Confessional outbursts after a failed relationship have a long history—and some people do them better than others, Anna Holmes writes. On Lily Allen’s “West End Girl” and the art of airing your dirty laundry:

Confessional outbursts after a failed relationship have a long history—and some people do them better than others, Anna Holmes writes. On Lily Allen’s “West End Girl” and the art of airing your dirty laundry: