Thanks to TikTok, we no longer count the titles that explode late, sometimes several decades later. For Lola Young, the wait won’t be as long. At 24 years old, this British singer from south London was immersed in Music from her earliest childhood, thanks to her parents, including her father’s bass player. The one who wrote her first song at 11 years old started her career in 2019 with a first EP, before being nominated two years later at the Brit Awards in the Revelation category. Spotted in the industry, Lola Young then covered “Together in Electric Dreams” by Giorgio Moroder for the Christmas advertising campaign of the famous brand John Lewis, subsequently landing fourth place in the BBC Sound of poll in 2022, behind Mimi Webb , Wet Leg and Pink Pantheress. Compared to Adele or Amy Winehouse, she released her second album “This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway” last June.
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“Cause I’m too messy”
Between R&B and neo soul, Lola Young captivated critics and fans with her 11 new songs including the single “Conceited” but especially “Messy”, which quickly established itself as one of the project’s potential hits thanks to its addictive refrain: “ ‘Cause I’m too messy / And then I’m too fucking clean / You told me, “Get a job” / Then you ask where the hell I’ve been / And I’m too perfect / ‘Til I open my big mouth / I want to be me / Is that not allowed? “. Released a month before the record, this track – evoking his attention disorder – resonated on TikTok last November, where it quickly went viral thanks to a choreographed video by influencer Jake Shane and model Sofia Richie. A boost which allowed “Messy”, available on Spotify in multiple versions (accelerated, stripped down, live or instrumental), to climb to third place in the Top Singles in the United Kingdom! In France too, the song has infused minds thanks in particular to its use of sound
in the show “Quotidien” on TMC for several weeks.
And it works! This week, “Messy” by Lola Young went from 100th to 37th place in the French Top Singles thanks to 1.28 million plays, an increase of 30%. The song is currently the 25th most listened to track in France on Spotify and Apple Music, 10th on Deezer, 9th on iTunes and 7th on Shazam. The success of “Messy” is also taking over the rest of the world since it is 10th on Spotify or 4th on Shazam overall, exploding the charts in Australia, Switzerland, Norway, the United States, Thailand and Portugal . At the same time, Lola Young also puts her voice on the title “Like Him” by Tyler, the Creator, taken from his album “Chromakopia”, which is also causing a sensation everywhere on the platforms. 2025 will be his year! And good news: the English singer will be in concert at the Alhambra in Paris on February 13.
