Leah Williamson's honest playlist: from Enrique to Cher
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- Leah Williamson recalled her first cassette player held only two tapes — Hero by Enrique Iglesias and How Do I Live by LeAnn Rimes — which she played repeatedly on fuzzy foam headphones.
- Leah Williamson said she can no longer listen to Where Are Ü Now by Jack Ü featuring Justin Bieber because it was overplayed in the Arsenal changing room, forcing her to turn it off when it comes on now.
- Leah Williamson cited Three Lions by Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds as her favourite football song because of singing "It's coming home" at the 2022 Euros, while Louis Dunford's The Angel (North London Forever) now gives her goose bumps.
- Leah Williamson described her granny taking her to gigs by Paul Simon, Florence + the Machine, and Teddy Swims, and said hearing Norah Jones perform Come Away With Me was the moment she realised "this is what music is about."
- Leah Williamson said she'd want Cher's Believe or The Spinners' I'll Be Around played at her funeral, because "I don't want people to cry."
- England women's next World Cup qualifying game is against Greece on 9 October, and Williamson is listed as a Cadbury ambassador.
Why it matters: The piece humanizes Williamson through Arsenal's changing-room culture — Bieber overplayed to the point of muting — and her nostalgic streak from childhood Enrique cassettes to a Cher funeral request. With England women facing Greece on 9 October in World Cup qualifying, the profile lands during a competitive cycle and reinforces her commercial role as a Cadbury ambassador.
