page_title: Robin Antin
section_title: G.R.L.
hierarchical_section_title: Robin Antin / Career / G.R.L.
caption_attribution_description: English: G.R.L. at Westfield Old Orchard Mall promoting their debut single "Vacation." Natasha Slayton, Paula van Oppen, Simone Battle, Emmalyn Estrada, Lauren Bennett. Skokie, IL, USA, September 28, 2013. Photo by Adam Bielawski
context_page_description: Robin Antin is an American actress, entrepreneur, singer, dancer, choreographer and clothing designer. In 1995, she founded the modern burlesque troupe the Pussycat Dolls. By 2005, she diversified into various media including a pop recording group with international hits, a Las Vegas nightclub venue and floorshow, various merchandise, and a reality television series. Since then, she has gone on to create other girl groups, including G.R.L., Girlicious and Paradiso Girls.
  As a choreographer, Antin worked with entertainers such as Paris Hilton, and artists such as Anastacia, Pink, the Offspring and No Doubt. Additionally, she was responsible for the dance ensembles in various films.
  She is the sister of celebrity hair stylist Jonathan Antin, director Steve Antin and actor Neil Antin. She appeared in an episode of her brother Jonathan's show Blow Out.
  On January 2, 2010, Antin, Tony Selznick, and Paula Abdul presented choreography agent Julie McDonald with an award for being a pioneer of dance representation and a friend, helper, and agent to many choreographers for over 25 years. The award was presented at The Carnival: Choreographer's Ball 11th Anniversary Show.
context_section_description: G.R.L. is a girl group consisting of Lauren Bennett, Natasha Slayton, and Jazzy Mejia, Girlicious' Natalie Mejia's younger sister.  It originally consisted of five members; Lauren Bennett, Paula van Oppen, Natasha Slayton, Simone Battle and Emmalyn Estrada, and was the most successful of Antin's girl group ventures since the original Pussycat Dolls pop group. The group was originally planned to be the new line up of the Pussycat Dolls following their disbandment in 2010. Robin later rebranded them as a new group to serve as the "next generation" of the Dolls. Their managers were Larry Rudolph and Adam Leber. On June 16, 2013 they released their first single, "Vacation", as a B-side track on Britney Spears' single "Ooh La La", a song from the film The Smurfs 2.  Despite commercial success in the UK and Australia, the group officially disbanded on June 2, 2015, nine months after Simone Battle's death in September, 2014. However, on June 18, 2016, Robin Antin and their new rep, Matt Wynter, from Loco Talent's website confirmed that G.R.L. were officially reforming, without Paula Van Oppen and Emmalyn Estrada. On August 5, 2016, it was officially announced that Jazzy Mejia was added to the group, along with original members Lauren Bennett and Natasha Slayton, making G.R.L. officially a trio.   Their music is set to be released in the summer, with works on a debut album.  On August 16, 2016, the newly reformed group released their promotional single, "Kiss Myself" produced by Guy Furious.  On December 9, 2016, the trio released their second single, "Are We Good?" produced by HooknSling.  According to Lauren Bennett, during the interview on The New Music Buzz, this is the lead single to the group's debut upcoming album.  These two singles that the trio were credited as songwriters.
caption: G.R.L. at Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, Illinois promoting their debut single "Vacation" on September 28, 2013. Left to right: Natasha Slayton, Paula van Oppen, Simone Battle, Emmalyn Estrada, Lauren Bennett.
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