Lily writes off her lovers

Lily Allen has admitted she has dumped boyfriends in order to glean “inspiration” for her songwriting.

Actor Keith Allen’s pop star daughter, who has just completed a sell-out US tour and is riding high in the music charts, said she is sometimes stuck for ideas and creates drama in her love life to trigger them.

“I’ve actually broken up with boyfriends for inspiration,” she tells DJ Annie Nightingale in an interview for Radio Times. “When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It’s pretty mean but it’s true.”

The 23-year-old said recently that she questioned her songwriting talents altogether when, last year, she seemed to become “more famous for being a train wreck than a singer”.

She has dated a string of older men including 45-year-old art dealer Jay Joplin, Chemical Brother Ed Simons and music producer Ed Chew. Her latest album is called It’s Not Me, It’s You.

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