Lily Collins has memories of dad Phil Collins’ songs before she even heard them – as she chooses favorite tune

 Lily Collins, who stars as the title character in the hit Netflix series Emily in Paris, appeared on What What Happens Live – and revealed which of her dad Phil Collins’ songs is her favorite.

Lily is the daughter of rocker and frontman of the band Genesis Phil Collins, and Jill Tavelman.

Lily, 35, revealed her favorite song by her dad – noting that while ‘there’s too many’ favorites to choose from, if she had too, it would be ‘In The Air Tonight.’

Host Andy Cohen asked her her favorite Genesis song, and she said: ‘You know the funny thing is that I have these memories as a kid of songs that I don’t know if they’re actually real.’

Lily Collins, who stars as the title character in the hit Netflix series Emily in Paris, appeared on What What Happens Live – and revealed which of her dad Phil Collins’ songs is her favorite. Lily is the daughter of rocker and frontman of the band Genesis Phil Collins, and Jill Tavelman

Lily, 35, revealed her favorite song by her dad - noting that while 'there's too many' favorites to choose from, if she had too, it would be 'In The Air Tonight'

Lily, 35, revealed her favorite song by her dad – noting that while ‘there’s too many’ favorites to choose from, if she had too, it would be ‘In The Air Tonight’

Lily, who was on WWHL with her Emily in Paris co-star Ashley Park, said she has memories of songs that she never heard in real life – hearing them from her mom’s womb.

‘You know the funny thing is that I have these memories as a kid of songs that I don’t know if they’re actually real,’ she said.

‘Because they were like, in my head, as I was maybe in the womb.’

Adding: ‘But then when I went to the first Genesis concert that I actually remembered as an adult, there were songs that came on that I went, “That’s a real song?! I thought that was just a melody in my head.”‘

In 2022, Lily told Glamour that she is proud of her last name – and never wanted to change it as she began her acting career.

‘I’m so incredibly proud of what my surname represents, for what my dad’s done. And I’m an incredibly proud daughter, but I am going on my own path, my own journey. I didn’t want to change my last name,’ she told the magazine.

Lily said that it was frustrating tp be simply called ‘Phil Collins’ daughter.

Explaining: ‘I so badly wanted to always fight that, because it wasn’t the place I was coming from.’ 

Lily is the daughter of rocker and frontman of the band Genesis Phil Collins, and Jill Tavelman

Lily is the daughter of rocker and frontman of the band Genesis Phil Collins, and Jill Tavelman

 

In 2022, Lily attended dad Phil's last concert with Genesis in London, sharing a post on Instagram to remember the moment

In 2022, Lily attended dad Phil’s last concert with Genesis in London, sharing a post on Instagram to remember the moment

Adding: ‘And so I am really proud of where I am today because I know how hard I work.’ 

In 2022, Lily attended dad Phil’s last concert with Genesis in London, sharing a post on Instagram to remember the moment.

She thanked her dad for ‘being an inspiration,’ noting that the concert marked ‘the end of an era.’

Adding: ‘To have witnessed this last show was truly the memory of a lifetime and an event I shall hold in my heart forever. Endlessly grateful doesn’t begin to do it justice.’

’50 years of songs later and still generations more to celebrate you long after this tour has finished…’ 

Lily, who was born in Guildford, Surrey, England, began her career at age 520 with a role on Growing Pains on the BBC in 1992.

Notable roles besides Emily in Paris include The Blind Side, Mirror Mirror, Love, Rosie, Les Miserables and MaXXXine. 

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