Blue Raincoat Music Renew Publishing Deal with Self Esteem

24 September 2025 - Press release

Blue Raincoat Music Publishing, through its joint venture with Reservoir, has announced the renewal of its global music publishing agreement with acclaimed English musician, songwriter and actress Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem.

Born and raised in Rotherham, Rebecca Lucy Taylor first came to audiences’ attention as one half of the band Slow Club before launching her solo career as Self Esteem. She subsequently released the albums Compliments Please in 2019, Prioritise Pleasure in 2021 (which included the iconic single “I Do This All The Time”) and A Complicated Woman, which came out to critical plaudits earlier this year.

A multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and theatre composer, Taylor won the 2021 BBC Music Introducing Artist of the Year Award and achieved a nomination for the Mercury Prize in 2022 with Prioritise Pleasure. She also received a Brit nomination the same year and was the recipient of an Ivor Novello Visionary Award in 2025.

From September 2023 to March 2024 she performed the lead role of Sally Bowles in the West End production of Cabaret and also wrote the score for Prima Facie, the much-acclaimed one-woman performance from award-winning actress Jodie Comer.

Taylor’s growing live presence included a sold-out, multi-night residency at London’s Eventim Apollo in 2024, a run of shows at the Duke of York’s Theatre in April ahead of her A Complicated Woman album release (with Madonna in attendance who subsequently called Taylor “an incredible artist”), and a triumphant Glastonbury festival performance this summer. Taylor will shortly embark on another extensive tour, which will take place throughout October and November.

Launched originally as an artist management company, Blue Raincoat Music diversified into music publishing in 2016. Later that year, it acquired legendary independent record label Chrysalis Records, which added recorded music operations to its portfolio. Since then, Blue Raincoat Music’s management, publishing and recorded music divisions have operated as Blue Raincoat Artists, Blue Raincoat Music Publishing and Chrysalis Records, respectively.

Jeremy Lascelles, CEO of Blue Raincoat Music, said, “Rebecca is one of the most important artists to have broken through in this country in recent times. Important culturally, important lyrically, and the writer of some of the great pop anthems. She articulates in song the lived experience of being a woman like no other. Witty, subversive and always landing a true emotional punch. It has been a genuine pleasure for me, alongside my colleagues Laura Barton and Emma Kamen, to have worked with her since the start of Self Esteem, and it’s a real honour that she has chosen to continue that relationship with us. Her talents and ambitions cross many boundaries, so I know that there will be many glorious surprises awaiting us during the next phase of her career.”

Taylor said, “It’s an honour to work with people who understand both my vision for Self Esteem and my interests in other projects. Blue Raincoat as a company has gone from strength to strength, and I’m excited to be part of their rise."