Lauren Bennett, 'Party Rock Anthem' and G.R.L. singer, dies at 37

Lauren Bennett, the British vocalist who told millennials to “put yo’ hands up” successful LMFAO’s megahit “Party Rock Anthem,” and a subordinate of popular radical G.R.L., has died. She was 37.

G.R.L. members Emmalyn Estrada, Natasha Slayton and Paula van Oppen announced Bennett’s decease connected Monday via societal media.

“It is with large sadness that we stock the passing of our beloved Lauren,” G.R.L.’s connection read.

“Our hearts are broken, and we cannot statesman to explicit however overmuch she meant to us. We volition everlastingly cherish the love, laughter, and countless memories she gave us. Her beauteous tone touched truthful galore lives, and she volition beryllium profoundly missed and everlastingly loved. Rest peacefully, saccharine Lauren. You volition ever beryllium successful our hearts.”

Bennett’s origin of decease has not been revealed.

The British vocalist archetypal splashed onto the euphony country erstwhile she appeared connected the U.K. “X Factor” successful 2006. She was eliminated earlier the unrecorded amusement circular of the series, but the pursuing twelvemonth she was recruited to articulation Paradiso Girls, a radical launched by Pussycat Dolls laminitis Robin Antin. In 2009, they dropped “Patron Tequila,” featuring Lil Jon and Eve. The radical disbanded successful 2010 and their debut medium was ne'er released.

In 2011, Bennett joined forces with physics creation duo LMFAO connected “Party Rock Anthem.” The way spent six weeks topping Billboard’s Hot 100 illustration and became wildly fashionable globally. Billboard ranked the megahit 2nd connected their authoritative “Top Hot 100 Songs of the Decade” database for the 2010s, down Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk.”

In 2012, she and Antin teamed up again, forming popular radical G.R.L. (Girls Rock Life) with founding members including Bennett, Estrada, Slayton, van Oppen and Simone Battle. The radical debuted connected the “Smurfs 2” soundtrack with “Vacation” successful July 2013 and, successful aboriginal 2014, they were featured connected Pitbull’s “Wild Wild Love.” In the summertime of 2014, they dropped “Ugly Heart,” the pb azygous of their self-titled EP, but successful September, founding subordinate Battle died by suicide. G.R.L. divided up the pursuing year. By 2016, the radical reformed arsenic a trio with Bennett, Slayton and caller subordinate Jazzy Mejia.

Bennett welcomed her daughter, Harlow, with spouse and “Footloose” prima Kenny Wormald successful 2019. Wormald often shared photos of Bennett connected his Instagram with loving captions.

Longtime person and euphony shaper Josh Stevens, who co-wrote and engineered LMFAO’s sophomore medium “Sorry for Party Rocking,” posted a tribute to Bennett connected Monday, writing, “My person [Lauren Bennett] we volition profoundly miss you. I was fortunate capable to witnesser you alteration the world! We traveled the globe enactment rocking from nighttime clubs to stadiums, a chaotic and brainsick time. A existent legend!

“Later connected successful beingness our children had the aforesaid birthday, I retrieve america texting each different portion you were successful labour and my woman was successful labour connected the aforesaid day, aforesaid time, some successful the hospital. We were laughing and it somewhat seemed calming to cognize to each was going thru this astatine the aforesaid time.

“We volition precise overmuch miss you.”