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Singer LP Talks Trump, Abortion and Break-up Ballads

"Who thinks they can tell you what to do with your body, with your mind?” says the singer.
LP, the American singer whose song "Lost on You" has become a favorite in Europe, is now taking the song—and her fired-up attitude—back home.
LP singer

Laura Pergolizzi, better known by her stage name LP, is not new to the music business. But after seven aborted record deals and writing a string of hits for other artists like Rihanna and the Backstreet Boys, she is finally gaining mainstream recognition for her own music.

LP’s song “Lost on You” expresses the pained realization that her relationship is going nowhere and she has devoted years of her life to a doomed romance. In 2016, the searing ballad struck the across Europe as it topped music charts in France, Poland, Greece, Serbia, Switzerland has also racked an impressive 92 million streams on YouTube across the globe. Now, LP is launching the track in her native U.S. and the U.K., where she hopes it will have similar success.

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