This is the moment Lily Allen is asked about ex-husband David Harbour’s mistress ‘Madeleine’ after writing a song about his affair.
The singer, 40, who released her new album last week detailing the breakdown of her four year marriage, penned one track about David cheating, referencing the person he was seeing as ‘Madeleine’.
The song, Tennis, sees Lily namecheck the woman, who she interrogates her partner about after seeing a text message from her appear on his phone.
While Lily has revealed that ‘Madeleine’ is constructed from numerous people, she still paused when asked directly about her in a new clip.
During a game which was filmed at her album launch, Lily was asked by reporter Amelia White to guess her own songs after doing a performance of the lyrics.
She correctly guessed a selection of her tracks including, Not Fair, a cover of The Kooks’ Naïve, Cheryl Tweedy, Friday Night and Pussy Palace.
This is the moment Lily Allen is asked about ex-husband David Harbour ‘s mistress ‘Madeleine’ after writing a song about his affair
The singer, 40, who released her new album last week detailing the breakdown of her four year marriage, penned one track about David cheating, referencing the person he was seeing as ‘Madeleine’
Lily was then asked ‘who the f*** is Madeleine?’, seemingly catching her off guard as she paused before answering correctly.
The singer addresses David’s infidelity in the semi-autobiographical album and sings: ‘I can’t trust anything that comes out of his mouth’ and repeatedly sings: ‘Who the f*** is Madeline?’
The record comes after a turbulent time in Lily’s life following the breakdown of her marriage in December after she accused David of having multiple affairs including a his three-year affair with a younger costume designer.
And now there is one question on everyone’s lips – who is the real Madeline?
Fans are speculating Lily’s song is a modern-day equivalent of Beyonce’s ‘Becky with the good hair,’ which featured on a song called Sorry, a cheating diss track from her 2016 album Lemonade.
It’s suspected that Madeline is a pseudonym Lily has used for legal reasons.
Fans widely speculated it referred to alleged infidelity by Beyonce’s husband Jay-Z with a woman called ‘Becky’, and theories began circulating online about her identity.
Meanwhile Dolly Parton’s 1973 hit Jolene sees the country star sing: ‘Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/ I’m begging of you, please don’t take my man’.
Its release comes after a turbulent time in Lily’s life following the breakdown of her marriage to David Harbour in December after she discovered his three-year affair with a younger colleague
The song, Tennis, sees Lily namecheck the woman, who she interrogates her partner about after seeing a text message from her appear on his phone
And it seems Lily has penned the new ‘Jolene’ – but this time she is called Madeline.
In heartbreaking lyrics in the song Tennis, Lily uses the racket sport as a metaphor for sex as she sings: ‘So I read your text, and now I regret it.
‘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 the f**k is Madeline?’
The song ends with an outro repeating: ‘Da, da-da, da-da, who’s Madeline? (Who’s Madeline?)’ before it ends with: ‘No, but who is Madeline, actually?’
The following song is then entirely centred on the affair as she appears to suggest the couple had an open arrangement in regards to sex, as long as it was discrete and not based on emotional connection.
One thing fans may not know is that Lily’s album was co-written by other songwriters, including Violet Skies, who took credit for some of the tracks on Instagram.
Sharing an excited post about her involvement, Violet wrote: ‘Lily Allen’s West End Girl is out today. In a crazy turn of events, I wrote 6 songs with her and the BEST bloody crew of pals.
While Lily has revealed that ‘Madeleine’ is constructed from numerous people, she still paused when asked directly about her in a new clip (pictured Lily’s album cover)
One thing fans may not know is that Lily’s album was co-written by other songwriters, including Violet Skies, who took credit for some of the tracks on Instagram.
‘Lily gave us her absolute all and more – very few artists are so open, talented, skilled, honest, self-aware, self-effacing and funny.
‘Massive thanks to Blue and Kito for steering the ship and bringing us all together for the wildest 10 days.
‘Making this album with friends I’ve known for YEARS is a massive part of the reason I’m so proud of these songs. Please listen top to bottom ❤️
I wrote: Madeline, Sleepwalking, Let You W/in (my fave), Dallas Major, Relapse and Beg For Me.
Underneath Lily replied and wrote: ‘brit girls bringing it home x’.
Lily Allen’s new album was co-written with a number of producers including Seb Chew, Kito, and Blue May.
She also worked with other producers on the album, such as Alessandro Buccellati, Leroy Clampitt, Chrome Sparks, Jason Evigan, Micah Jasper, Oscar Scheller, and Leon Vynehall.
