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Evening Standard
Entertainment
Lauren Del Fabbro

Self Esteem ‘worried’ privilege gap getting wider within music industry

Self Esteem (Rebecca Lucy Taylor) attending the Brit Awards 2026 at Co-op Live, Manchester (Ian West/PA) - (PA Wire)

Alternative singer Self Esteem has said she is “worried” that the privilege gap is getting wider within the music industry.

Despite having launched her solo career nearly a decade ago, the singer, born Rebecca Lucy Taylor, 39, only recently saw her career pick up after securing her first top 10 album in the UK charts for A Complicated Woman and winning the visionary award at the 2025 Ivors ceremony.

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