Lauren Jauregui is feeling grateful.
The 23-year-old former Fifth Harmony singer took to Instagram on Thursday (June 27) to post a touching birthday message – for herself.
“Wishing a very happy 23rd birthday to my Self✨💕,” Lauren wrote. “I feel more alive, aware, aligned, connected, happy, and prepared than I ever have. Sitting in the sun and swimming surrounded by love is exactly how today is meant to be spent. I am so grateful for all of the blessings that surround me, all of the people that have been brought onto my path and taught me (those who are still here and those who aren’t), and I am grateful for another year of shaping and growing and laughing and getting to do what I love. Thank you each of you for your lovely birthday wishes! I am so lucky to receive the amount of love you give me!! Thank you! And here’s to a beautiful year of being exactly where I’m meant to be and exactly who I am✨💕 LOVE.”
The touching birthday post struck a chord with Dove Cameron, who took to Lauren’s comments to share just how much it moved her.
“This caption made me CRY,” Dove wrote. “Health and happiness and presence and LIFE ONLY. One life!!!!”
See why Dove Cameron think she’s a “rebellious” role model here!
Lauren Jauregui is dishing on keeping a good relationship with social media.
The 22-year-old singer opened up recently about taking a break from Instagram and staying authentic to herself on digital platforms.
“I try to be as genuine as possible on my social media. Obviously like everyone else, I post all my highlights, but whenever there’s matters going on in the world that I feel my audience should be informed about,” she told J-14. “I’m very about social awareness and very about justice, and so when I see some injustice or I see something happening, in our country specifically or outside of the country even. I feel like international information is important as well. I like to share that with my fans. I never want them to have my exact opinion if they don’t agree with it, but I would always encourage my audience to research and be aware of things going on so they have an opinion at least.”
“I stepped away for three months earlier this year and I have an assistant luckily, I’m blessed to have an assistant. She kind of stayed logged on for me so anytime that I had something I wanted to share or anything that I wanted people to see, I would have her post it,” Lauren dished about taking a detox. “I was just personally disconnected from it, and engaging all the time, and it actually really helped me a lot. It helped me focus on my creativity and really kind of unlock that even more, and just spend time with myself, like read instead of being on Instagram.”
“I felt so refreshed. When I got back I was like, ‘I missed a lot.’ I realized I hadn’t kept up with Cardi B‘s life,” she continued. “At the end of the day, I was keeping up with my loved ones in real life, so it worked out. When I came back I had like a hundred DMs. I felt special, I’m not going to lie.”
“I’m all about using social media in an authentic way that allows you to connect with your audience,” she added.
Lauren Jauregui looks fierce in a blue suit at the Hershey “Makers of Good” Youth Summit on Thursday (June 20) in New York City.
The 22-year-old singer encouraged teens from across the country to develop strategies for overcoming social isolation.
Lauren was recently nominated for two 2019 Teen Choice Awards – Choice Song Female Artist for “Expectations” and Choice Female Artist – and she took to social media to celebrate.
“Another fit pic for ya to say THANK YOUUU @teenchoicefox for the two nominations for ‘Expectations’ as #ChoiceSongFemaleArtist (wrote that sh-t👅) and #ChoiceFemaleArtist !!! I’m so incredibly grateful!! If any of you would like to take a moment and vote feel freeee(: it would mean a lot!✨🥰 my first nomination for a SONG I WROTE WHAT IS LIFE?!? So honored to be in these categories with these incredible songstresses! Honor to even be nominated. I’m so grateful. Thank you,” she wrote on Instagram.
“Also!! @billboard just listed #MoreThanThat in their list of 20 best videos of 2019 and I’m just. Really really happy today. Thank you @laurenelizadunn @d___eena And anyone who worked on that video with me. Thank you to each of you so much for watching, supporting, sharing the music or videos with your friends and loved ones and coworkers and shit. It truly means the world to me. I can’t WAIT TO GIVE YOU WHAT I’VE BEEN WORKING ON UR GONNA SCREAM!” she added.
