Lily Allen has shared a new remix of ‘Beg For Me’ featuring JADE – you can listen to it below.
The fresh spin on the ‘West End Girl’ song sees the former Little Mix member lend her vocals for a verse. At the start of the reworking, JADE calls Allen on the phone to “check in” and make sure she’s OK amid a time of emotional turmoil.
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“I know there’s a lot going on right now,” she says. “So, how you feeling?” Allen then begins the original first verse: “I feel embarrassed, I feel ashamed/ You’re so indifferent, and that’s insane…”
Following a harsher instrumental burst, JADE fires off some cutting lines about Allen’s cheating ex: “His fragile ego ain’t worth your tears/ If we’re being honest, it’s better to find out now than to find out in a few years.”
She later nods to a popular explicit lyric from ‘West End Girl’ cut ‘Pussy Palace’ as she consoles her friend, telling Allen that “no butt plug’s gonna fill the void” for her former partner.
“So don’t you forget, before you both met/ You were that bitch with the razor tongue/ So take that pain and make it your blade/ ‘Cause it breaks my heart when I hear you say (Yeah),” JADE goes on, before calling Allen’s ex “weak“.
“Get him on his knees/ Tell him to beg for me,” she demands.
Allen had teased the new ‘Beg For Me’ remix on Instagram earlier this week. “Oops decided I’m not done,” she wrote. “Got another song for youuu.”
Later, the singer announced the track by sharing its official artwork and a clip of JADE talking on the phone in the intro. “Guess who…,” Allen said. JADE commented: “.”
The pair have previously appeared together on Allen’s Miss Me podcast with Miquita Oliver and JADE’s partner Jordan Stephens. Here, JADE described the acclaimed ‘West End Girl’ as a “brilliant album”.
“It isn’t just about the sort of pop cultural reference of it,” she said. “It is genuinely a brilliant record, and I think nobody filled your gap, actually [in music]. People tried […], but there is only one Lily Allen.” She then praised Allen’s lyrics and “risk-taking”.
Next month, Allen will embark on a UK and Ireland arena tour to perform ‘West End Girl’ in full, marking the biggest headline trek of her career. Find any remaining tickets here.
The upcoming dates follow the artist’s intimate UK tour earlier this year, which included a three-night stint at the London Palladium.
Allen is also a headliner for Boardmasters 2026, and will top the bill at London’s Mighty Hoopla tomorrow (Saturday May 30). Over 35,000 tickets were sold for the latter event in just 30 minutes. She’ll take to the stage at Bilbao BBK Live in Spain, too.
‘West End Girl’ landed at Number 13 on NME‘s 50 best albums of 2025 list, and went to Number Two in the UK albums chart. The track ‘Pussy Palace’ bagged the Number 21 spot in NME‘s 50 best songs of the year feature.
The record was written and recorded over a short period following the breakdown of Allen’s marriage to Stranger Things star David Harbour, after he allegedly cheated on her. In a four-star review, NME described the collection as a “vicious, vulnerable and victorious comeback”.
Allen has insisted that ‘West End Girl’ is “not a cruel album”, saying she does not “need revenge” on her ex. She explained that making the LP had been “an act of desperation”, calling it “a mixture of fact and fiction”. Allen also said ‘West End Girl’ had been inspired by the “storytelling” style of The Streets’ ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’.
Last week, Allen won the award for Outstanding Song Collection at the Ivors 2026. She was nominated for three statues at the BRITs in February (Album Of The Year, Artist Of The Year and Pop Act), but did not win any awards on the night.
In March, Allen unveiled the original ‘West End Girl’ painting at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
NME gave Allen’s ‘West End Girl’ live show a three-star review, describing it as “a powerful, unconventional way of approaching live music – one that not only generates a better understanding of the album, but also a stronger appreciation for Allen herself”.
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