Lillywood & Robin Schulz
Jan 11, 2015
Lilly Wood and the Prick (also known as Lilly Wood and LILLYWOOD) are an Israeli-French alternative, pop and folk duo composed of Nili Hadida and Benjamin Cotto. They are best known for their single "Prayer in C", which was remixed and released as a single in 2014 by German DJ Robin Schulz; the song has topped the charts in Spain, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Israel, Lebanon, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The duo was formed in 2006 when they met in a Parisian café and decided to collaborate on writing songs together. In 2008 they made a cover of "L.E.S. Artistes" from Santogold. They also met guitarist Pierre Guimard who heard their songs on Myspace and offered to work with them and opened his studio for production of their work. 2008 saw release of their track on a compilation entitled Folk & Proud followed by in 2009 the EP of the duo Lilly Who and the What? referring to the stage name of the duo. It was released on Choke Industry independent label founded by Pierre Guimard and by Matthieu Tessier, the duo's manager. After 2009, they signed with another independent label called Cinq7.
In June 2014 they released the single "Prayer in C". It was originally released in 2010 on their album, Invincible Friends.