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and her singles "Not The Drinking", "Not Gonna Let You Walk Away" and "Shine". In 2016, she released her second album ''In Loving Memory of When I Gave a Shit.'' Pritchard mentions

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and

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as some of the influences behind her music.

Life and career

Born and raised in

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, Pritchard began writing songs when she was 14 years old. She then moved to Los Angeles at 16, where she lived with

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and tried to make it as a singer in a

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band. She eventually succeeded as a

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actress, by originating and playing the role of the 15-year-old runaway "Ilse" in the hit

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show '' Spring Awakening'' for two years. Pritchard later settled in the

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(UK) and signed with

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. In August 2010, she released the single "Painkillers", and the song was also released in a remix with

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. Her debut album, '' Wasted in Jackson'', written and produced with

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, was digitally released on October 25, 2010, and debuted at No. 84 in the UK. It was also scheduled for physical release in the United States on February 22, 2011. In 2013, Pritchard adopted the stage name Lolo and has since signed with

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. "Under her given name, Pritchard was also the composer-lyricist of the new

''Songbird''..." She was also featured on the Panic! at the Disco song, "Miss Jackson" and later re-created a sample of "Tom's Diner" by

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for American Rock band

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's single "Centuries" in 2014. In September 2016, LOLO released the full-length album ''In Loving Memory of When I Gave A Shit.''. The album was produced by

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and was released by

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to mostly positive reviews On November 7, 2017, Pritchard's debut feature film '' (Romance) In the Digital Age'' was released by

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. The film starred Pritchard as "Ellis Tillman," an ex-emo star turned med-student and was written and directed by

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. Pritchard also composed the song "(Romance) In The Digital Age" for the film. In 2019, Pritchard was made a member of the Off-Broadway Animus Theatre Company in NYC.

Discography

Albums

*'' Wasted in Jackson'' (2010) *''In Loving Memory of When I Gave a Shit'' (2016) *''X'' (2021) *''lauren'' (2022)

Extended plays

*''Comeback Queen EP'' (2015)

Singles

* "When the Night Kills the Day" (2010) * "Painkillers" (2010) * "Not the Drinking" (2010) * "Stuck" (2011) * "Weapon for Saturday" (2013) * "Heard It from a Friend" (2013) * "Year Round Summer of Love" (2013) * "Gangsters" (2014) * "Hit and Run" (2014) * "I Don't Wanna Have to Lie" (2015) * "Shine" (2016) * "Not Gonna Let You Walk Away" (2016)

Promotional singles

* "The Devil's Gone to Dinner" (2016) * "The Courtyard" (2016) * "Heard It from a Friend" (2016)

Features

*" Miss Jackson" (2013) –

*"Headphones" (2014) –

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*"WAIT" (2014) – Lemaitre *"

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" (2014) –

ncredited*"Cure Me" (2014) – Redlight *"Boomerang" (2014) – Joey Contreras

Other Releases

* "Not Gonna Let You Walk Away (Tennessee Mix)" (2016)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lolo 1987 births 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American singers Actresses from Tennessee American women singer-songwriters Island Records artists Living people Singer-songwriters from Tennessee People from Jackson, Tennessee 21st-century American women singers Alternative rock singers American women pop singers American funk singers American soul singers