Lily Allen released her latest album, West End Girl, this past October, giving fans a revealing look into the end of her four-year marriage to actor David Harbour. The album was written during the breakup, and Allen has since admitted that while its themes were inspired by reality, there’s also an element of fantasy in the lyrics. Still, the process took a toll on her healing, and she recently described waiting to release the album as a “nightmare.”

Speaking with CBS News, Allen stated, “You know, while I was writing it, I wasn’t really sure that it was going to see the light of day.” For Allen, writing the album was “an act of desperation,” but it also said “everything I needed to say.”

That doesn’t mean the process was easy. Allen revealed that the album actually hindered her healing f

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