Rebecca Lucy Taylor: What disappointment has stayed with you longest? — FLAPSS

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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Rebecca Lucy Taylor

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I am consistently disappointed in the music industry. Every time someone says that I’m underrated, that feels extremely disappointing because I’ve done my end of the bargain.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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Laura Mvula English singer

Not winning the Mercury.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2014 source ↗

Not going to the World Cup in 1986 and not going to the World Cup in 1998.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2024 source ↗

The Mona Lisa – I preferred the frame.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

Rebecca Ferguson

Without naming names, some people I’ve put a lot of faith and trust and love into.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2023 source ↗

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Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

I would not like to know what my total massage budget is.

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Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Big, shy, angry.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

At a pub in Rotherham. I was a really bad waitress and I ended up being demoted to chopping the potatoes and I even got fired from that.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

People who can’t wait to argue.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list? Taste & recommendation

I never finished The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I’d have gone solo sooner.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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