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Lola Blanc has quite an interesting background. For one, she was a child ventriloquist, and she briefly believed in a self-proclaimed prophet who became a cult leader, as self-proclaimed prophets often do. She also co-wrote Britney Spears’ single “Ooh La La” in 2013 and reached number 3 as an artist on Billboard’s Next Big Sound