Self Esteem has spoken to NME about being nominated for the Mercury Prize 2022 – as well as plans for her next album and quest to be a judge on Drag Race UK.
Watch our video interview with Rebecca Lucy Taylor above.Taylor was speaking to NME from the London launch event for the prize yesterday (Wednesday July 27), where the Sheffield star’s second solo record ‘Prioritise Pleasure‘ was named as one of the Albums Of The Year alongside albums by the likes of Sam Fender, Nova Twins, Harry Styles, Little Simz and more.“I’m not being coy, but I can’t believe what’s happened,” Taylor told NME. ‘I’d really made my peace with being consistently underground and under-dogged.
Something has happened where people have connected to [the album]. It’s still kind of a slow-burn and slowly growing – it’s not like my life has changed overnight – but my greatest joy is making music.She continued: “I’ve been making records since I was 18, always with this not-too-far-away fear that I’d have to stop soon and probably have to train to do a different job.
It’s so hard to keep going in this industry, and the idea that people are listening and caring about it makes it feel like I can’t go away right now, and that is just beautiful.
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