Paloma Faith: Feeling REJECTED By The Music Industry & Teaching Romesh To Sing!

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.6 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Is being called an icon a bad thing? Apparently, yes. Paloma opens up with Romesh about her highs and lows in the music industry, how she manages her career whilst being a mum and gives Romesh a brutal singing lesson... Presented By Santander - Pay Smarter with a Santander Edge credit card. Find out more at ⁠www.santander.co.uk/personal/credit-cards⁠ A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen. 00:00 Start 00:29 Paloma joins the show 01:21 Birthday drama: famous friends who didn’t show 05:07 Brits, success & being "second best" 06:15 Fame anxiety & awkward fan moments 08:14 Paloma vs vegan cheese (taste test) 12:06 Center Parcs chaos & unexpected sponsorships 14:12 Satan, America & wild Romesh tangents 17:20 How Paloma found her voice & confidence 21:13 Flaky friends & setting boundaries 22:03 Paloma teaches Romesh to sing (Boyz II Men) 28:10 Behind the scenes of *The Voice* & clash with Boy George 29:30 Ambition, fear & what drives Paloma 32:07 Podcast controversy & immigration backlash 35:18 Acting dreams & meandering career paths 39:05 Ageism & feeling rejected by the music industry 40:18 Balancing motherhood, music & podcasting 44:33 Mental health journeys & hypnotherapy stories 47:52 Misquoted: Paloma fact or fiction? 52:14 Celebrity stories (Angelina Jolie, Cher & more) 55:28 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:04.6	It's sweet, then it's savoury,
0:06.4	because the sausage, you know, and the cheese and the egg.
0:09.1	Oh, it's got the golden archies stamped on it too.
0:11.4	Make that make sense.
0:12.5	It's hard to put into words, but...
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0:19.9	I once had a threesome with...
0:21.6	And...
0:22.8	She's been acknowledged several times by the Brits.
0:28.7	She's won once, probably paid for.
0:33.2	It's all rigged.
0:34.7	Simon just sort of sat in a train station, she started masturbating furiously.
0:39.0	People always come up to me and say to me now,
0:41.8	Oh my God, you're an icon.
0:43.6	And even though that's quite nice,
0:45.7	it also sort of implies that I've had my day.
0:48.6	To the end of the road.
0:53.0	Can you hear he's doing this?
0:56.0	Can I say
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