West End Girl

... at Spark Arena.

Uh, this is to celebrate the release of her outrageously honest, uh, fifth studio album, West End Girl.

She'll be playing the entire album in full at Spark Arena.

That sounds epic.

Yeah, we need a gong in here.

[gong sounds]

There's Lily Allen, West End Girl, the title track off the album.

You don't have long.

I'm sure you're a lovely man.

But he always has the worst take on stuff that everyone loves, right? The Lily Allen album, West End Girl, which I think we were all, well, like, a lot of women and stuff were obsessed with.

It was like, God, this is so raw, so honest.

We're, like, getting insight into her life.

He said, the concept of too much information looms large on West End Girl.

And he said, a pop album is not the right place to talk about the breakup of your marriage.

Oh, wished.

we? Let's go into our next story, please.

So for our third story today, our messiest West End girl, Lily Allen, has made some rather cutting comments about her ex-husband, David Harbour, in an interview with The Cut, fitting, almost a year since the release of her bombshell album detailing the pair's complicated split.

So we spoke about this in our October 28 episode last year, but for a bit of background here, Lily Allen and David Harbour met on Raya back in 2019 and got married in a ceremony in Las Vegas.

However, back in 2024, Lily was spotted on Raya with a bio that allegedly read, looking for someone to start couples therapy with, while David was also spotted with a bio that read, closet nerd that plays tough guys on your TV.

However, at the time, The Sun reported that Lily was on Raya to try and catch David cheating.

Scandalous.

Anyway, their arrangement ended when Lily and David split was later confirmed by People on February 3rd, and we didn't really hear too much about them again until, of course, Lily released her tell-all album West End Girl, which was reportedly written in the 10-day period following their breakup.

That's iconic that she smashed it out in 10 days.

Yeah, definitely.

I was really inspired by Lily Allen, West End Girl, which I got to go see her at MSG the other night.

Were you there? I did not go to see her at MSG, but I know so many people who went.

So good.

I fucking...

I loved her solo record, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, was my album of the year, last year.

And kind of that, mixed with West End Girl, and then retroactively, I didn't...

I finished my EP before this one came out, but Olivia Rodrigo's latest album, I'm like, wow.

If not, I'm hoping to play some tunes that'll help you get there.

E whai ake nei coming up on the show this morning.

Ka kōrero ahau ki a Arani Loda mā runga whakatauki o tēnei wiki a 40 minute mai te whitu karaka.

At 40 minutes past seven, Arani's going to give us a whakatauki to Take us through the week.

You got your head in the clouds.

Yeah, not at all, but you'll see.

Don't make it a big deal Don't be so sensitive We're not playing a game anymore You don't have to be so defensive Don't you plead me your case Don't bother to explain Don't even show me your face Cause it's a crying shame you claim and don't forget the blame i got my feet on the ground and i don't go to sleep to dream you got your head in a cloud and you're not at all what you seem this mom this body and this voice can i on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream you've got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem this mindless body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways forget what I told you don't go around when I got my own

I've been listening to Tidal a lot over the weekend, not really sure why, but I just can't believe that Fiona Apple was 18 when she recorded that and had a voice that sounded like that.

Somewhere amongst all of that amazingness and a whole bunch of amazing, wow everything's amazing, a whole bunch of awesome new tracks out today and some old favourites.

I've also got a double pass to see Lily Allen performing her new album West End Girl at Spark Arena.

It's the last chance to win that.

had of course okay put a grace jones because it's friday lap it up fano hope you're having an awesome start to your day one thing

Alrighty, dear listener.

It's just us now, so let's do a prize.

That's right, I have a double pass to see Lily Allen performing West End Girl at Spark Arena on Wednesday, the 21st of October, presented by 95BFM.

Do you want to go? Of course you want to go.

It's like a soap opera with real emotions.

Right? I mean, the fact that Allen's new album, West End Girl, came out after their marriage collapse is so dramatic.

Exactly.

She wrote it in just ten days, which is mind-blowing.

A beautiful mess indeed, and it leaves us questioning how we all navigate our own relationships.

So true.

I guess we all have our own West End Girl stories to tell in some way.

For sure.

For sure.

And it ties back into how she's not performing her older hits, right? It's all about her latest album, West End Girl.

Yes, that album is inspired by her personal life, especially her marriage breakdown.

It makes the whole tour feel intensely personal.