LU KALA Says She’s Not Pregnant 1 Day After Fake Announcement, Reveals It Was Promo for Her New Song

Mar. 15, 2025

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LU KALAis getting ready to drop her next single!

On Friday, Nov. 22, the “Pretty Girl Era” singer, 29, shared aphoto of a sonogram on Instagram. “New chapter🥹🩵🧸,” she wrote alongside the post.

The song, LU KALA revealed, is due sometime in December.

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Ever since performing in church as a child, the Congolese-Canadian singer-songwriter has known she’d become a pop star. “I’ve never had a plan B,” she toldPEOPLEin March 2023.

“I started out doing shows locally in Toronto and entering different music programs, and then I started traveling to the States to meet people in the music industry,” she recalled.

The singer notched a viral hit last year with “Pretty Girl Era,” which has been used in over 23,000 TikTok videos since its release. She’s since followed it up with her first-everBillboardHot 100 chart hit as the featured artist on Latto’s “Lottery.”

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LU KALA finds inspiration from whatever’s “on her heart” at the moment, knowing she has to “live life” in order to craft song lyrics.

“During the pandemic it was hard, so I mostly wrote on past experiences, but now I am happy to be back writing about what I am currently feeling,” said the performer.

“Lately I have been feeling really pretty, confident and focused on myself — that’s where the inspiration for ‘Pretty Girl Era’ came from,” she added.

source: people.com