Miquita Oliver has shared her thoughts on Lily Allen’s new album as she reacted to her fans ‘visceral and emotional’ reaction to her explicit storytelling.
The TV personality, who shares a weekly podcast called Miss Me? with Lily, reflected on how hard it has been to keep the singer’s experience under wraps until now.
Miquita spoke to her temporary co-host Jordan Stephens about how names involved in Lily’s story were ‘never mentioned’ up until now.
Miquita, 41, said: ‘I do think people have had a really visceral, emotional, reaction.’
She credited the podcast for capturing people’s interest in Lily’s life, saying: ‘I think it is a lot to do with the fact they’ve been listening to Miss Me? for a year and a half so people were part of this story.
‘And then suddenly they get told what went down, and I think that people feel like they are really part of it – and they are.’
Miquita Oliver has shared her thoughts on Lily Allen ‘s new album as she reacted to her fans ‘visceral and emotional’ reaction to her explicit storytelling
The TV personality, who shares a weekly podcast called Miss Me? with Lily, reflected on how hard it has been to keep the singer’s experience under wraps until now
Jordan chimed in: ‘The fact that names were never mentioned in the course of this’, as Miquita admitted: ‘Yeah that was hard’.
Praising Lily for remaining quiet until the release of her album – West End Girl – which tells the story of the breakdown of her marriage to David Harbour, Jordan said:Â Â
‘It was bizarre how people treat people in the public eye. They’ll hold onto an idea of somebody from literally like 15 years ago. And she’s said nothing.
‘Do you know what I mean? And to just do that and go, no listen I’ll tell you what… and I’ll do it in a method that I find most suits me.
‘And it’s great that everyone’s just been reminded that while she’s telling this story, the melodies are unreal. The songwriting is genuinely unreal. It’s dope.’
Lily and Miquita launched their podcast in spring 2024 and following the end of her marriage to David, Lily took some time off to check into a trauma clinic.
Jordan previously stepped in as one of Lily’s replacements during her time off.
Lily checked into an £8,000-a-week trauma treatment centre after telling friends she was close to a nervous breakdown following the collapse of her marriage.
Miquita spoke to her temporary co-host Jordan Stephens (pictured) about how names involved in Lily’s story were ‘never mentioned’ up until now
Miquita, 41, said: ‘I do think people have had a really visceral, emotional, reaction’ (stock image)
Lily’s new record, West End Girl, has drawn attention for her explicit and brutally honest lyrics about the breakdown of her four year marriage to David, which ended last December after she accused the actor of of having multiple affairs.
In her most talked about track, titled Madeline, she appears to directly address David’s infidelity with the mystery woman, who she gives the fictional moniker.
The lyrics see Lily appearing to suggest the couple had an open arrangement in regards to sex, as long as it was discrete, with paid strangers and not based on emotional connection.
She sings: ‘How long has it been going on? Is it just sex or is there emotion?/ He told me it would stay in hotel rooms, never be out in the open.
‘Why would I trust anything that comes out of his mouth?/I’m not convinced that he didn’t f**k you in our house’.
The chorus reads: ‘We had an arrangement/ Be discrete and don’t be blatant. There had to be payment/ It had to be with strangers/ But you’re not a stranger, Madeline’.
Speaking to The Times, Lily seemingly confirmed that ‘agreed-upon boundaries were not adhered to’ in her relationship with David, while addressing how apps had made cheating easier.
She said: ‘There are usually agreed-upon boundaries in relationships. But whether those boundaries are adhered to or not is becoming a grey area all of a sudden.Â
Lily’s new record, West End Girl, has drawn attention for her explicit and brutally honest lyrics about the breakdown of her four year marriage to David, which ended last December after she accused the actor of of having multiple affairs
In her most talked about track, titled Madeline, she appears to directly address David’s infidelity with the mystery woman, who she gives the fictional moniker
‘Dating apps make people disposable and that leads to the idea that if you are not happy, there’s so much more to choose from — right in your pocket.
Lily famously uncovered David’s infidelity when she discovered his profile on celebrity dating app, Raya, and ‘joined the dots’.
The pop star joined the app herself, pretending to be ‘looking for women’ – and allegedly found that her now ex-husband had already set up a dating profile.
Speaking to the publication, she detailed how she believed dating apps were making people ‘disposable’ and changing conventional ideas about monogamy.
Her split from David led Lily to check into the trauma centre and he admitted that she has used her music as a way to work through the dark feelings she was having and to ‘lay my truth on the table’.
The mother-of-two said: ‘Nobody knew what was going on in my life. So I got into the studio, cried for two hours and then said, “Let’s make some music”.’
While she admitted that growing up with comedians Keith Allen and Harry Enfield as her father and stepfather, respectively, meant she had learned how to make light of her pain, saying: ‘I hide in music. It is the musical version of what I do in my life.’
The veracity of many of the lyrics from the provocative and blisteringly honest album have been hotly speculated over by fans, with Lily admitting that she took ‘artistic licence’ with her songs.
But she went on to clarify: ‘But yes, there are definitely things I experienced within my relationship that have ended up on this album.’
