Lola Le Lann
Lola Le Lann delayed her album when a collaborator was accused of misconduct. Now she’s helped ignite a movement.
MONTPELLIER, France As French actress-singer
Lola Le Lann prepared to release her debut album,
45T., in October 2020, she learned that several women had accused one of her collaborators of sexual assault. She and her label, Sony Music’s Columbia France, decided to delay the project’s release indefinitely, and by November, the Paris public prosecutor had launched an investigation into rapper
Yohann Malory, who had written a song for Le Lann’s album. With lyrics from such a person it would be a bit like slipping a snake down your throat while trying to sing in tune, wrote Le Lann, 24, on her Instagram, without mentioning Malory by name. Malory denies the allegations.
Lola Le Lann
Lola Le Lann delayed her album when a collaborator was accused of misconduct. Now she’s helped ignite a movement.
MONTPELLIER, France As French actress-singer
Lola Le Lann prepared to release her debut album,
45T., in October 2020, she learned that several women had accused one of her collaborators of sexual assault. She and her label, Sony Music’s Columbia France, decided to delay the project’s release indefinitely, and by November, the Paris public prosecutor had launched an investigation into rapper
Yohann Malory, who had written a song for Le Lann’s album. With lyrics from such a person it would be a bit like slipping a snake down your throat while trying to sing in tune, wrote Le Lann, 24, on her Instagram, without mentioning Malory by name. Malory denies the allegations.
Lola Le Lann’s decision to delay her album has forced a reckoning over sexual misconduct that France's music industry didn’t experience earlier in #MeToo.