Self Esteem brings tightly choreographed, NSFW headline show to End of the Road

Garbed in a Handmaid’s Tale-reminiscent nun costume, the Yorkshire star stepped out onto the main stage alone and performed the hold-your-breath monologue from “I Do And I Don’t Care”, the opening track from her new album A Complicated Woman, before her dancers joined her.

“Thank you for being here. My name is Rebecca Lucy Taylor and for the next 69 minutes your arse is mine,” Taylor snarked after she and her troupe acted out numerous sex positions during the bitingly witty “69” while their names flashed on screen, e.g. “7: Reverse Cowgirl”. The set also featured more earnest numbers such as “The Curse” on which Taylor played acoustic guitar.

As well as multiple costume changes – including football jerseys emblazoned with the number 69 – the show included Taylor eating a banana and flinging the peel into the crowd while the backscreen showed the giant yellow fruit rotting behind her during “You Forever”. And for “In Plain Sight”, Taylor welcomed the South African ‘future ghetto funk’ pioneer Moonchild Sanelly, with whom she has also collaborated on the 2024 single “Big Man”. Sanelly delivered her spoken word verse about her existence breaking barriers and resisting oppression.

The majority of the set comprised songs from Self Esteem’s 2025 album, though the penultimate track was her beloved breakout singalong “I Do This All The Time”.

Setlist

I Do and I Don’t Care
Mother
Lies
69
You Forever
Prioritise Pleasure
Fucking Wizardry
The Curse
In Plain Sight
If Not Now, It’s Soon
Cheers to Me
Focus Is Power
I Do This All the Time
The Deep Blue Okay

End of the Road Festival concludes today with headline sets from Father John Misty; Black Country, New Road; John Maus; and Fabiano Palladino.