Lily Allen to return with first album in seven long years
The Grammy-nominee Lily Allen making a return after a sabbatical. The singer-actress is set to drop her first album in seven years. She penned the record in 10 days. The album is expected to feature a “real outpouring of emotions”, reports ‘Female First UK’. The 40-year-old singer has signed a deal with record label BMG for the secret project. A music insider told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column, “Lily wants to really surprise people with this new music and everyone has been sworn to secrecy. It will tell the story of her move to New York and also how she coped with the breakdown of her marriage to David Harbour. There’s a real outpouring of emotions in it. She’s not had the easiest time and she’s ready to bare her soul”. Lily’s new LP will be her first since her fourth studio album No Shame dropped in 2018. The pop star released four albums between 2006 and 2018 and had huge hits with tracks including ‘Smile’, ‘The Fear’ and ‘Not Fair’. As per ‘Female First UK’, she told how her music was going through “an actual resurgence” online among “young kids”, because her royalty payments had increased. (IANS)
Ali Fazal shares a glimpse of his b’day celebrations on Mirzapur set
Ali Fazal has turned 39 years old on Wednesday and the actor decided to kick off the celebration with the team of his highly talked about next, “Mirzapur The Film”. Ali aka Guddu Bhaiya took to his Instagram account and dropped a couple of fun photos from the birthday celebration with the team, including Shweta Tripathi, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Abhishek Banerjee, and Jitendra Kumar, along with others. “Lets just call it a birthday season from now on. Come october we feast and break bread with some people we love. Thank you to the many many worlds from where i receive love.. and to this mortal one where you all make it so sweet and amazing.. and a special msg to my two girls- Love (sic),” the ‘Fukrey’ actor captioned the post. In order to return to the screen as Guddu Bhaiya for the movie adaptation of the series Ali tapped into his family roots of “pehelwani and kushti” to build the desired physique. Talking about this unique preparation, a source close to Ali told IANS, “Guddu Bhaiya is a beast in his own right, and he wanted to approach him, this time with the same authenticity that his ancestors brought to their craft.” “His family has a long history in Pehelwani, and he grew up watching the discipline, the grit, and the sheer physical power it demands. So instead of gulping down endless protein shakes, he is going back to those roots training like a wrestler, eating like a wrestler,” the source added. (IANS)
