Self Esteem
Praying For Time - Single
Album · Alternative · 2022 · Fiction
Rebecca Lucy Taylor—better-known as UK pop diva Self Esteem—has an admission to make. “I don’t think I can remember when I first became aware of George Michael,” she tells Apple Music. “I’m a bit worried because I think it might have been when Robbie Williams did ‘Freedom’ [in 1996—Taylor was nine]. I’m only just learning now what an absolute genius George Michael was, which I’m slightly embarrassed to admit, but it’s also one of the nice things about life, isn’t it. I’m getting treated now to the catalog of George Michael.”
Taylor’s making up for lost time with her contribution to our George Michael Covered series. “I only just heard ‘Praying for Time’ in the last couple of years,” she says. “My mate sent it to me and was like, ‘These lyrics!’ I still can’t believe them. Recording this has been gobsmacking in a way. It is talking about things that are hot-button topics right now, and it was 1990. And that’s what George always did. I see now he could see through the bullshit and call the bullshit out. There’s a bit of me that tries to do that, too. I’m learning that the more successful I get, the more brave I have to be—and I can’t believe someone as big and famous as him was so brave. Because the scrutiny and the fucking piss-taking, to still just be your authentic self…no one gives him credit for that. He was hard as nails.”
Praying For Time - Single
Self Esteem
Rebecca Lucy Taylor—better-known as UK pop diva Self Esteem—has an admission to make. “I don’t think I can remember when I first became aware of George Michael,” she tells Apple Music. “I’m a bit worried because I think it might have been when Robbie Williams did ‘Freedom’ [in 1996—Taylor was nine]. I’m only just learning now what an absolute genius George Michael was, which I’m slightly embarrassed to admit, but it’s also one of the nice things about life, isn’t it. I’m getting treated now to the catalog of George Michael.”
Taylor’s making up for lost time with her contribution to our George Michael Covered series. “I only just heard ‘Praying for Time’ in the last couple of years,” she says. “My mate sent it to me and was like, ‘These lyrics!’ I still can’t believe them. Recording this has been gobsmacking in a way. It is talking about things that are hot-button topics right now, and it was 1990. And that’s what George always did. I see now he could see through the bullshit and call the bullshit out. There’s a bit of me that tries to do that, too. I’m learning that the more successful I get, the more brave I have to be—and I can’t believe someone as big and famous as him was so brave. Because the scrutiny and the fucking piss-taking, to still just be your authentic self…no one gives him credit for that. He was hard as nails.”
