Lucy Beaumont shares her honest playlist
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- Lucy Beaumont says her first song love was "Caravan of Love" by the Housemartins at age four or five, drawn in part by her grandparents' garden caravan she used as a wendy house.
- Lucy Beaumont bought "Thriller" by Michael Jackson from HMV in Hull as her first single, even though it predated her, reasoning that "everyone loved Michael Jackson so I was probably copying somebody at school."
- Lucy Beaumont says Coldplay, particularly "Yellow," gives her a visceral reaction that "makes me feel carsick" — even though she concedes "Chris Martin seems like a nice guy."
- Lucy Beaumont admits she secretly likes Ed Sheeran's "Supermarket Flowers" — a song he wrote about his grandmother dying from his mother's point of view — but says she'd "never tell anybody."
- Lucy Beaumont credits the Stone Roses' first album with changing her life as a teenager, shifting her from hard house to what she calls "spiritual" rock'n'roll; she singles out the opening bars of "Waterfall."
- Lucy Beaumont says Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" always makes her cry because it has been played at funerals, and reflects on writing music that accompanies people at "their most vulnerable moments."
- Lucy Beaumont tours the UK from 23 September, starting in Scunthorpe, and says she has never done karaoke in her life.
Why it matters: Lucy Beaumont's UK tour launches 23 September in Scunthorpe, and this playlist piece doubles as tour promotion while giving fans and bookers a personal window into her tastes — from childhood Hull nostalgia and a Coldplay aversion strong enough to make her carsick to a private Ed Sheeran soft spot — heading into the run.
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