THE HOT PROJECT
Lenka (Epic)
Why she's here to stay
Her hook-heavy ditties exist in the same vein of pop-folkies Colbie
Caillat and Sara Bareilles, but the 30-year-old Aussie also possesses a
gratifyingly dry Down Under wit.
How she's cleaning up
Last year, her tune ''Follow'' accompanied a Courteney Cox masturbation
scene on FX's Dirt. But this year's gig is decidedly more wholesome: Old
Navy spots featuring her bouncy single ''The Show'' premiered during the
widely viewed opening ceremony of the Olympics. ''It's like, 'Wow, I've
been exposed to a lot of people, whether or not they know it!' They
probably don't, mostly,'' she laughs.
Coming up
A Conan appearance Sept. 24 (a day after her album debuts) and the Hotel
Cafe Tour this fall. Plus, more play for her high-flying ''The Show''
video, the shooting of which involved ''lots of harness work. I got to
zip around in the air! It was painful on the inner thighs, but amazing.''
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