Lily Allen has teased that she has written round 50 new songs for her upcoming album.

Final evening (January 31), the singer-actor took to social media to answer to a fan who wrote: “My Roman Empire is to suppose how Lily Recorded round 40 songs for her fifth challenge and NONE was launched…” In response, Allen cheekily quipped that the variety of songs written is “extra like 50 now”.

It’s extra like 50 now 😉 https://t.co/TsdB6jHH2Z

— Lily Allen (@lilyallen) January 31, 2024

Following her reply, a fan requested the place ‘Celebration Line’ – an unreleased music that Lily Allen debuted stay in 2018 – was. Allen responded: “IN A DROPBOX OR A WETRANSFER THAT I CANT REMEMBER THE USERNAME LET ALONE THE PASSWORDS FOR”. It’s at present unclear if Allen’s X submit means the music has been misplaced eternally, or if it will likely be launched sooner or later as soon as it has been recovered.

IN A DROPBOX OR A WETRANSFER THAT I CANT REMEMBER THE USERNAME LET ALONE THE PASSWORDS FOR. https://t.co/y1tgbJF1Te

— Lily Allen (@lilyallen) January 31, 2024

Lily Allen’s teasing of a wealth of latest music comes after she revealed that she had returned to the studio following her particular visitor efficiency at Olivia Rodrigo’s Glastonbury 2022 set. After the blockbuster efficiency – she and Rodrigo duetted ‘Fuck You’ – she hinted that she won’t be retiring from music simply but.

Talking about returning to the studio, Allen accredited the efficiency with Rodrigo for “sparking one thing” in her that rekindled her craving to write down and report new music. Earlier than this, Allen stated in 2020 that she had completed engaged on a brand new album and was writing for 3 musicals on the time, although that supposed album has by no means been launched.

Elsewhere on X earlier this week (February 29), Lily Allen shared that regardless of being a decade faraway from the Bridget Jones’ Diary musical – which she wrote music for – being placed on ice, she “believes” that it has to occur “sooner or later” as a result of the music was “so good”.

Ugh these songs are so good. I’ve to consider that it’s going to occur sooner or later. https://t.co/oaLumCyOCh

— Lily Allen (@lilyallen) January 29, 2024

The Bridget Jones’ Diary musical had been within the works since 2009 and was initially set for a 2012 debut with Allen and Greg Kurstin writing authentic music for the present. Nonetheless, the musical’s debut was delayed and Allen revealed in 2014 that she was not a part of the challenge. The musical nonetheless has but to premiere.

Apart from music, Allen has additionally cast a reputation for herself in appearing – each onstage and on display. She made her theatre debut within the 2021 play 2:22 A Ghost Story, adopted by final 12 months’s The Pillowman. On display, she has appeared as Elizabeth Taylor within the 2019 movie How To Construct A Lady and as Mel within the 2023 comedy collection Dreamland.

Dreamland scored a four-star overview, with Nick Levine writing for NME: “By the point the six-episode collection concludes with loads of unfinished enterprise – Mel isn’t the one member of the family with a selective strategy to honesty – you’ll be itching for a return journey. It is a heat, well-observed present with characters you’ll care about as a result of their flaws and foibles are all too human.”