4; Episode 4) |
1998
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Elizabeth | Lady in Waiting | |
2006
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Guest panelist (herself) | Series 19, Episode 6 |
2007
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Saturday Night Live | Musical Guest (Herself) | "Drew Barrymore/Lily Allen" (Season 32; Episode 12) |
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | Herself | ||
2008
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Lily Allen and Friends | Host (Herself) | Talk show |
2009
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Neighbours | Herself | Guest starring, soap opera (1 episode) |
2011
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Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags | Herself | TV series documentary |
2019
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How to Build a Girl[228] | Elizabeth Taylor | |
2023
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Dreamland[111] | Mel | 6 episodes |
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External links
- Official website
- Lily Allen at AllMusic
- Lily Allen at IMDb