Lulu on reason she no longer has a Scottish accent in surprising admission

Lulu’s journey to fame began at the age of 15 when she signed with Decca Records with her breakthrough hit Shout. She continued to enjoy a decades-long career as a singer, songwriter and actress.

The performer has often sparked discourse over her changing accent and the 75 year old has now opened up about the real reason she’s been unable to maintain her Glaswegian dialect.

In a new interview, the Relight My Fire hitmaker jokingly quipped she is a “phoney”. Dividing her time between London and Los Angeles, the musician admitted her Scottish accent has mellowed, leaving her with a “transatlantic” twang.

“My accent changes every five minutes – it depends on who I’m with,” Lulu explained.

She added to Woman’s Weekly, “I’m just a phoney!”

It comes after the singer’s appearance on ITV’s Good Morning Britain this year and fans were admittedly baffled by the star’s accent.

Born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on November 3, 1948, in Lennoxtown, East Dumbartonshire, at 14, she was discovered by Marion Massey, who later became her manager, guiding her to stardom.

She previously addressed her accent as she told Radio Scotland: “I had a manager, Marion Massey.

“I lived with her parents in their apartment in St John’s Wood and I developed an English accent very quickly.

“Then I just copied Marion. She’d say, ‘Hello darling, how are you?’ And I learned to talk like that. My mother was livid.”

She added: “I think I am Scottish, even if my accent changes, no matter where I am.”

Meanwhile, the singer was forced to shut down claims she planned on retiring from touring.

She told Woman’s Weekly: “There will be more gigs – definitely. In fact, there will be a second part of my tour [Champagne for Lulu] starting in November, because a lot of people couldn’t get there, and it was sold out.”

It comes after she wrapped up her tour in early spring.