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A South London upbringing and a serious early commitment to writing set Lola Young on a path that led to major award recognition and an international chart breakthrough. Her full name is Lola Emily Mary Young, and she was born on January 4, 2001, in Croydon before growing up in Beckenham. She began releasing music professionally in 2019, with her recorded work issued through Day One Music and Island Records.
Young began writing songs at 11 and performing at open-mic nights at 14. From Year 10, she attended the BRIT School. In January 2016, she won the under-16 category at Open Mic UK and reached the final of the television competition Got What It Takes? The following year, former Amy Winehouse manager Nick Shymansky saw her perform at The Bedford in London. Shymansky and Nick Huggett later became her managers.
Her recorded career began in 2019 with “6 Feet Under,” followed by the seven-track project Intro. Promotion was interrupted when she developed a cyst on her vocal cords and required surgery. In 2020, she released the three-song project Renaissance, which contained “Pick Me Up,” “Same Bed,” and “None for You.” That year also brought “Woman” and an Apple Music Home Session featuring covers of “Last Christmas” and “Dance With Somebody.”
Young continued with “Ruin My Make Up,” “Bad Tattoo,” and the four-song After Midnight in 2021. A wider audience discovered her through her recording of “Together in Electric Dreams” for the John Lewis Christmas advertisement. She was subsequently nominated for the BRIT Awards Rising Star prize and placed fourth in the BBC Sound of 2022 poll.
Between late 2022 and May 2023, Young released “Stream of Consciousness,” “Annabel’s House,” “Don’t Hate Me,” “What Is It About Me,” and “Money.” Those songs appeared on her debut studio album, My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely, released on May 26, 2023.
Her second studio album, This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway, arrived on June 21, 2024. “Messy” became her defining commercial breakthrough, reaching Number 1 in the United Kingdom and peaking at Number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also included “Conceited,” “Wish You Were Dead,” “Good Books,” “Big Brown Eyes,” and “Intrusive Thoughts.” Later in 2024, Young released “Flicker of Light,” collaborated with Lil Yachty on “Charlie,” and appeared on Tyler, the Creator’s “Like Him.”
Young released her third studio album, I’m Only F**king Myself, on September 19, 2025. The 14-song record included “One Thing,” “d£aler,” “SPIDERS,” “Post Sex Clarity,” and “Not Like That Anymore” and debuted at Number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. Following an onstage collapse at the All Things Go festival in New York later that month, she canceled her remaining performances to concentrate on her health and recovery.
She returned to public performance in 2026 and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance for “Messy,” while also receiving a Best New Artist nomination. The Ivors Academy later honored “Messy” as the PRS for Music Most Performed Work. On May 22, 2026, Young released “From Down Here,” a new single created with James Blake, and resumed selected live appearances.
Young has spoken publicly about living with schizoaffective disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as well as her bisexuality and recovery from cocaine addiction. Her writing has often drawn directly from those experiences, placing mental health, relationships, self-image, and addiction at the center of her music.
Complete List Of Lola Young Songs From A to Z
- “3rd of Jan” – Intro (2019)
- “6 Feet Under” – Intro (2019)
- “The Actual Intro” – Intro (2019)
- “After Midnight (1AM)” – After Midnight (2021)
- “Annabel’s House” – My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
- “Bad Game (3AM)” – After Midnight (2021)
- “Bad Tattoo” – Non-album single (2021)
- “Big Brown Eyes” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
- “Black Cab” – My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
- “Blind Love” – Intro (2019)
- “Blue (2AM)” – After Midnight (2021)
- “Burn (Outro 4 Intro)” – Intro (2019)
- “CAN WE IGNORE IT? :(” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Charlie (featuring Lil Yachty)” – Non-album single (2024)
- “Chill Out” – My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
- “Close to Me (triple j Like a Version)” – Non-album performance (2025)
- “Conceited” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
- “Crush” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
- “Dance With Somebody (Apple Music Home Session)” – Apple Music Home Session: Lola Young (2020)
- “Don’t Hate Me” – My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
- “d£aler” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “F*ck” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
- “F*CK EVERYONE” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Fake” – Non-album single (2021)
- “Flicker of Light” – EA Sports FC 25 (2024)
- “From Down Here” – Non-album single (2026)
- “Good Books” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
- “Grey and Lilac (Intro)” – Intro (2019)
- “how long will it take to walk a mile? (interlude)” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Intrusive Thoughts” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
- “Last Christmas (Apple Music Home Session)” – Apple Music Home Session: Lola Young (2020)
- “Like Him (Tyler, the Creator featuring Lola Young)” – Chromakopia (2024)
- “The Man” – Intro (2019)
- “Messy” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
- “Money” – My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
- “None for You” – Renaissance (2020)
- “Not Like That Anymore” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “One Thing” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Outro” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
- “Outta My Mind Pt. 2 (Chlothegod featuring Lola Young)” – Non-album single (2024)
- “Penny Out of Nothing” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Pick Me Up” – Renaissance (2020)
- “Pill or a Lullaby (4AM till sunrise)” – After Midnight (2021)
- “Post Sex Clarity” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Pretty in Pink” – My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
- “Revolve Around You” – My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
- “Ruin My Make Up” – Non-album single (2021)
- “SAD SOB STORY! :)” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Same Bed” – Renaissance (2020)
- “Semantic Satiation” – My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
- “So Sorry” – Non-album single (2022)
- “SPIDERS” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Stream of Consciousness” – My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
- “Together in Electric Dreams” – Non-album single (2021)
- “ur an absolute c word (interlude)” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Walk All Over You” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Walk on By” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
- “What Is It About Me” – My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
- “who fucking cares?” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “why do I feel better when I hurt you” – I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
- “Wish You Were Dead” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
- “Woman” – Non-album single (2020)
- “You Noticed” – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
Lola Young Studio Albums
My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
I’m Only F**king Myself (2025)
Lola Young Early Projects, EPs, and Live Releases
Intro (2019)
Renaissance (2020)
Apple Music Home Session: Lola Young (2020)
After Midnight (2021)
Lola Young: Music Room (2026)
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