Slow Club
Exit Interview: Self Esteem Reflects on Finding Contentment in Her 30s, Pop Stardom and Who She Wants to Work with Next
For Rebecca Lucy Taylor, her entire 20s were flooded with self-questioning like: “What’s wrong with me? Why don’t I have that? Why aren’t I like that? Why haven’t I got that?” Once she stopped trying so hard to fix her life, it changed both on a personal and professional level. “Because I’m less fucking desperate for a hit or for my circumstances to change, there was no agenda really other than to create,” the singer says over Zoom from a London flat. Sporting bleach-blond hair and a black sweater that radiates off of the surrounding white walls, Taylor, who goes by the moniker Self Esteem is appreciative for the success she’s found from her sophomore album Prioritise Pleasure. “I think it’s cool I’m not a young, hot thing,” she quips. “I’m a 35-year-old hot thing.” After spending the majo...
