{"id":677289,"date":"2026-07-06T20:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/677289\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T20:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:28:13","slug":"party-rock-anthem-singer-lauren-bennett-dies-at-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/677289\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Party Rock Anthem\u2019 singer Lauren Bennett dies at 37"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Singer Lauren Bennett, who was featured on LMFAO\u2019s 2011 smash hit \u201cParty Rock Anthem,\u201d <\/a>has died, her former band confirmed Monday. She was 37.<\/p>\n

Bennett\u2019s former girl group, G.R.L.,<\/a> announced in a statement Monday: \u201cIt is with great sadness that we share the passing of our beloved Lauren.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hearts are broken, and we cannot begin to express how much she meant to us. We will forever cherish the love, laughter, and countless memories she gave us. Her beautiful spirit touched so many lives, and she will be deeply missed and forever loved,\u201d said the note, which was signed by G.R.L. members Emmalyn Estrada, Natasha Slayton and Paula van Oppen.<\/p>\n

Her official cause of death has not been confirmed. She is survived by her six-year-old daughter, Harlow, who she shared with dancer Kenny Wormald.<\/p>\n

The English performer started her music career at 18 by forming the Paradiso Girls in 2007. The group\u2019s debut single, \u201cPatron Tequila,\u201d featured Lil Jon and Eve, and became a dance hit. However, the Paradiso Girls disbanded in 2010 after their second single was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

\"EnglishEnglish singer Lauren Bennett has died at age 37 (Getty Images)\"G.R.L.G.R.L. \u2014 consisting of members Natasha Slayton, Lauren Bennett, Emmalyn Estrada and Paula van Oppen \u2014 worked with choreographer Robin Antin of the Pussycat Dolls (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Bennett then embarked on her solo career, which led her to collaborate with stars like CeeLo Green, will.i.am and the Pussycat Dolls. She hit her first number one single in the U.S. with \u201cParty Rock Anthem,\u201d which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six weeks. It also stayed on top of the U.K. Singles Chart for four weeks.<\/p>\n

The singer joined G.R.L. \u2014 which was slated to be the next Pussycat Dolls with Robin Antin as their choreographer <\/a>\u2014 in 2011, alongside the original lineup of van Oppen and three other members who were all cut from the group. Eventually, the group officially launched when Simone Battle, Estrada and Slayton joined. <\/p>\n

After G.R.L. debuted their single \u201cVacation\u201d on the Smurfs 2 soundtrack in 2013, the group was featured on Pitbull\u2019s 2014 hit \u201cWild Wild Love\u201d before releasing their self-titled EP in July 2014.<\/p>\n

Battle \u2014 Bennett\u2019s co-star in the group who had risen to fame after competing on the US version of X Factor \u2014 died by suicide at age 25 in September 2014.<\/a> In the next months, group released a song called \u201cLighthouse\u201d to honor Battle and raise mental health awareness. The group officially disbanded in June 2015.<\/p>\n

The next year, Bennett released a song called \u201cHurricane\u201d on her own and said on Instagram that the song was written about watching her mother and a friend struggle with their mental health.<\/p>\n

G.R.L. later reformed as a trio in 2016 before Bennett, Slayton, Estrada and van Oppen briefly reunited in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cRest peacefully, sweet Lauren,\u201d Slayton, Estrada and van Oppen wrote in their statement Monday. \u201cYou will always be in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-677289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}