Louise Verneuil

Pauline Louise Benattar (; born 14 December 1988), known professionally as Verlo (formerly Louise Verneuil), is a French singer-songwriter.

Biography Benattar was born in the department of Alsace, Haut-Rhin. She has one sister. Her father, a pharmacist, enjoyed English-speaking artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, The Beatles and David Bowie, Her Catalan mother, who died in 2018, Jean Ferrat, Serge Reggiani, Serge Gainsbourg, and Véronique Sanson. They moved to Golfe-Juan when she was ten and she was educated at Lycée du Mont Saint-Jean (1998-2002) in nearby Antibes. before working in Paris as a publicist for a contemporary art gallery.

She has been in a relationship with the musician Alex Turner since 2018.

Music career After moving to Paris at the age of 22, Benattar chose her former stage name by using the name of her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother (Louise) and the street where Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin lived (Rue de Verneuil).

In 2013, she worked as a backstage reporter for The Voice. Benattar then began performing live and co-wrote a song for Isabelle Boulay. She released a self-titled EP in June 2019 produced by Samy Osta. In April 2020, she released her debut album Lumiere Noire also produced by Samy Osta. It features the songs from her EP and other songs including "Love Corail", "Emerencia", "Fugitif", "Lumiere Noire", "A mort amant" and "L'evadée belle". As of June 2022 she has recorded and mixed a new album and is no longer signed to Mercury Records.

In November 2025, Benattar announced her new stage name Verlo. Her EP Générique was released through State51 on the 28 of November 2025. The EP was recorded at La Frette studios and produced by James Ford, Loren Humphrey and Alex Turner.