EP.270 - REBECCA LUCY TAYLOR AKA SELF ESTEEM
5/1/20261 hr 4 min
Adam talks with Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA musician Self Esteem about Bake Off stress, ambition guilt, feeling out of place as an indie pop star, feeling at home in Cabaret, the challenges of following up a hit album, booze, why men love CBT and much else.
Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 23 June, 2025
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Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support
Podcast illustration by Helen Green
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RELATED LINKS
SELF ESTEEM - I DO THIS ALL THE TIME - 2021 (YOUTUBE)
SELF ESTEEM - THE CURSE Self Esteem's song about booze from 'A Complicated Woman' - 2025 (YOUTUBE)
SELF ESTEEM - FOCUS IS POWER - 2025 (YOUTUBE)
TEETH'N'SMILES Starring Self Esteem @ Duke Of York's Theatre until 6 June, 2026 (TEETH'N'SMILES WEBSITE)
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First 90 secondsAdam Buxton· Host0:00
I added one more podcast to the giant podcast bin. Now you have plucked that podcast out and started listening. I took my microphone and found some human folk. Then I recorded all the noises while we spoke. My name is Adam Buxton. I'm a man. And I want you to enjoy this. That's the plan. Hey, how you doing, podcats? It's Adam Buxton here. Now, you may be able to hear that I am not on my usual Norfolk farm track. Rosie is at home in Norfolk. I am in Haggerston Park in East London. It's a beautiful morning on the very first day of May 2026. I've just been shat on by a bird. So much shit. I was on my bike and I went under some trees and I did feel something plop a little bit. And I thought, oh, it's just a branch. It wasn't a branch. It was a direct hit. Got me on the top of my fleece, on the sleeve of my jacket. There's a big old blob on my shorts that I just discovered. Anyway, very effective work from the East London birds. They sound nice, but they will absolutely