"Born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, 39, was in the duo Slow Club. After 10 years, she went solo as Self Esteem and received Mercury prize, NME and Brit nominations for her second album, 2021's Prioritise Pleasure. This year, she won the Ivor Novello Visionary award and released a book and album, both called A Complicated Woman. In March, she stars in David Hare's Teeth 'n' Smiles at the Duke of York's theatre, London. She lives in London with her partner."
"What is your greatest fear? Having no way of earning money. What is your earliest memory? Crying on a birthday I was three or four. I had overwhelming sadness that a birthday wasn't a positive thing because it was getting closer to dying. Mum had got me some new red jeans and I remember them being round my ankles and me sobbing and Mum pulling my jeans up and saying Come on."
"Which living person do you most admire and why? Julie Hesmondhalgh she's the kindest, brightest, most truthful woman. She's so talented, works hard, cares about the right things, puts her energy in the right places. I adore her. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My internalised misogyny that still manages to cloud some of my thinking. What is the trait you most deplore in others? People who can't wait to argue."
Rebecca Lucy Taylor, known professionally as Self Esteem, moved from the duo Slow Club to a solo career. She secured Mercury, NME and Brit nominations for the second album Prioritise Pleasure and received the Ivor Novello Visionary award. She released a book and an album titled A Complicated Woman and will star in David Hare's Teeth 'n' Smiles at the Duke of York's Theatre. She lives in London with her partner. She recalls happiest childhood play before puberty, fears having no way to earn money, remembers an early birthday sadness, admires Julie Hesmondhalgh, and acknowledges internalised misogyny and a dislike of argumentative people.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]