‘Chris Martin seems nice – but Coldplay make me feel carsick!’: Lucy Beaumont’s honest playlist
In this Guardian "Honest Playlist" feature, comedian Lucy Beaumont, from Hull, talks candidly about the songs that have shaped her life, from childhood favourites to her funeral wishes. She reveals a deep aversion to Coldplay, admitting their music makes her feel "carsick" despite thinking frontman Chris Martin "seems like a nice guy", while confessing a secret fondness for Ed Sheeran's Supermarket Flowers that she'd never openly admit to.
Beaumont's picks span decades and genres, from the Housemartins' Caravan of Love, which she loved as a toddler partly because of a family caravan, to Michael Jackson's Thriller as her first record purchase. She credits the Stone Roses' debut album, particularly Waterfall, with changing her life after a teenage phase of hard house, names Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here as the song that makes her cry, and has chosen Otis Redding's Try a Little Tenderness for her own funeral. The piece also promotes her UK tour running from 23 September to 20 June, starting in Scunthorpe.
- Comedian Lucy Beaumont shares her personal "honest playlist" for the Guardian.
- Coldplay makes her feel carsick; she secretly loves Ed Sheeran's Supermarket Flowers.
- She wants Otis Redding's Try a Little Tenderness played at her funeral.
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Chris Martin seems like a nice guy, but Coldplay make me feel carsick, from an ongoing Guardian series called "Honest Playlist", in which well-known people talk through the songs that have mattered to them at different points in their life, and this instalment features Hull-born comedian Lucy Beaumont.
Beaumont is known for her stand-up and television work, and has built a reputation for a distinctive deadpan, deeply personal style of comedy. In this feature she talks through tracks tied to specific memories, from childhood favourites to songs she associates with turning points in her life, as well as more lighthearted admissions, such as bands she cannot stand and songs she would rather keep secret.
The piece sits within a wider genre of celebrity music interviews, where public figures reveal personal tastes that may differ from their public image, offering readers a more informal, human glimpse of someone they otherwise know for their work. It also ties into promotion of Beaumont's upcoming UK comedy tour.