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No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a formula... to an extent, there isn't a science to writing great songs, I suppose.

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Lauren Mayberry
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: October 7
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Scotland
Lauren Eve Mayberry
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