Lola Blanc
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Blanc in 2015
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| Birth name | Kandice Melonakos |
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December 20, 1987 Augsburg, Germany |
| Origin | Fremont, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2011 – present |
| Website | lolablanc |
Kandice Melonakos (born December 20, 1987), better known by her stage name Lola Blanc, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, writer, and model. She has been declared a “rising star” and “boudoir beauty” by Playboy, a "funky pop songstress" by Vibe.com, "one badass chick" by Refinery29, and "one to watch" by Ladygunn Magazine. Blanc co-wrote Britney Spears' top 40 single "Ooh La La" in 2013 and reached number 3 as an artist on Billboard's Next Big Sound chart in 2014.
Blanc has appeared on such television shows as American Horror Story: Hotel; she is also a contributing writer for Vice.com, having written about a number of topics including ageism in the music industry and her experience with believing in a cult leader.
Blanc was born in Bavaria, Germany and raised primarily on a farm in Fremont, Michigan. Brought up Mormon by a Greek-American father who was in the CIA and a motivational speaker mother, she spent much of her childhood writing songs and performing as a ventriloquist and auctioneer with her mother and brother, who performed magic and escape art.
When Blanc was a pre-teen, her mother was targeted by a religious impostor posing as a true LDS prophet who played on her beliefs and lured her into his web. Blanc found their letters and believed in him too; she was temporarily separated from her mother, who was coerced into human trafficking until an accomplice who had a change of heart saved her. They were promptly reunited. Eventually Lola moved to Los Angeles, where she now resides, to pursue music full-time.
Lola Blanc has written songs alongside producers and songwriters such as Sophie, Ammo, Fernando Garibay, Jimmy Harry, Jon Levine, and more.
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