La Roux

La Roux
La Roux performing in 2014
Background information
Origin	London, England, UK
Genres	Synth-pop new wave
Years active	2008 (2008)–present
Labels	Kitsuné Polydor Cherrytree Interscope Supercolour
Members	Elly Jackson
Past members	Ben Langmaid

La Roux (/lɑːˈruː/ lah-ROO) is an English synth-pop act formed in 2008 by singer Elly Jackson and record producer Ben Langmaid. The act's debut album La Roux (2009) was a critical and commercial success, winning a Grammy Award and producing hit singles such as "In for the Kill" and "Bulletproof". Recording of a follow-up album was marred by unsuccessful collaborations, the cancellation of two planned release dates, and reported conflict between the duo.^[1]

Langmaid ultimately left the group in 2012, and Jackson released a second album, Trouble in Paradise, in 2014, maintaining the former duo's name as her stage persona. The album was a critical, but not a commercial success, and La Roux subsequently parted ways with Polydor Records. She released her third album, Supervision, independently in 2020.