Singer Becky Hill looks back: ‘Aside from the music I was making, I hated every minute of my 20s’ — SkimNews
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- Becky Hill has had two top 10 albums, won the Brit award for best dance act in 2022 and 2023, and is releasing her new album Rebecca on 13 November.
- Becky Hill disclosed she was raped by a friend at 21 in the same year she was dropped by her label, telling three male collaborators about the assault during a writing session just hours before being pulled into a meeting to learn she had no label.
- Becky Hill bought houses for her parents and her brother's family before getting on the property ladder herself, and her brother — shot in the head while serving in the Marines from age 16 — now works as her security.
- Becky Hill says she "hated every minute" of her 20s outside of the music she was making, and has been in therapy since age 22 working on impostor syndrome.
- Becky Hill began her career after reaching the semifinals on the first series of The Voice UK at 17, while working two bar jobs and feeling depressed in her hometown of Bewdley.
- Becky Hill revealed her family was scammed by a kids' modelling agency when she was young, with her mother wiring over £100 and receiving nothing in return.
Why it matters: Becky Hill's disclosure of being raped by a friend at 21 — told to three collaborators hours before being dropped by her label — gives a concrete human cost to the industry churn she describes, and her 13 November album Rebecca is her first project built entirely around songs she actually wants to say.
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