Madeline (Lily Allen song)

"Madeline"
Single by Lily Allen
from the album West End Girl
Released	31 October 2025 (2025-10-31)
Genre	Country
Length	2:55
Label	BMG
Songwriters	Lily Allen Blue May Chaz Eugene Carter Jeremy Melvin Violet Skies
Producers	Lily Allen Blue May Chrome Sparks Kito Micha Jasper Seb Chew
Lily Allen singles chronology
"Trigger Bang" (2017) "Madeline" (2025)
Music video
"Madeline" on YouTube

"Madeline" is a song by English musician Lily Allen. The song was released as the first single from Allen's fifth studio album, West End Girl . The song peaked at No. 16 on the UK singles chart. ^[1] It is her first official single release since "Trigger Bang".

In the song, Lily confronts the woman her husband, actor David Harbour, is cheating on her with, who was first mentioned in the previous track "Tennis". The song follows Lily as she deals with feelings of shock, sadness, and betrayal while trying to understand how her husband’s lies have affected her. Throughout the song, Madeline's messages are read out where she responds with insincere and vague attempts at sympathy, offering little genuine remorse.

The song features elements of Neil Diamond' s 1967 Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon, namely the chord structure and sections of vocal melody. ^[2]

Released as a single on Halloween, Allen dressed for the holiday as Madeline of the eponymous children's media series, following jokes comparing the character and the song's subject.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. ^[3]

• Lily Allen – vocals, lyrics, composition, production
• Blue May – lyrics, composition, production, bass, drums, engineering, guitar, piano, programming
• Chrome Sparks – production, drums, engineering, guitar, programming, synthesizer
• Kito – production
• Micah Jasper – production, programming
• Seb Chew – production
• Chaz Eugene Carter – lyrics, composition
• Jeremy Malvin – lyrics, composition
• Violet Skies – lyrics, composition, additional production
• Leon Vynehall – additional production
• Alex Marshall – cello
• Jess cox – cello
• Klara Romac – cello
• Rhian Porter – cello
• Vicky Matthews – cello
• Amy Langley – conducting, strings arranger
• Ben Baptie – engineering
• Joe LaPorta – engineering
• Amy Standford – viola
• Jordan Bergmans – viola
• Polly Wiltshire – viola
• Sarah Chapman – viola
• Blaize Henry – violin
• Ellie Standford – violin
• Gita Langley – violin
• Glezni Roberts – violin
• Honor Watson – violin
• Jessie Murphy – violin
• Kotono Sato – violin
• Martin Lissola – violin
• Paloma Deike – violin
• Sarah Sexton – violin
• Stephanie Benedetti – violin

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Madeline"

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [4]	98
Estonia Airplay (TopHit) [5]	80
Ireland (IRMA) [6]	26
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [7]	5
UK Singles (OCC) [8]	16
UK Indie (OCC) [9]	4

References

1. "Charts analysis: Golden returns to singles summit with Kpop Demon Hunters streaming on the rise". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
2. Brown, Helen. "Lily Allen's compelling new album is like eavesdropping on a gory divorce story". Yahoo. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
3. "Madeline / Lily Allen". Tidal . Retrieved 5 November 2025.
4. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 10 November 2025". The ARIA Report. No. 1862. Australian Recording Industry Association. 10 November 2025. p. 4.
5. Top Radio Hits Estonia Weekly Chart. TopHit. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
6. "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
7. "Hot 40 Singles". Recorded Music NZ. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
9. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 November 2025.