Lily Allen Addresses Who Is Madeline in New Interview Amid Ex David Harbour Cheating Allegations

Lily Allen is opening up ever so slightly about the headline-generating lyrics featured on her critically acclaimed new album, West End Girl.

The 40-year-old singer got candid in conversation with The Times about the record, which documents the breakdown of her marriage with David Harbour.

During the chat, she also spoke to the character “Madeline” featured on the album, whose name pops up on her husband’s phone.

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When asked who Madeline, she responded: “A fictional character.”

When further asked if the character is a construct of others, she simply said: “Yes.”

On the song “Madeline,” she sings of their relationship’s apparent arrangement.

“We had an arrangement / Be discreet and don’t be blatant / There had to be payment / It had to be with strangers,” she sings.

“I just feel we are living in really interesting times — in terms of how we define intimacy and monogamy, people being disposable or not. The way we are being intimate with each other is changing as humans … Lots of young women are not finding the idea of marriage or even a long-term relationship that attractive any more,” she went on to say.

“Oh, I don’t know [that] it’s necessarily bad. Lots of people from my parents’ generation stayed together for ever and were miserable. You didn’t have endless choice so you may have worked at something harder. But now you don’t have to,” she added.

You can read more of the scathing lyrics Lily Allen sang on West End Girl here.