“I’d rather be myself authentically than have to keep up with a persona.”

— Lauren Jauregui

[Sony's Lost In Music Tech and Music Pop-Up Space in New York City — Episode 2: Lauren Jauregui, https://www.sony.com/en_us/lost-in-music.html#_weeklyonlineshow, Sony, November 23, 2018]

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Cuban-American singer and songwriter 1996

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