Good luck Lauren Jauregui on your 2019 Teen Choice Awards nominations, and we can’t wait to hear your new music!!
FYI: Lauren is wearing Robert Rodriguez.
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Lauren Jauregui spent some “magical” time at a monkey forest in Bali, as she documented on Instagram on Saturday (June 8).
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“This was from an incredibly magical day at a monkey forest in Bali,” the “More Than That” singer and former Fifth Harmony member captioned the slideshow of photos and a video from her day.
“The monkeys liked my dress and kept playing with it and I felt incredibly special and full of happiness,” Lauren Jauregui added. “Here are some photos I took of these majestic bbies.🙈🙊🐵🙉.”
Check it out below!
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Lauren Jauregui steps out for the Step Up Inspiration Awards!
The “More Than That” singer attended the event held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on Friday (May 31) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
“It is such a blessing to be living in a moment of our industry’s history that is so focused on uplifting the woman’s voice in the heartbeat of music,” Lauren said during her speech, accepting on behalf of She Is The Music. “[SITM programs] shine light on the insurmountable talent that women embody, especially when they are uplifted and nurtured by one another.”
“I know I and so many of us in this room are grateful to witness the rise of the woman’s voice in music; An era of bringing our own stories and perspectives to life with one another,” she added.
Lauren also took the stage to perform “Expectations.”
Step Up is a nonprofit that “propels girls living or going to school in under-resourced communities to fulfill their potential by empowering them to become confident, college-bound, career-focused, and ready to join the next generation of professional women.”
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Lauren Jauregui is fighting back against toxic online bullying culture.
The 22-year-old singer will be speaking at the Makers of Good Teen Summit and she took to Instagram to share her excitement about participating in the event in a post on Thursday (May 30).
“So honored to be speaking at the first-ever @makersofgood Teen Summit!” Lauren wrote in her post, along with a beautiful selfie. “We’ve all felt lonely, but no one should feel isolated. I’m beyond grateful to have this opportunity to discuss combating cyberbullying and the importance of connection and empathy. A special thanks to my partner @hersheycompany for making this possible.”
Lauren also encouraged fans to participate in the event by watching the live stream and submitting their own questions.
“Make sure to watch live on Hershey’s YouTube Channel for the chance to ask me questions in real-time. See you June 20, NYC!” she added.
Lauren Jauregui looks so beautiful on the cover of Gay Times, which is out now.
Here’s what the 22-year-old Fifth Harmony singer said…
On relationships: “You should always have your standards. You should have your limits, your boundaries, things that make you comfortable, things that you like, things that you don’t like. You should know all those things. But you should never expect another person to give you those things. It’s important when you’re in a relationship with someone to understand that the other person isn’t you – they’re not gonna love like you do, and they’re gonna have their own language, if you will. And so if you wanna really love somebody, you’ve gotta apply yourself in terms of learning that person’s language. You can’t expect that the way you would react to things will be the way that other person’s going to react. But at the same time, you’ve got to look out for yourself and make sure you’re being taken care of. If the other person isn’t trying to listen to your language, they’re not the person for you. And when that happens, you’ve gotta move on.”
On being a solo artist after Fifth Harmony: “I had kind of turned myself off creatively as far as, like, trying to make music went for so long that I feel like I had no idea what I wanted to sound like. And that [what I should sound like] is something that keeps evolving every day – I feel like I’m getting closer and closer to my answer. Right now, at this exact moment, I’m in a much clearer headspace than I’ve ever been on what my sound and my vibe is.”
On LGBTQ activism in 2019: “We have a voice and a community that’s definitely united in a way that’s special during this time, but if we’re talking about politically – if we’re talking about the way people are being treated and talked about, there’s a lot of progress to be made, I believe, especially from a legal standpoint. But you know, I’m not the bitch with all the answers. I definitely don’t have all the solutions. But look at the way we unite at Pride – the way the community’s there for each other. We have amazing things in our favor. But there’s levels to all of this, and we can discriminate even among ourselves.”
For more from Lauren, head to GayTimes.co.uk.
