β€œI quit the band. I stopped listening to music and never spoke about it again, except when someone recognized me or I had a slip of the tongue.”

The author (right) with her daughters at a Taylor Swift concert in 2023

The author performing at the Chicago Music Festival in 1999.

The author singing with Sting in Chicago in 2000

The author's children in front of a poster for her one-woman show in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2023

Oskar Saville is a mother of three incredible children, a writer and performer. She lives in New York City and is currently working on a memoir. For more from her, check out her Substack.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost in April 2026.