Becky Hill has addressed being booed during her surprise set at the TRNSMT Festival.
The 32-year-old singer said she is “not a jukebox” after she got a negative response to her 30-minute slot on the King Tut’s Stage at Glasgow Green, Scotland, on June 19, which she used to “play you nothing but brand new music”.
Becky spoke about the viral moment from the crowd in an Instagram video posted on Wednesday (24.06.26).
The Lose Control hitmaker said: “Getting booed is not nice. I haven’t found a single one of these easy, it’s really upsetting because I love this job, and that’s not making me love it as much as I usually do.”
She continued: “I wanted to bring a new and exclusive 30-minute set of brand new music to a festival crowd unannounced, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to play the new music I’ve been working so hard on, and I personally love so much.”
Becky then thanked the TRNSMT team for the opportunity and the fans who “stayed and danced with me right until the very end” when she performed tracks Afterglow and Disconnect.
She added: “It was amazing to have such a captive audience who wanted to hear the new stuff too. I said on stage how difficult it is to transition into a new single and new music and new albums, and all this conversation online is exactly what I meant.
“I’m not a jukebox, I’m an artist, and the tickets for TRNSMT weren’t sold on my name being a part of the line-up. And I wanted to do something new and artistically-driven. I don’t really get that opportunity to do that in my career often at all.
“But trust me, when my name is on the poster, I’ll always sing the tunes that people know and love. I feel very grateful to have those records in my catalogue after 14 years of making them.”
Becky said to have a “long career”, she “needs to have new music”.
The Remember entertainer concluded: “Thank you to all the people that stayed and danced with me at TRNSMT.”
In a now viral video, the crowd booed after Becky said: “I’m going to play you nothing but brand new music. I’ve got to a point that’s in every artist’s life where we have to let go of the tunes you lot know me for, and introduce you lot to a brand new f****** era.”
After the crowd’s reaction, she responded: “It’s alright, you’ve got plenty of other artists to see here.”