Lauren Bennett, Party Rock Anthem singer, dies at 37

G.R.L. confirmed Lauren Bennett’s death on Monday, July 6, 2026, saying the singer was 37 and remembering her as “beloved Lauren” whose “beautiful spirit touched so many lives.” No cause of death had been confirmed.

Bennett, born Lauren Diane Bennett on 24 June 1989 in Meopham, Kent, England, became widely known through her featured vocals on LMFAO’s 2011 hit “Party Rock Anthem.” The song was her first number-one single in both the United Kingdom and the United States, a chart break that made her voice instantly familiar even as her name remained less widely recognized than the track itself.

Her career ran through two of the glossy pop acts that helped define the 2010s girl-group wave. Bennett was also a member of Paradiso Girls, then joined G.R.L., the short-lived group that paired polished dance-pop with the era’s appetite for heavily produced, radio-ready hooks. After G.R.L. disbanded in 2015, Bennett released the solo track “Hurricane,” which she said was shaped by the mental-health struggles she had seen in her mother and a friend.

G.R.L. had already endured a major loss before Bennett’s death. Member Simone Battle died by suicide in 2014, a tragedy that marked the group’s history and has long hovered over its legacy. Bennett’s death closes another chapter on a band and a broader pop moment built on precision, personality and voices that carried farther than the names attached to them.