She's definitely taking a break from her music career but will be back Lily Allen says.
Who won best track the singer at the Q Awards for her single The Fear on Monday afternoon, says she needs time out to gather more material for her songs.
She told Newsbeat: "I'm definitely taking a break. I've been on the road for pretty much five years now. I mean 2005's when I started and it's coming up to 2010 now.
I'll be back but I just think that the world could do with a bit of a break from me and I could do with a bit of a break from it Lily Allen confirms she's taking a break from recording music
"I'm tired and I've written about everything that has happened in my life in the past 10 years and I feel like maybe I want to live life a little bit more before I start writing again."
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live later she went into more detail about the reasons behind the break.
She added: "I just think that a lot of people get into a habit of churning out songs and I'm not really into that, I'm into thinking about what I'm writing.
"I'll be back but I just reckon that the world could do with a bit of a break from me and I could do with a bit of a break from it."
Who won best track the singer at the Q Awards for her single The Fear on Monday afternoon, says she needs time out to gather more material for her songs.
She told Newsbeat: "I'm definitely taking a break. I've been on the road for pretty much five years now. I mean 2005's when I started and it's coming up to 2010 now.
I'll be back but I just think that the world could do with a bit of a break from me and I could do with a bit of a break from it Lily Allen confirms she's taking a break from recording music
"I'm tired and I've written about everything that has happened in my life in the past 10 years and I feel like maybe I want to live life a little bit more before I start writing again."
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live later she went into more detail about the reasons behind the break.
She added: "I just think that a lot of people get into a habit of churning out songs and I'm not really into that, I'm into thinking about what I'm writing.
"I'll be back but I just reckon that the world could do with a bit of a break from me and I could do with a bit of a break from it."