You might expect life as a double Grammy-winning artist to be endlessly glamorous, but for singer Corinne Bailey Rae, the reality can be rather different. “I’ve literally been wiping a bum or breast-feeding and then going straight on stage,” says the mum-of-two, whose daughters are four and six. “There are no boundaries.”
Now 45, Corinne was born to an English mother and Caribbean father in Leeds, where she played violin before discovering her gift for singing. “How I grew up was very different,” she says. “But everybody with kids is always just trying to work it out. You’re forever thinking, ‘Are we doing it right?’, and you don’t really know until they’re about 37.”
Having her mum along is handy for long days on the tour bus. “There’s literally nothing she can’t cook in a microwave. The band like to get the slow cooker going too, so in Spain we’ll put in different meats, or in places like New Orleans we’ll be like, ‘Look at the hot sauce I found in this backstreet!’”
She also has certain habits before performing. “I like to do my own hair and make-up – that’s my ritual. And I do Pilates, lots of stretching and balancing, and always have a hot drink with manuka honey.” "I also love Alice Temperley for sequins, and there’s a Vivienne Westwood in Leeds where I often end up. I have two modes; one is super-dressed down, the other is my super-glam stage world. But it’s all me.” She also sneaks out shopping while on tour. “I end up with all sorts of trinkets and fabrics from around the world, which I love.”
Though she later found happiness again with long-time friend Steve and remarried in 2013, the pain still lingers today. “I think it’ll always be present, because it was such a big experience,” she reflects. “But it’s life-shaping, because right now, I feel so grateful for life. It makes you realise how fragile it all is.”
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