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Lola Young (singer)
Lola Emily Mary Young (born 4 January 2001) is an English singer. Born and raised in South London, she first attracted attention in 2016, when she won the under-16 category of Open Mic UK and reached the finals of Got What It Takes?. Young released her debut single in October 2019 and then the EPs Intro, Renaissance, and After Midnight. In 2021, she recorded a version of Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey's "Together in Electric Dreams" for that year's John Lewis Christmas advert. Around this time, she was nominated for the Brit Award for Rising Star and came fourth on the BBC's Sound of....
Young released the albums My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely and This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway in 2023 and 2024. The latter made the Top 20 of the UK Albums Chart after its single "Messy" went viral on TikTok and topped several singles charts. Young was subsequently listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 and won the Ivor Novello Award for Rising Star and the ASCAP Vanguard Award. Her third album I'm Only F**king Myself and its tracks "One Thing", "D£aler", and "Post Sex Clarity" peaked at numbers 3, 18, 27, and 60 in the UK. Young's health declined around the time of the album's release and she cancelled her schedule after collapsing on stage.
Lola Emily Mary Young was born on 4 January 2001 in Croydon to a Jamaican-Chinese father and English mother. She grew up in Beckenham with three sisters including Becky Young, who campaigned for the music industry environmental charity EarthPercent and ran the anti-fatphobia Instagram account Anti-Diet Riot Club. Their mother worked for Mind, while their stepfather was a bass player and their great-aunt was The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson. Lola started writing songs aged 11 and begun performing at open mic nights aged 14. From Year 10, she attended the BRIT School, a place she described in an interview as "a hub for people who maybe couldn’t be themselves even at home, but [...] could be themselves there".
In January 2016, she won the under-16 category of the Open Mic UK singing competition and appeared on CBBC's Got What It Takes?, which she reached the finals of. Amy Winehouse's former manager Nick Shymansky met Young the following year after she performed at The Bedford in Balham. He had gone there looking for a replacement artist for a documentary and subsequently became Young's joint manager with Nick Huggett, who had previously signed Adele. Young was subsequently diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder aged 17.
Young released her debut single, "6 Feet Under", in October 2019. She also released the EP Intro that year, followed by a music video for Intro track "3rd of Jan (Getting Ready)" that day. Promotion for Intro was interrupted by Young developing a cyst on her vocal cords, for which she underwent surgery. By March 2020, she had signed with Capitol Records and had released the single "Pick Me Up". The following month, she released the single "None for You" and the EP Renaissance. In July, she released the single "Woman", which was accompanied the month after by a video in which she and several other women appeared nude.
Island Records subsequently signed Young and released her single "Ruin My Make Up" in March 2021. By August, she also had released the singles "Bad Tattoo" and "Blue (2AM)"; that month, she released After Midnight, an EP of love songs recorded on piano. In September, she performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden and released the single "Fake", which she performed on Later... with Jools Holland. In November, her rendition of Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey's "Together in Electric Dreams" soundtracked that year's John Lewis Christmas advert. Around this time, she was nominated for the Brit Award for Rising Star and came fourth on the BBC's Sound of... poll.
Young released "So Sorry" in January 2022, which she performed on The Graham Norton Show. Her subsequent singles "Stream of Consciousness", "Annabel's House", "Don't Hate Me", "What Is It About Me", and "Money" were released between November 2022 and May 2023 and featured on her debut album My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely in May 2023. The title was a reference to her schizoaffective disorder and many of the tracks pertained to it. A returning cyst meant that Young's voice was raspier than on previous records. The album failed to chart, although "Don't Hate Me" went viral on TikTok.
Between September 2023 and May 2024, Young released the singles "Conceited", "Wish You Were Dead", "Fuck", and "Messy". That June, all four appeared on This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway, an album largely written about substandard ex-boyfriends. She then released the August single "Flicker of Light", which subsequently featured on the soundtrack to EA Sports FC 25, and the October single "Charlie", which featured Lil Yachty. Around the time of the latter, she featured on Tyler, the Creator's "Like Him" from his album Chromakopia.
