The singer reveals her initial excitement quickly turned to frustration after discovering the tattoo was already popularised by Rihanna.

Lily Allen has shared a memorable story from over a decade ago, revealing her one regret about the matching tattoo she got with Lindsay Lohan. Speaking on the Off Menu podcast, the “Smile” singer recounted how, after a night of heavy drinking, she and the actress snuck out of the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles at around 3 a.m. to get tattoos.

Allen explained that she had a busy promotional schedule the next day, with security stationed outside her hotel room due to her previous wild behaviour. However, Lindsay Lohan knew how to escape undetected and came to Allen’s room to take her on an impromptu adventure. The pair jumped over a fence and ran to Shamrock Tattoo Parlour on Sunset Boulevard, where they each got matching tattoos on their index fingers. Initially, the design read “Shhh,” but it was later changed to “1985” to represent Allen’s birth year.

While Allen was initially pleased with the tattoo, her feelings soured when she saw the following day’s headlines claiming she and Lohan had copied Rihanna’s tattoo. “I was really angry with Lindsay,” Allen admitted, “because she sold me the idea as an original, but it had already been done by one of the coolest pop stars.”

To make the tattoo her own, Allen later had it altered to read “1985,” though she’s unsure if Lohan knows about the change. “We haven’t really talked about it,” Allen revealed, though she mentioned that Lohan had recently reached out, wanting to rekindle their friendship. “I’m open to it,” she added.