EP.270 - REBECCA LUCY TAYLOR AKA SELF ESTEEM

Adam talks with Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA musician Self Esteem about Bake Off stress, ambition guilt, feeling out of place as an indie pop star, feeling at home in Cabaret, the challenges of following up a hit album, booze, why men love CBT and much else.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 23 June, 2025

THE ADAM BUXTON BAND MAY 2026 TOUR 

ADAM BUXTON & MIRANDA SAWYER @ CHARLESTON FESTIVAL 14 May 2026, 9pm

BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026 

PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING FILM AND TALK WITH ADAM BUXTON & PATRICK BARKHAM @ NORWICH ARTS CENTRE, 28 June, 2026

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Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support

Podcast illustration by Helen Green

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RELATED LINKS

SELF ESTEEM - I DO THIS ALL THE TIME - 2021 (YOUTUBE)

SELF ESTEEM - THE CURSE Self Esteem's song about booze from 'A Complicated Woman' - 2025 (YOUTUBE)

SELF ESTEEM - FOCUS IS POWER - 2025 (YOUTUBE)

TEETH'N'SMILES Starring Self Esteem @ Duke Of York's Theatre until 6 June, 2026 (TEETH'N'SMILES WEBSITE)

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ ROUNDHOUSE, 5 April, 2026

I'll be waffling with Mawaan Rizwaan, the former YouTube comedian turned BAFTA winning writer and star of TV sitcom Juice, at the Roundhouse Comedy Festival. I don't plan on doing any other live podcasts this year, so I hope you can make it to this one.

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