The live celebrity cameo is a played-out ploy for virality

On the recent Nottingham stop of her tour, Lily Allen picked actress and comedian Selina Mosinsinski—better known by the name of her web series character, Charity Shop Sue—to be Madeline. In case you don’t know what any of that means: Lily’s Allen’s 2025 album West End Girl is a confessional pop concept record detailing the downfall of Allen’s marriage to actor David Harbour; “Madeline” is a song on the record about a woman with whom Harbour allegedly had an affair; “being” “Madeline” ostensibly means dancing...