Compliments and complications on Self Esteem's road to fame

Rebecca Lucy Taylor has taken the long route to critical success, admitting that "no-one was really that interested" in her work with Charles Watson in indie duo Slow Club from 2006 to 2017.

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But now, as Self Esteem, the 38-year-old is recognised as one of the most exciting artists in pop following the release of her second album Prioritise Pleasure in 2021, which topped numerous album of the year lists that year, before being nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2022.

Taylor, whose first release as Self Esteem was 2019's Compliments Please, said she was "very stressed out" with the thought of following up the critically acclaimed record with A Complicated Woman, which was released in April.