Party Rock Anthem singer Lauren Bennett dies aged 37
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- Lauren Bennett died aged 37, with the news confirmed Monday by her former group G.R.L. on its Instagram account; no cause of death has been revealed and her representatives did not immediately respond to comment requests.
- Bennett was one of the featured vocalists on LMFAO's 2011 smash "Party Rock Anthem," which spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was named the fifth most successful song of all time by Billboard.
- The "Party Rock Anthem" music video, in which Bennett appeared, has surpassed 2.5 billion views on YouTube.
- Bennett joined G.R.L. in 2014 — a group created as a reboot of The Pussycat Dolls — alongside Paula Van Oppen, Natasha Slayton, Simone Battle, and Emmalyn Estrada.
- G.R.L.'s biggest single was "Ugly Heart" (2014), and the group also featured on Pitbull's "Wild Wild Love" the same year, before disbanding in 2015 following Simone Battle's death by suicide.
- Bennett also contributed vocals to film soundtracks for "Date Night" and "21 Jump Street."
Why it matters: Bennett's voice anchored one of the defining pop tracks of the 2010s — "Party Rock Anthem" carries 2.5 billion YouTube views and Billboard's No. 5 all-time ranking — yet she remained a behind-the-vocal contributor after LMFAO went quiet. Her death also revisits a group already scarred by loss: G.R.L. disbanded in 2015 after Simone Battle died by suicide.
