Your relationship is either open or closed. No amount of rules will change that.

And when one partner wants to be open, and the other wants to be closed, there’s no compromise that doesn’t end in heartbreak.

And that’s exactly the feeling Lily Allen sings about in Ruminating.

In Episode 3, we dissect every track on West End Girl and what it has to say about an open relationship that was used as justified cheating, and how coerced consent isn’t really consent at all.

🎧 Tune in: https://youtu.be/gqVvI2Pgfyg?si=NYfSb1s4E5Jd0OCe

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