No Shame (Lily Allen album) No Shame (Lily Allen album) No Shame is the fourth studio album by English singer Lily Allen. It was released on 8 June 2018 by Parlophone. Following the release of "Sheezus" (2014), Allen suffered from an identity crisis and did not connect with the music she had been creating. This was followed by a breakdown in Allen's marriage. Following Allen's divorce, she began working on new music which saw her writing about things that she had been affected by including the relationship with herself, her children, her ex-husband and substance abuse. Recording for the album began in Los Angeles in
Lily Frost putting melodies to her writing at 19. Lily went to Concordia University in Montreal in 1989 to study Jazz vocals, where she also taught herself guitar while playing and singing at the university, leading to her affection for echoing, reverb sound. She met South American composer Jorge Diaz de Bedoya who introduced her to the sounds of Bossa Nova, Serge Gainsbourg and ‘Tropicalia’, all of which influenced her writing. She left Concordia after two years to work full-time as a singer-songwriter, performer and recording artist. Lily and Jorge Diaz de Bedoya wrote and performed in Montreal in various groups including