Posted July 12, 20186 yr Early 2000s pop puppet Lolly has had both of her albums reissued after a campaign to get them online - Debut album ‘My First Album’ and the follow up ‘Pick & Mix’ are now on Spotify, iTunes etc., She has also said she is working on new material (!!), I absolutely LOVED Lolly back in the day and her albums are pure unashamed pop - so pleased to hear them again all these years later.
July 13, 20186 yr Her first album was exactly as you said, pure unashamed pop that i still have a copy of the CD.
July 13, 20186 yr I have made my affinity for "Viva La Radio" on many occasions. Although I'm not sure the world is ready for a gritty, grown-up 3rd album from Lolly.
July 14, 20186 yr Author I have made my affinity for "Viva La Radio" on many occasions. Although I'm not sure the world is ready for a gritty, grown-up 3rd album from Lolly. Rumours are she’s working with Mike Stock so hoping we get something like ‘Dancing In The Tain’ like he done with The Fizz - she’s never going to have another hit so just hoping she puts something fun and cheesy out.
July 15, 20186 yr I was a member of the Lolly Fan club back in the day. I still own all of the singles.
October 5, 20186 yr Author I love the fact that she’s released something new! Pure 90s pop and I’m loving it :music:
September 16, 2024Sep 16 https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news...uthful-33106304 Nineties pop star cuts youthful appearance 25 years after hit song and is now viral on TikTok Nineties pop singer Lolly - real name Anna Kumble- looks as though she has found the secret to staving off the hands of time if her viral TikTok is anything to go by. The 46-year-old star, who shot to fame in 1999 with her hit single Viva La Radio, released five singles and two albums within her two-year career. But it seems she has now decided to resurrect her musical talents after moving away from the industry to focus on presenting. In 2018, she relaunched herself and made a comeback with her two albums landing on Spotify and Apple Music - and she doesn't look a day older than when she was last seen prancing around on stage. With a tanned flawless complexion, Anna has maintained her curly brunette tresses - but this time she has ditched her trademark purple highlights. Luckily for Anna, she has now attracted a legion of fans on social media platform TikTok and has had more than 2 million views of her live performances and songs. Before her music career, Anna worked as a model. After quitting her record label Polydor, she reverted back to her real name, archiving her stage name Lolly, and started presenting. She worked for the BBC on shows such as Xchange and also worked for Nickelodeon. The mum of two was only 21 when she kick-started her musical career. Speaking to Retropop last year, she said: "We recorded it, got a deal, and it just went from there. It was so organic and actually very easy.[The producers] were putting together S Club at the time. They were doing other things as well and they had this idea for an artist that looked like they’d been imported from Japan or something like that. So that was the initial concept for Lolly. " She added: "They found Rachel Stevens in a shoe shop and asked her to audition. She did a few songs but it didn’t quite work out, so they put her in S Club." For Anna, her music career was just a job and she was able to differentiate between her real life and her persona as Lolly. She continued: "I did love pop music. I loved Steps and B*Witched and Spice Girls, and all that kind of stuff. But for me, it was a job. I put the hair up and I was Lolly, and then took it down and I was Anna. That’s how I coped with it. When I released it, people just thought I was this silly kid, but it was an act. But it was a fun act. It was great! It was really good fun to go around and do that." Anna's decision to quit music came after a disagreement to release Girls Just Want To Have Fun, which was originally released by the iconic singer Cyndi Lauper. She added: "I didn’t really agree with doing it. I said to the record label, ‘I’ll go out and sell it, but I just think I’m alienating half of my audience’. You know, boys like to have fun as well! So I kind of lost heart and I realised it really was a machine and that I had to just do what they said, because they weren’t listening." Last year, she played to crowds across the UK, performing her chart-topping hits. She said: "I’d always said no to doing gigs as Lolly, but in 2018 my music was released digitally and when I looked it had two million streams and I realised people actually wanted to listen to it." Anna, as Lolly, performed as part of the Preston Live 2023 music festival at Moor Park, in Preston. Her last single Paper Rain released in 2020 tai6601nplg Edited September 16, 2024Sep 16 by Mark.
September 19, 2024Sep 19 Great to find this thread. I bought an I,Oort offer first album back in 1999 as only Mickey got a release in Australia. It’s great her two albums are on streaming but it’d be great to get the 5 singles as well, just for the b-sides. I don’t know if they’re any good though.
April 12Apr 12 10 hours ago, Paddington James said:All 5 of Lolly's singles are now on streaming including b-sides and remixes.She's been uploading all her videos and TV performances to youtube
April 25Apr 25 On 23/04/2025 at 20:44, vibe said:How hasnt hoopla signed her up!I'm surprised she's never done it either, she'd be ideal! I know she does a lot of Pride shows anyway.
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