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We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson

This Is What They Made Me Do! We're Talking Women in the Music Industry

We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson

FlightStory

Relationships, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Paul sits down with Cher Lloyd, Myleene Klass and Estelle to hear the truth about working in the music industry. This is not one to be missed! (00:00) Intro (00:41) Cher Lloyd Talks Being Sexualised in the Music Industry (08:34) Myleene's Experience of the 'Wild West' Music Industry (23:46) Estelle's Experience as a Black Female Artist in the UK Music Industry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Think about cheese.

0:01.7

Make your thoughts cheesier.

0:04.2

Now add 100% chicken breast fillet, Chipotle sauce and Amadea cheese melt.

0:08.3

And it's giving the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's.

0:12.0

Did we mention it's cheesy?

0:13.9

Cheese.

0:15.8

Available to the 4th of Jan, 2026 from 11 a.m.

0:18.1

Plus and participation may vary.

0:19.2

Subjects availability.

0:20.3

Hello and welcome to

0:21.9

We're Talking. The music industry can be dazzling, but behind the spotlight, it's often a battle to be

0:27.6

seen, heard, and respected. In this episode, Estelle, Mylene, class, and Cher Lloyd open up about the realities

0:35.7

of being women in music, from breaking through the noise

0:40.3

to surviving the pressure and reclaiming their voices along the way. Being a woman in the music industry, it's tough, especially then, right? And I say especially then, because it's tough now. I think we often hear people say,

1:11.7

you know, women are on the rise, like women.

1:14.1

Yes, but we still live in a patriarchy.

1:17.4

And you think 2010, you know, during doing research for this,

1:22.1

I went back and I looked at interviews,

1:25.6

some of the questions, not so many of the questions that you got. It's like you

1:29.9

would never have received those questions if you were a man. I wish I had a list of the things

1:36.3

they used to ask me because they'd just be insane. Yeah, I mean, what are some of them that you

1:42.1

were asked that you know would never be asked today?

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