Django Django – "Surface to Air" (Feat. Self Esteem) (Singles Going Steady)". PopMatters. 6 March 2018 . Retrieved 18 October 2022. She says that breaking away to do her own thing has been “the greatest joy”, adding: “Everything about that world was like, ‘Ooh – we just happen to be playing our songs quietly, don’t look at me, don’t make any sort of spectacle out of me; I’m just sort of accidentally talented. That’s something I never enjoyed about it. I want to put on a show – I want it to be too much! Interview with Rebecca Lucy Taylor (AKA Self Esteem) for Taskmaster's New Year Treat". Beyond The Joke. 27 December 2022 . Retrieved 9 January 2023. Self Esteem – I Do This All The Time (Live on Later). BBC Music. 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023 . Retrieved 10 February 2023– via YouTube. Chatting over Zoom from a nondescript rehearsal studio in London, Taylor has the vision clearly laid out in her mind already: she’ll be propped up in a nest of pink satin – with a Tesco meal deal (preference: tuna and sweetcorn sandwich with salt and vinegar crisps and a Mars bar – “a high thread-count meal deal”) within arm’s reach. The musician wants to take the aesthetic of Britney Spears’ iconic 1999 Rolling Stone cover, and give it a relatable, tongue-in-cheek Self Esteem twist. “The reality,” she says, “is that women don’t look like that in bed.”

Solomon, Kate (18 July 2023). "Call Me a Lioness: Melanie C, Self Esteem and more record song for Women's World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 25 July 2023. Taylor has said that "Wresting" is about the early stages of many relationships in which both parties try not to seem too enthusiastic. [9] "Rollout", with its refrain " What I might have achieved / If I wasn't trying to please you" has been described by Taylor as being the story of her 20s, trying to people-please in her music, her romantic relationships, her family and in wider society. [7] Release and reception [ edit ] Richards, Will (25 August 2021). "Self Esteem talks basing her new live shows on Madonna's 'Blonde Ambition' tour". NME . Retrieved 8 March 2023. She has been openly bisexual since 2013. [2] [71] [109] Discography [ edit ] Studio albums [ edit ] Finally free after more than a decade in folk-pop duo Slow Club, Rebecca Taylor has since spoken of feeling creatively and emotionally stifled for large portions of these formative years. With this aptly-titled solo project she’s finally shooting from the hip, delivering a defiant declaration of self-love and the most adventurous songwriting of her career.a b Richards, Will (23 August 2021). "Green Man festival 2021: there's magic in the mountains, and a sense of renewal". NME . Retrieved 8 March 2023.

Taylor has been a supporter of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club since a child, a club that her great-grandfather played for. [108] Self Esteem talks singing Arctic Monkeys while "spangled" and meeting Mr Blobby". NME. 19 October 2022 . Retrieved 27 July 2023.

In one such attempt to avoid conflict, Taylor laid out her reasons for bailing on her mate’s awkward barbecue on the spoken-word verse of ‘I Do This All The Time’: “If I went to your barbecue, I’d feel uncomfortable and not be sure what to say anyway”. Today she explains: “If I just be myself so openly and truly, it means you can’t send me a big text being angry that I didn’t come to your birthday – I put it in that song; you heard me! The nudes that could leak of me are unimaginable. But if I’m empowered by myself, and accepting myself for myself, then I’m free from the fear that I spent a lot of my 20s in.” The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Gigwise ranked Prioritise Pleasure as the best album of 2021. [45] [46] [47] NME ranked the album as the fourth best of 2021. [48] The Guardian named "I Do This All The Time" as the best song of 2021. [49] Taylor in August 2022

Cairns, Dan; Dean, Jonathan; Helm, Jake. "25 best albums of 2021". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 13 December 2021. In an interview for the podcast series Talk Art in July 2022 Taylor discussed the demo for a new song that contains the refrain "I can't be arsed", a phrase also included in the video for "Moody", stating that "essentially, album three has begun now". [51] Speaking about the budget constraints she has faced as a new artist, she has said that "I'm so glad I haven't achieved what I want to achieve quite yet, because imagine if I had access to an orchestra or a full choir. That's what excites me about album three". [52] Taylor in January 2023 Sagar, Sharuna (23 July 2023). "BBC Proms: Self Esteem shines as Sage Gateshead hosts festival". BBC News . Retrieved 25 July 2023. It’s a big slot for me,” she says, explaining that the plan is to air more songs from the upcoming album, along with plenty of choreo party spirit. “With the live show that we’re doing, there are dance routines like Pussycat Dolls… because they’re fun to play on.” She adds: “I enjoy playing into really shiny pop tropes. What I want to do is to use the palatable nature of pop to Trojan horse in my agenda. While you think you’re listening to something sexy or fizzy and poppy, it’s actually me trying to school you about consent.” Skinner, Tom (30 June 2022). "Self Esteem and Bimini to appear on 'Celebrity Gogglebox' ". NME . Retrieved 26 March 2023.

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Taylor was previously a member of folk duo Slow Club, which formed in Sheffield in 2006. The band consisted of multi-instrumentalists Charles Watson and Taylor, with Watson on the piano, Taylor on the drums, and both performing guitars and vocals. [8] [9] The band paused working in 2017, [10] following an extensive tour to support their last album, owing to differing musical interests and Taylor feeling unfulfilled. [11] [4] Slow Club's final tour in the winter of 2016, and Taylor's dissatisfaction and unhappiness with the band, was captured in the documentary Our Most Brilliant Friends, directed by Piers Dennis and released in 2018. [12] [13] 2015–2020: The appearance of Self Esteem and Compliments Please [ edit ] Murray, Robin (17 October 2014). "Django Django's Dave MacLean Launches New Label". Clash Magazine . Retrieved 20 March 2019.