Lolene - The Electrick Hotel (2010)

Lolene Everett was born 12 March 1985, and is professionally known simply as Lolene. She began her career in music in the late 90's by writing songs and singing backing vocals for trip-hop artist Martina Topley-Bird (known for her work with Tricky) and local drum-and-bass pioneer Roni Size. After completing school, she moved to London and fronted an all-girl pop vocal group signed to a development deal at BMG Records. She wrote all the group’s material and realized she had a knack for writing melodies and lyrics. She relocated to Hollywood in search of her big break, and based on her song-writing talent, multi-platinum producer Jonathan "J.R." Rotem signed her to his publishing label Beluga Heights/Sony ATV. She went to work collaborating with such heavy-hitters as Andreas Carlsson, Christopher Rojas, Makeba Riddick, and Christina Milian, for whom she penned the single 'Diamonds'. Deciding that she wanted to write songs for herself, she came up with the idea for 'The Electrick Hotel', so named because "when you put the album on, you’re my guest". She had already released 'Sexy People' as a single, and it had reached number 5 on the Billboard Dance Chart, and the first taster for the album was 'Rich (Fake It Til You Make It)', which was released in April 2010. An official music video was shot for the song and premiered in June 2010, and she mentioned in interviews that the 90's inspired 'Lionheart' would be the next single. Work was completed on the album and it was due to be released in 2010, but she left Capitol shortly after the company merger with EMI, and although promo copies were sent out, the full release was cancelled, and Lolene relocated back to Europe to focus on song-writing and business. She launched her own Stockholm based record label and media group 21:12 Entertainment in 2013 as an opportunity to sign and develop new talent, and she discovered Swedish teen artist Nova Miller at a dance rehearsal and signed her as the first artist. Lolene signed a collaboration deal with Universal records, and wrote Miller's singles 'Supernova', 'Singin In The Rain', 'So Good', and 'My Perfect Christmas', and she continues to manage and develop Miller. Nova Miller is fast becoming one of the biggest new pop artists in Sweden, and Lolene continues to expand her roster and media enterprises which include original TV formats and fashion, but her dreams of releasing an album of her own have now fallen by the wayside. Luckily, some promo copies of 'The Electrick Hotel' did make their way onto the net, and so we are able to hear what her album would have sounded like if it hadn't been shelved. 

Track listing

01 Intro (Welcome To The Electrick Hotel)
02 Sexy People
03 Rich (Fake It Til You Make It)
04 Lionheart
05 Ordinary Girl
06 Under The Bus (feat. Sam Sparr)
07 Interlude (Room Service)
08 Carousel
09 Radio Radio
10 Just For The Record
11 Limousine Luva
12 Die Without Love
13 Bang Bang
14 Messed Up
15 Beautiful Disaster