Self Esteem talks singing Arctic Monkeys while “spangled” and meeting Mr Blobby

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NME on the red carpet of the Mercury Prize 2022, Self Esteem revealed her love of singing Arctic Monkeys while “spangled” – as well as telling us about meeting Mr Blobby and progress on her next album.Rebecca Lucy Taylor – aka Self Esteem – was shortlisted for her acclaimed second album ‘Prioritise Pleasure‘, up against Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’,  Yard Act’s ‘The Overload’, Kojey Radical‘s ‘Reason To Smile’ and Harry Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’ for the prize last night, but ultimately lost out to Little Simz’s ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert‘.‘Prioritise Pleasure’ had been among the bookies’ favourites to win, but Taylor told us that she was paying no mind to the odds.“I’m in a better head space of thinking, ‘Genuinely, I’m someone that’s been nominated’; that’s all I asked for and all I wanted,” said Taylor. “Genuinely, my life has changed this year.

I can go into the rest of my life and my creative life as well not being so like, ‘Please, look at me! Hello!’ I don’t have to do that anymore.

That’s the biggest prize. Not to put a cute little button on it, but me being alright with myself if the best prize ever.”At the first attempt of this year’s Mercury Prize, which was postponed until this week due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth, Taylor made headlines for pushing for the leftover unserved food from the ceremony to be given to the homeless.

Looking back on her actions, Taylor said it was the most logical thing to do.“We could smell the food,” Taylor told us. “We were like, ‘I’m hungry, my mum and dad are hungry, where’s the food going?’ That was my logic.