Robbie Williams shares ‘biggest career regret’ - and it's not quitting Take That
Robbie Williams has admitted the “biggest regret” of his decades-long music career.
The 49-year-old singer, who is the star of his own Netflix docu-series that follows the highs and lows of his illustrious solo career, has confessed there was one single he’s so ashamed of he can barely speak about it. In an interview with DIY magazine, he said he was embarrassed watching footage of him promoting his seventh album, Rudebox, because he hated the title track.
Robbie reinvented his sound several times over the years, but he deeply regrets trying to be young and hip with his grime and hip-hop influenced album in 2006, and cringed when he remembered the lyrics describe Adidas Superstar trainers and “pockets full of Durex”.
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Robbie said he regrets releasing Rudebox (YouTube/Robbie Williams)“My biggest regret is putting that out as the first single,” Robbie said. “If I’d have put it out third and explained properly [that] it’s daft - I know! I’m not trying to be a grime artist. I know it’s daft.” He also revealed he hated watching footage of himself back in 2006 introducing the single to an audience, and was left red-faced.
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“In the documentary, the biggest cringe point for me is explaining to an audience who are about to listen to Rudebox for the first time that this is gonna be the biggest single since Angels,” he laughed. He even joked that the track almost ruined his solo career, and added: “Angels gave me the career and Rudebox heralded the end of my imperial phase.”
The docu-series, titled Robbie Williams, documents Robbie’s rise to fame - from his days in Take That, to his shock exit from the boy band, to carving out a career as one of the most successful solo male artists in music history. It also delves into his addiction struggles and mental wellbeing, and director Joe Pearlman even admitted it was hard for the singer to look back on the darker aspects of his life.
He admitted he missed the mark when he released the hip-hop influenced single (YouTube/Robbie Williams)Speaking to DIY magazine, Robbie said it was tough to admit to having issues with his mental health, as back in the 90s, he was “berated and belittled and told to pull my socks up.” The singer even tried to take his own life and warned against celebrities trying to “make mental illnesses sexy”, which he called celeb-washing. “When it comes to do with mental illnesses then we better be careful when it comes to who it is and how we say it,” he shared.
In the teaser for the four-part series, Robbie said he was overwhelmed when he joined Take That, as he was only 16 years old. “It was insane. I was the centre of the pop culture world. I felt like I was giving more and more of myself away, to the point where you're not somebody you recognise. Being in the spotlight, you can't trust anybody. I was having a nervous-mental breakdown in front of thousands of people,” Robbie shared.
Robbie Williams premieres on Netflix on November 8
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