Lily Allen kicked off her West End Girl tour by wearing a dress that featured receipts of gifts her ‘cheating’ ex, David Harbour, bought other women
Lily Allen has doubled down on her efforts to call out her ex, David Harbour, on his alleged infidelity by wearing the ultimate revenge dress on her West End Girl tour.
The 40-year-old kicked off her first tour in seven years on Monday at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, wearing an unforgettable costume during her performance of “4Chan Stan.”
West End Girl details the breakdown of her marriage to the Stranger Things actor, and in “4Chan Stan,” Lily sings about discovering a partner’s infidelity.
The lyrics include: “Never been Bergdorf’s, but you took someone shopping there on May 24. / You bought her a handbag / It wasn’t cheap / I was in London / Probably asleep.”
In a direct nod to the track, Lily wrapped herself in a swath of fabric printed with handwritten lyrics and receipts from tequila bars and the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman, detailing gifts her ex apparently bought for another woman.
As Lily unravelled the ‘dress’, scroll to see below, she revealed a custom Self-Portrait ruffled sheer lace bodysuit, burgundy patent hot pants, and an Agent Provocateur bra underneath.
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Lily performed West End Girl in its entirety during the 45-minute set and had six costume changes, including a sheer Valentino negligee with a marabou-trimmed Manito silk robe, a pink tweed Valentino skirt suit, and a black leather bullet-bra bustier dress.
The English singer-songwriter released West End Girl on Friday, October 24, her first album in seven years, which detailed the breakdown of her marriage to David. In a conversation with Perfect magazine, Lily shared that making the album “was incredibly manic” and “emotionally traumatic.”
In two songs on the album, “Tennis” and “Madeline,” the singer references a woman named “Madeline.” She sings: “I can’t get my head round how you’ve been playing tennis / If it was just sex, I wouldn’t be jealous / You won’t play with me and who’s Madeline?”
Later, Lily continues: “If it was just sex, I wouldn’t be jealous / You won’t play with me and who the [expletive] is Madeline?”
While unconfirmed by Lily and David, in “Madeline,” the singer insinuates their open marriage went awry. She sings: “We had an arrangement / Be discreet and don’t be blatant / There had to be payment / It had to be with strangers / But you’re not a stranger, Madeline.”
In the same song, a person with an American accent says: “Our relationship has only ever been about sex.”
Lily shocked listeners with the song “Pussy Palace,” in which she sings about discovering sex toys at her husband’s second apartment in the West Village.
She sings: “I found a shoebox full of handwritten letters / From broken-hearted women wishing you could have been better / Sheets pulled off the bed / Strewn all on the floor / Long black hair probably from the night before.”
Despite making a whole album about their failed marriage, Lily previously said she was not on a “revenge tour.”
“We all go through breakups, and it’s always [expletive] brutal,” she told Interview magazine. “But I don’t think it’s that often that you feel inclined to write about it while you’re in it.”