Lily Allen handed guests blue-and-white polka-dot butt plugs at a London dinner celebrating her surprise new album, prompting shock, amusement and debate about whether it was a provocative marketing masterstroke or an unnecessary public spectacle.
The singer's 14-track record, West End Girl, has already been framed by Allen as 'autofiction,' a blend of lived experience and invention, and it includes explicit lyrics referencing sex toys and infidelity that appear to have inspired the giveaway.
