Becky Hill: 'I was raped and dropped by my label in the same year' — SkimNews
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- Becky Hill is releasing her latest album 'Rebecca' on 13 November, her third LP following two top 10 records and Brit awards for best dance act in 2022 and 2023
- Hill revealed she was raped by a friend and dropped by her record label in the same year, at age 21, and disclosed the assault to three male collaborators during a writing session hours before being pulled into a meeting telling her she had no label
- Hill reached the semifinals of the first series of The Voice UK at 17 while working two bar jobs and depressed, using the show as a launchpad out of Bewdley despite not winning
- Hill bought houses for both her parents and her brother's family before purchasing her own property, and now employs her brother — a former Marine who was shot in the head — as her personal security
- Hill has been in therapy since age 22 and says she is at peace if 'Rebecca' underperforms commercially because she is now writing songs about what she actually wants to say, rather than chasing external approval
- Hill described her 20s as a decade of shaking off the stigma of coming from a TV talent show, fighting to be heard on featured tracks she felt belonged to producers, and losing a sense of kindness she has only recently recovered
Why it matters: Hill's account collapses the usual comeback narrative: the same year she was sexually assaulted, she was also dropped by her label — and she describes telling colleagues about the assault just hours before hearing she'd lost her deal. With 'Rebecca' due 13 November and her stating she's 'at peace' if it underperforms, the rollout is framed less as a commercial push than as a reclamation of artistic control after a decade of industry turbulence.
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