Lola Blanc

Lola Blanc
Blanc in 2013
Blanc in 2025
Background information
Born
Kandice Marie Melonakos[1]

(1987-12-20) December 20, 1987
Augsburg, West Germany
OriginFremont, Michigan, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • writer
  • director
Years active2009–present
Websitelolablanc.com

Kandice Marie Melonakos (born December 20, 1987), better known by her stage name Lola Blanc, is an American singer, songwriter, filmmaker, podcaster, actress, and activist.

Blanc co-hosts Exactly Right cult podcast Trust Me, which has been featured by The New York Times and Harper's Bazaar.[2][3]

She co-wrote Britney Spears' top 40 single "Ooh La La".[4] She has appeared on the television show American Horror Story: Hotel.[5] Blanc has also contributed writing for Vice.com, and is an active member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[6][7]

As of 2026, her song Angry Too had surpassed 100,000,000 Spotify plays.[8]

Early life

Blanc was born in Bavaria, Germany but raised primarily on a farm in Fremont, Michigan. Brought up Mormon by her motivational speaker mother, and CIA agent father,[9] she spent much of her childhood writing songs and performing as a ventriloquist and auctioneer[10] with her mother and brother, who performed magic and escape art.[11]

When Blanc was a pre-teen, her mother, Christine Marie, 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.[12] Eventually Lola moved to Los Angeles to pursue music full-time.

Music & podcast

Blanc has written songs with artists like Sophie; she collaborated with The Album Leaf and composer Mark Korven on her album Crowd Pleaser.[13][8]

Blanc originally co-wrote Britney Spears' single Ooh La La with Fransisca Hall and producer Ammo for her own project; the title was intended to be a play on her name. When Dr. Luke heard it, he thought it'd be perfect for Spears and brought in songwriters Bonnie McKee and J. Kash to rewrite the lyrics so they would better suit Spears and The Smurfs 2.

Blanc began releasing music independently in 2013, beginning with her EP The Magic. Her song Angry Too, released in 2018, reached over 100 million streams on Spotify in 2026.[8] In 2025, she released her debut album, Crowd Pleaser.

Her song "Trust Me" was the theme song of Netflix's 2026 docuseries Trust Me: The False Prophet, which follows her mother, Christine Marie, going undercover to get polygamist leader Samuel Bateman arrested.[14] Blanc also briefly appears in the show.[15]

Blanc co-hosts a podcast called Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation.[16] Blanc appears as a "Former Cult Member/Podcaster" on several episodes of Netflix's 2023 documentary How to Become a Cult Leader.[17]

Film & directing

In 2019, Blanc co-founded Fatale Collective, an all-female horror filmmaking collective.[18] The group's debut anthology short film, Bleed, went to Fantastic Fest and won the Director's Award for Cinematic Achievement in a Short Film at FilmQuest.[19][20]

The horror short film Blanc wrote and directed about a political commentator, Pruning, starred Madeline Brewer of The Handmaid's Tale and premiered at Palm Springs International Shortfest in 2023.[21][22]

Blanc has made appearances on the television shows American Horror Story: Hotel and Life in Pieces on CBS; she has also acted in films like A24's Under the Silver Lake, playing a member of fictional band Jesus and the Brides of Dracula.[23]

Lola Blanc in 2013

Discography

Studio albums

  • Crowd Pleaser (2025)

Extended plays

  • The Magic (2016)

Singles (as main artist)

  • Dear Sara (2025)
  • Everybody (2025)
  • The Silence (2024)
  • We Are Not Fine (2024)
  • Trust Me (2023)
  • Here Come The Wolves (2021)
  • Angry Too (2019)

Singles (as featured artist)

Songs co-written by Lola Blanc

References

  1. ↑ "Angry Too". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  2. ↑ "6 Podcasts About Cults and Their Enduring Sinister Attraction". March 20, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  3. ↑ "20 of the Best Podcasts to Download Now". November 4, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Next Big Sound: April 19, 2014". Billboard.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ Niemetz, Spencer (2015). "Gettin' Magical with Lola Blanc". Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  6. ↑ Blanc, Lola (June 3, 2015). "Apparently, 27 Is Too Old to Be a Woman in the Music Industry". Vice. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Lola Blanc's Instagram". Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 "Lola Blanc Spotify page". Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  9. ↑ Lazarte, Kalvin (November 11, 2013). "Ooh La Lola". MilkMade.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  10. ↑ Frederick, Brittany. "Music Talk: Get to Know Lola Blanc". StarPulse.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  11. ↑ "The Extraordinary Life of Lola Blanc". Ladygunn Magazine. October 28, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  12. ↑ Blanc, Lola (February 6, 2015). "I Grew Up Believing in a False Prophet". Vice. Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  13. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (March 1, 2020). "SOPHIE's Hyperkinetic Pop Sound Comes To K-Pop Via Girl Group ITZY". Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  14. ↑ Mensah, Katelyn (April 14, 2026). "Trust Me: The False Prophet intro song – who is the singer behind the track?". Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Trust Me: The False Prophet IMDb page". Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Trust Me Podcast". Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  17. ↑ Ostby, Ingrid (July 28, 2023). "How To Become a Cult Leader: Everything You Need to Know About the Series". Netflix Tudum. Netflix. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  18. ↑ Blanc, Lola. "Review: Fatale Collective's Bleed Is Proof That The Future Of Horror Is Female". Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Fatale Collective: Bleed". Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  20. ↑ "2019 Award Winners & Nominees". Filmquest.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  21. ↑ Grobar, Matt (June 24, 2022). "'The Handmaid's Tale's Madeline Brewer To Star In Topical Horror 'Pruning'; Leticia Peguero Joins Stanley Nelson's Firelight; Freestyle Acquires WWII Doc 'Syndrome K' Narrated By Ray Liotta; More – Film Briefs". Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Pruning". Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  23. ↑ Lang, Amanda (October 27, 2021). "Lola Blanc — Here Come the Wolves". Retrieved July 21, 2026.
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