"They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be"
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The phrase “the big one” is doing a lot of cultural work. It sounds casual, almost jokey, but it also points to a hierarchy of places and events: London as the real stage, the center of gravity, the place where legitimacy is supposedly conferred. For a Welsh singer whose career began in the glare of precocious fame, that line reads like an exhausted acknowledgment of how the UK entertainment ecosystem flattens everything into a single capital-city storyline. If you’re not in London, you’re “not really there.”
Subtext: she’s pushing back against the expectation that personal relationships should resolve through spectacle. Celebrity culture loves a third-act confrontation because it turns messy human boundaries into content. Church’s insistence that “there wouldn’t be” a showdown is both protective and faintly accusatory. It suggests that the only reason anyone is asking is because they’re hoping for fireworks. Her answer offers something less saleable: intention, logistics, and the quiet dignity of not escalating.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Church, Charlotte. (2026, January 17). They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-never-were-planning-to-be-here-all-my-family-43807/
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Church, Charlotte. "They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-never-were-planning-to-be-here-all-my-family-43807/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-never-were-planning-to-be-here-all-my-family-43807/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.