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Lola Young (singer)
Lola Emily Mary Young (born 4 January 2001) is an English singer. Born and raised in South London, she first attracted attention in 2016, when she won the under-16 category of Open Mic UK and reached the finals of Got What It Takes?. Young released her debut single in October 2019 and then the EPs Intro, Renaissance, and After Midnight. In 2021, she recorded a version of Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey's "Together in Electric Dreams" for that year's John Lewis Christmas advert. Around this time, she was nominated for the Brit Award for Rising Star and came fourth on the BBC's Sound of....
Young released the albums My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely and This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway in 2023 and 2024. The latter made the Top 20 of the UK Albums Chart after its single "Messy" went viral on TikTok and topped several singles charts. Young was subsequently listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 and won the Ivor Novello Award for Rising Star and the ASCAP Vanguard Award. Her third album I'm Only F**king Myself and its tracks "One Thing", "D£aler", and "Post Sex Clarity" peaked at numbers 3, 18, 27, and 60 in the UK. Young's health declined around the time of the album's release and she cancelled her schedule after collapsing on stage.
Lola Emily Mary Young was born on 4 January 2001 in Croydon to a Jamaican-Chinese father and English mother. She grew up in Beckenham with three sisters including Becky Young, who campaigned for the music industry environmental charity EarthPercent and ran the anti-fatphobia Instagram account Anti-Diet Riot Club. Their mother worked for Mind, while their stepfather was a bass player and their great-aunt was The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson. Lola started writing songs aged 11 and begun performing at open mic nights aged 14. From Year 10, she attended the BRIT School, a place she described in an interview as "a hub for people who maybe couldn’t be themselves even at home, but [...] could be themselves there".
In January 2016, she won the under-16 category of the Open Mic UK singing competition and appeared on CBBC's Got What It Takes?, which she reached the finals of. Amy Winehouse's former manager Nick Shymansky met Young the following year after she performed at The Bedford in Balham. He had gone there looking for a replacement artist for a documentary and subsequently became Young's joint manager with Nick Huggett, who had previously signed Adele. Young was subsequently diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder aged 17.
Young released her debut single, "6 Feet Under", in October 2019. She also released the EP Intro that year, followed by a music video for Intro track "3rd of Jan (Getting Ready)" that day. Promotion for Intro was interrupted by Young developing a cyst on her vocal cords, for which she underwent surgery. By March 2020, she had signed with Capitol Records and had released the single "Pick Me Up". The following month, she released the single "None for You" and the EP Renaissance. In July, she released the single "Woman", which was accompanied the month after by a video in which she and several other women appeared nude.
Island Records subsequently signed Young and released her single "Ruin My Make Up" in March 2021. By August, she also had released the singles "Bad Tattoo" and "Blue (2AM)"; that month, she released After Midnight, an EP of love songs recorded on piano. In September, she performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden and released the single "Fake", which she performed on Later... with Jools Holland. In November, her rendition of Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey's "Together in Electric Dreams" soundtracked that year's John Lewis Christmas advert. Around this time, she was nominated for the Brit Award for Rising Star and came fourth on the BBC's Sound of... poll.
Young released "So Sorry" in January 2022, which she performed on The Graham Norton Show. Her subsequent singles "Stream of Consciousness", "Annabel's House", "Don't Hate Me", "What Is It About Me", and "Money" were released between November 2022 and May 2023 and featured on her debut album My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely in May 2023. The title was a reference to her schizoaffective disorder and many of the tracks pertained to it. A returning cyst meant that Young's voice was raspier than on previous records. The album failed to chart, although "Don't Hate Me" went viral on TikTok.
Between September 2023 and May 2024, Young released the singles "Conceited", "Wish You Were Dead", "Fuck", and "Messy". That June, all four appeared on This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway, an album largely written about substandard ex-boyfriends. She then released the August single "Flicker of Light", which subsequently featured on the soundtrack to EA Sports FC 25, and the October single "Charlie", which featured Lil Yachty. Around the time of the latter, she featured on Tyler, the Creator's "Like Him" from his album Chromakopia.