195: VV Brown on music, motherhood, and racism

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

She's a musician, an artist, an author, and a mother - it's the amazing VV Brown!

She tells us about her singing career, including what it's like to hang out with Amy Winehouse, perform with Grace Jones, and turn down P Diddy.

We also discuss how it feels London and move to the countryside as a black woman. VV shares her experience of post-natal depression, and offers some advice for mums who feel like they've lost their hustle.

There's some chat about VV's fantastic new children's book, Lily and the Magic Comb. We talk about what it's like to be told your book is too niche because it features a black lead character.

And finally, we end with a fabulous Scummy Mummy Confession, involving a wardrobe fail at Camp Bestival.

VV's new project is out this Mother's Day, 14 March. Lily and the Magic Comb, written by VV and illustrated by Kate Hazell, is available now from wokekidzshop.co.uk, plus the usual online bookstores.

You can follow VV on Twitter @vvbrown, Instagram @vvbrownofficial, and catch up with her doings at vvbrown.com.

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0:14.3	Today's episode is sponsored by EE. Now we've managed to record this episode amongst just the sheer chaos of tour life, juggling teens, homework, washing piles and just mess. They're just mess all the time. How my kids know how to tie their own shoes or the days of the week is beyond me, but help is at hand. I am very pleased to tell you that
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0:57.0	This is the Scummy Mummies podcast.
1:10.0	Hello and welcome to the Scummy mummies podcast. I'm Annie Gibson and I'm Helen Thorne and we've got a guest Helen Thorne I know and she's really awesome yes it's V V. V.
1:17.7	Hello V. Hello.
1:19.7	Hello. How are you? I'm great.
1:22.0	Tired yes. I'm great. Tired. Yes. Yeah, but great. Yeah. Good.
1:25.4	Excellent. Why are you tired? But which I mean how old are your children? Let's be honest. Okay, exactly.
1:30.3	So I'm tired because 16 month old, Josephine, and a four year old Effie Grace, and just generally, yeah, yeah, I'm in it. I. I'm sure you know the phrase, you're in the trenches, my friend.
1:46.0	Yes. I am. Indeed. I'm going to have to say that lockdown, I'm not even going to try and act like I'm the most like perfect like just lovely
1:56.0	wonderful apple pie baking mother it was the most hardest thing I've ever
2:02.2	experienced in my life.
2:04.0	Wait, wait, wait, hold on child birth.
2:06.0	Yeah, I think, no, no, no, actually,
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