Lily Gets Real

Its been more than 12 years since Lily Allen released her debut album Alright, Still, with its four hit singles. At the time, Twitter was four months old, Instagram didnt exist and Donald Trump was just the host of a second-rate reality TV series. The world was a different place when we first met Lily, but her provocative perspective and brutal honesty persist.

- Joshua Joynes

LILY ALLEN HAS BEEN TO HELL AND BACK more than a few times. Throughout an intense divorce, bipolar disorder and post-natal depression, she’s remained open and honest with her fans. ‘It’s not intentional, it’s just that my personality comes out in my music, my books, my friendships and my conversations with people. I’m just an open person, I like to talk,’ she explains. Her unguarded personality probably explains why she’s landed in Australia amid a flood of headlines about one of her recent admissions.

‘I slept with female escorts when I was on tour, because I was lost and lonely and looking for something. I’m not proud, but I’m not ashamed. I don’t do it anymore,’ she revealed on Instagram. ‘The [Daily] Mail are gonna run with the story tomorrow cause someone leaked it [from the book], and they’re bound to make it sound worse than it was. Just wanted to give you, er, the ‘heads up’.’ Nonchalant, forward and unapologetic, it’s the Lily Allen we know and love.