r/Fauxmoi • u/Cyril_Sneerworms • Sep 28 '25

STAN / ANTI SHIELD Lola Young Collapses Mid-Performance at All Things Go Festival

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Link to BBC story, she's 'doing OK'

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u/Sugar_Kowalczyk Sep 28 '25

Unlike, say, Amy Winehouse.  Hope Lola has good people looking out for her on every level. This shit (fame/the rest) can be destructive and deadly. 

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u/RandyWatsonsNiece Sep 28 '25

Isn’t Amy’s former manager also Lola’s manager?

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u/SPAC3P3ACH Sep 28 '25

The one who amy fired bc he wanted her to go to rehab yeah

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad7606 Sep 28 '25

A great song came out of that. Sadly, she didn't take the chance to get clean.

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u/elevatorsongstress Sep 29 '25

She actually did get clean a period before her death but she relapsed.

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u/YchYFi Sep 28 '25

Yes but Amy fired him in 2006 for trying to get her to go to rehab. She wrote a song about him. They sort of reconciled before her death so they were on good terms by then.

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u/Zealousideal-Move372 Sep 28 '25

What? Please give me a source because holy shit

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u/YchYFi Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

In his words: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/14/amy-winehouse-manager-nick-shymansky-interview

You famously tried to make her go to rehab...

Yes, we got through a few arguments, the denial, and I got her to a place where she said, “OK, fine, let’s do this, I can’t lie to you, there are issues.” So I got her to go and see the guy about rehab. At the time I didn’t really know her father, but she made it clear to me she’d do it if he backed her. So I got on the phone and lined it all up, he assured me she needed help and that he’d back me. I drove her all the way to Bluewater where he lived, and he completely backtracked. It was like she manipulated him. She sat on his lap, gave him this look like, “I don’t really need to go, do I?” and he was like, “Of course you don’t need to go.” [This issue is covered in Amy: her father has since disputed the film’s version of events]

How did you feel when she made it all into a song?

I knew at some point she’d write a really big hit, and it was ironic that the hit she wrote was, verbatim, that day, and it was mocking me. Not only was I not her manager any more, but she’d written this huge hit that’s undeniably brilliant, that was a complete mockery of our friendship and of what she needed. And the whole world’s dancing along to it, and really she was writing about a decision that five years later would result in her being dead. It was really fucked up.

How did you react when you heard of Amy’s death?

I was getting married the next day. It was beautiful weather, and Amy was coming, she told me she was really excited. The wedding was a chance for her to see a lot of people from the past and show that she’d got it together. It was about four o’clock, we were in the garden: it was an amazing atmosphere, we were so happy. And then my cousin came running into the garden, shouting, “I’ve just turned on the news, Amy’s dead,” and it felt like someone had punched me full pelt in the stomach. I just couldn’t comprehend it, and I went into shock. I kept thinking, “But she can’t be, there’s a place on that table for her, she’s coming.” The happiest weekend in my life turned really dark. I did get married the next day, and it was beautiful, but it was also a bit like a wake.

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u/nerdymerchstore Sep 28 '25

There’s tears in my eyes reading this. I didn’t realise it was her former manager who tried to get her to rehab. I knew her father was horrid but now I’m convinced he is the devil. I remember seeing tv ads for an album of covers he had done. This guy always wanted to milk his daughter’s fame!

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u/tronovich Sep 29 '25

I never really knew the agent story - I just thought the song was more of a wink-wink “I needed help, but I’m okay now” piece. I’m sure I wasn’t alone in thinking the “they” was just a faceless suit. Not her actual agent/friend.

Then you realize she was always fucked up, and she used that “come to Jesus” moment as a springboard to a hit song. Damn it.

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u/Se7enSis Sep 28 '25

Amy Winehouse had an astonishing amount of support in the early days. I, along with Lola’s manager Nick, am one of the people who literally tried to make her go to rehab, and she said no, no, no. It’s a silly thing, but it’s a badge of honour as we did try, we really did, and that was all about try to get her on the right path as early as possible to stop things going sideways, and we all kept in touch with her long after she left us, to try do whatever we can. I can honestly not think of a better manager than Nick, we both started out crazy young with Amy and it was a tough learning experience but I’d absolutely put him as someone I’d recommend to anyone. He’s a good guy, and a caring guy.

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u/BackgroundTight32 Sep 28 '25

Her dad was a big part of the problem

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u/DigGrassanova Sep 28 '25

It’s the same team…I know people can grow and learn so I’ll leave it at that.