Lu Kala Is Pregnant! Singer Reveals She's Expecting Her First Baby: 'New Chapter'

The "Lottery" singer announced the exciting news on Friday, Nov. 22

LU KALA is entering her "pretty mom era!"

On Friday, Nov. 22, the "Pretty Girl Era" singer, 29, announced that she is pregnant and expecting her first baby. The musician shared the exciting news on Instagram, posting a picture of a sonogram.

"New chapter🥹🩵🧸," the soon-to-be mom, born Lusamba Vanessa Kalala, captioned her post.

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Ever since performing in church as a child, the Congolese-Canadian singer-songwriter has known she'd become a pop star. "I've never had a plan B," she told PEOPLE in March 2023.

"I started out doing shows locally in Toronto and entering different music programs, and then I started traveling to the States to meet people in the music industry," she recalled.

The singer notched a viral hit last year with "Pretty Girl Era," which has been used in over 23,000 TikTok videos since its release. She's since followed it up with her first-ever Billboard Hot 100 chart hit as the featured artist on Latto's "Lottery."

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LU KALA finds inspiration from whatever's "on her heart" at the moment, knowing she has to "live life" in order to craft song lyrics.

"During the pandemic it was hard, so I mostly wrote on past experiences, but now I am happy to be back writing about what I am currently feeling," said the performer.

"Lately I have been feeling really pretty, confident and focused on myself — that's where the inspiration for 'Pretty Girl Era' came from," she added.