7.3
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3
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#23,398
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“The Brit School, a John Lewis Christmas ad and celeb endorsements on TikTok: there are reasons to arch an eyebrow at the rise of south Londoner Lola Young. Her brand of bruised estuarial verité recalls both Amy Winehouse and Adele. But inside Young’s tales of uneven relationships and black cabs “like back stabs” are shades of the straight-talking young Lily Allen and a smidge of Kae Tempest. Young”
“Lola Young knows that it is all too easy to get swept up by a storm that is bigger than yourself. In 2021, the 22-year-old covered Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder’s ‘Together In Electric Dreams’ for the John Lewis Christmas advert, little over a year into her career – it provided Young with a significant exposure boost, but felt like more of a branding exercise than a memorable introduction to a ”
“Lola Young's budding continues on My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely”
