Bennett, whose inescapable voice helped outline the sound of early-2010s pop, tragically leaves behind a six-year-old daughter.
Lauren Bennett, the British singer-songwriter who lent her voice to one of many defining EDM anthems of the 2010s, has died on the age of 37.
Bennett’s breathy hook on LMFAO’s ‘Get together Rock Anthem’ helped catapult the tune to No. 1 in additional than a dozen international locations, making it a fixture of events and sporting occasions for over a decade and inserting her in Spotify’s elusive billion-stream membership. She was additionally a founding member of the pop teams G.R.L. and Paradiso Women.
Her former bandmates in G.R.L., Emmalyn Estrada, Natasha Slayton and Paula van Oppen, confirmed her demise Monday in a joint assertion posted to social media. They didn’t reveal a reason for demise.
“Our hearts are damaged, and we can’t start to specific how a lot she meant to us,” the group wrote. “We’ll ceaselessly cherish the love, laughter and numerous recollections she gave us. Her lovely spirit touched so many lives, and he or she might be deeply missed and ceaselessly beloved.”
Born June 24, 1989 in Meopham, Bennett started acting at 18 and shortly turned a founding member of Paradiso Women, the dance-pop group assembled by Robin Antin, creator of The Pussycat Dolls. The group’s 2009 debut single ‘Patron Tequila,’ which options Lil Jon and Eve, peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Dance Membership Songs chart and launched Bennett to a wider viewers.
She later joined one other Antin venture, G.R.L., with whom she toured internationally earlier than the 2014 demise of bandmate Simone Battle, which prompted a hiatus. The group reformed the next yr with van Oppen becoming a member of as a fourth member, and continued performing intermittently within the years that adopted.
Outdoors music, Bennett spoke overtly about psychological well being advocacy following Battle’s demise, working with the band to boost consciousness amongst youthful followers. She is survived by her six-year-old daughter, Harlow.
The staff at EDM.com expresses our honest condolences to the household, followers, associates and family members of Lauren Bennett.
