S13, Ep6 How To Fail: Self Esteem

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

I'm so excited about today's guest. Self Esteem has been providing me with my preferred soundtrack for life, the universe and just about everything since the release of her BRILLIANT second album, Prioritise Pleasure, last year. I'm not the only one who's obsessed - it was the Guardian's album of the year and earned her a Brit Award nomination. If you haven't yet listened to her soaringly beautiful anthem, I Do This All The Time, then do that right after you've heard this. Promise? Ok, then.

Rebecca Lucy Taylor, was born and raised in Rotherham, before becoming one half of indie folk duo Slow Club. When the band broke up, Taylor reinvented herself as a solo artist. Her name? Self Esteem. She joins me to talk about her failure to get into drama school, her failure to 'make it' in music, and her failure at 'happy ever after' in relationships. We also discuss body image, toxic partners and what success really means. It's a goodie. Enjoy.

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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day, produced by Naomi Mantin and Chris Sharp. To contact us, email [email protected]

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0:00.0	An ITVX exclusive.
0:03.4	Who have you ever revealed your real self to?
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1:03.8	Hello and welcome to How to Fail with Elizabeth Day.
1:07.5	The podcast that celebrates the things that haven't gone right.
1:11.8	This is a podcast about learning from our mistakes and understanding that why we fail ultimately makes us stronger.
1:19.2	Because learning how to fail in life actually means learning how to succeed better.
1:25.2	I'm your host, author and journalist Elizabeth Day, and every week I'll be asking a new interviewee
1:31.3	what they've learned from failure.
1:33.9	My guest today has two names.
1:36.6	As Rebecca Lucy Taylor, she was born and raised in Rotherham by a steel worker dad and secretary mom
1:43.0	before becoming one half of Indy Folk Duo Slow Club.
1:47.9	When that band broke up, Taylor reinvented herself as a solo artist,
1:52.6	reaching for a name that would embody all the empowerment and self love she most desired.
1:58.2	She became self-esteem, a dazzling musician whose songs take on toxic relationships and mental health.
2:06.4	But do so with an infectious, rousing sound that one reviewer described as
2:11.8	Sun Bursting Through Cloud.
2:14.8	Her second album, Prioritized Pleasure, released last year,
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