The "Smile" singer is kicking off her tour on March 2
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NEED TO KNOW
- Lily Allen revealed she has vocal strains in a video shared to her Instagram Stories
- In the video, Allen said she “lost the lower voice” and “register” of her voice
- The English singer is set to kick off her tour on March 2
Lily Allen's vocal recovery is racing against time.
On Wednesday, Feb. 25, the English singer-songwriter revealed she was experiencing vocal struggles ahead of her tour, which is in support of her latest studio album West End Girl.
In the opening of the video on her Instagram Stories, Allen, 40, showed followers the strain in her voice as she sang a message.
"Five days 'til the tour and I've lost the lower voice and the [vocal] register of my voice — which is really cool," she sang sarcastically, before panning to her friend who she said could "maybe take over for me instead."
Allen's tour is set to kick off on March 2 at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. Allen will then tour throughout the United Kingdom before traveling to North American — and then Australia.
In an interview on CBS Mornings in November, Allen — who got sober in 2019 — revealed she was feeling "nervous" about touring as she recalled her twenties feeling like a "big party" when she was performing.
"I don't know if that if it sounded much fun to the people that were listening to it," she quipped. "It sure as hell was fun, you know, going out there, but I'm not at that stage in my life."
"I'm nervous," Allen added of playing live. "I don't think there's any risk of anything happening, but it's a real adrenaline rush that you get when you're on a stage and people responding to your words and when you come off stage that adrenaline is rushing around your body and looking for a place to get out."
Meanwhile, in February, she opened up about the success of her fifth studio album — which was inspired by the downfall of her relationship with ex-husband David Harbour.
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"I don’t think that it’s a particularly self-aware record," Allen said. "It’s a really angry record. And it’s a lot more about rage directed towards other people. It’s not really about self-reflection."
When she made the record, Allen "was processing things that were happening at a quite traumatic period of time" — and used it to channel her anger.
"I think that if I’ve learnt anything about myself from it, it’s that rage is powerful and necessary, and it’s not necessarily a bad thing to express," she explained. "In fact, repressed rage is arguably more damaging."
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