Famous British Singer Dies Aged 36

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Her voice is one that most people have heard, even if they never learned her name. She sang the bridge and hook on LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” the 2011 single that spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the most played songs in the world. It is with great sadness that Lauren Bennett has passed away with the new being confirmed by her former bandmates in G.R.L., who shared the news in a statement on Instagram.

“It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our beloved Lauren,” the message read, signed by Emmalyn Estrada, Natasha Slayton and Paula van Oppen. “Our hearts are broken, and we cannot begin to express how much she meant to us.”

Early Life and a Start on The X Factor

Lauren Bennett was born on June 24, 1989, in Kent, England. She died on May 29, 2026 just weeks shy of what would have been her 37th birthday. According to Kent and Medway Coroner records, an inquest into her death has been scheduled for October, and no cause has been made public.

Her path into music started young, as a teenager competing on the UK version of The X Factor. That early exposure brought her to choreographer and producer Robin Antin, who invited her into Paradiso Girls, a Pussycat Dolls offshoot that gave Lauren her first real footing in the music industry. Those connections eventually led her to “Party Rock Anthem,” a song that would go on to define a decade of parties, weddings and sports arenas.

From Party Rock Anthem to G.R.L.

After that song’s success, Lauren joined G.R.L., another group shaped by Antin as a reworking of the Pussycat Dolls concept. The group scored a hit with “Ugly Heart” and appeared alongside Pitbull on “Wild Wild Love.” G.R.L. had already weathered tragedy once before, when member Simone Battle died by suicide in 2014 at age 25. Lauren’s death marks a second devastating loss for the group.

A Solo Career That Never Sat Still

Beyond her group work, Lauren built a small but varied solo catalog. She released “I Wish I Wish” in 2011 and “Hurricane” in 2016, and she worked with will.i.am on a remix of “I Got It from My Mama” and with CeeLo Green on “Love Gun.” In 2017, she changed direction again, forming a folk and country duo called Bennett with her brother Ryan.

Final Months and Tributes

Her last post on social media came in February 2026. It was a video of her covering “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.” Her former Paradiso Girls groupmate Aria Crescendo posted her own tribute on what would have been Lauren’s birthday, writing that she wished Lauren could have been there to celebrate.

Lauren’s career never fit neatly into one lane. She moved from pop to country, from group harmonies to solo work, always finding new rooms to sing in. For millions of listeners, though, her voice stays tied to one unmistakable hook, still playing on radios and in bars more than a decade after it first topped the charts.

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George Millington is a music journalist and reviewer situated in central London. He does not write about a single genre but rather the commercial music industry as a whole. His first album was by The Beatles, which he purchased secondhand from a charity shop in his neighbourhood.

He discovered the gem when he was 12 years old and still has it now, claiming it to be why he fell in love with music. He likes to play disc golf when he's not writing about music. He is a one-of-a-kind individual who is always the first to bust out his air guitar on the dance-floor.

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