Lauren Schroeder, professionally known as Lauren Jean, will release a new song called "New Era" and an accompanying music video on June 30. Schroeder and Emerson Vernon collaborated for the new song.
The 18-year-old Celina native is shifting from the pop persona that won her "Ohio's Got Talent" and a spot on American Idol toward a more mature, neo-soul sound that will follow her to Berklee College of Music in Boston this fall. [
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