Her debut came up on my shuffle today and I forgot how good she used to be. She had a little moment in the UK from what I understand but never really broke out in the US besides Bulletproof.

 

 

Her Sophomore album Trouble In Paradise is one of my favorites of all time, tropical groovy 80s inspired music that's really strong in production and lyrics.

 

 

I still seldomly play Bulletproof.

Yes! Last year I was listening to Trouble In Paradise daily, for about a month. She's great. 

Sometimes. Supervision was cute not sure why people hate it 

Sexotheque is one of my favorite songs ever

Yes, Trouble in Paradise is a great record and I'll always be giving Cruel Sexuality a lil stream now and then. Same with some songs from her debut. Even Supervision has bops like Gullible Fool & Do You Feel.

Sexotheque is her best song, should've been bigger than Bulletproof

https://www.musicmetricsvault.com/artists/la-roux/3K2zB87GZv1krx031en5VA

apparently 6M people monthly.

I still play Bulletproof like it came out this year but I've never actually listened to any other songs tbh

I just bought her debut album for $0.75 at my local thrift store last Saturday because the cover art is interesting and I think I have heard of her. I will be giving it a spin sometime soon.

In For The Kill >>>

I only know that song 

I bought their material; it hit a sweet spot.

During her debut album era, she was not a solo artist; her creative partner (Ben Langmaid), was apparently older and never featured in photoshoots or videos.

 

It's clear that during their debut era, she (Elly) was marketed as a solo act, though contractually she was not.

 

When it came time to make the sophomore La Roux album, Elly and her creative partner Ben disagreed on what the musical direction should be.
 

Ben allegedly wanted to recreate their debut album era for their sophomore release and maintain the 80s vibe and aesthetic, while Elly wanted to move on. As a result, she wanted out of the partnership.

 

This placed Elly in a difficult position, as the name "La Roux" was not hers alone, and she had to pay her now ex-creative partner Ben - a lot to attain legal ownership of it.

 

She paid him so much that she lost most of her share of the money from La Roux's debut era, which was their most profitable period.

 

She believed her visual profile was so big off the back of the debut that she would make the money spent on the name back on the sophomore album; however, that never happened, as it was nowhere near as big.

 

Ben, the invisible part of what began as a duo essentially not only kept his half of the money from La Roux's debut album era, but he also got most of Elly's in return for her solo ownership of the La Roux name.

 

Elly didn't become the solo artist 'La Roux' until her sophomore album. I find the visuals from La Roux's debut album era weirdly authentic to the time period they sought to represent, and I do find them nostalgic.

 

At one point, Elly split from her label Polydor/ Interscope with the intention of attaining complete autonomous creative control and becoming an independent artist, but that was another nail in her coffin as a once high profile artist who - for the briefest moment, had an international platform and the recognition that goes with that.

 

Edited January 17, 20251 yr by Dante Silva

Aaahhh Sexotheque  The only song I could get into after Bulletproof. But time has passed, I should do a revisit and see if I like more material

 

My notice me sempai song

She certainly gets a couple streams every year!

i do, Let Me Down Gently is one of my favourite songs

I did like In For The Kill, but wasn't she a bit of a pretentious tw@t? I do remember there was something about her that put me off.

I was truly obsessed with La Roux back in 2009-10 and I quite enjoyed Trouble in Paradise, but then I gradually stopped listening to her (I've never even heard Supervision). Still, the synthpop revival of the late 2000s that she was a major part of (along with the likes of Little Boots and Ladyhawke) remains an iconic era in music.

 

La Roux's self-titled debut had so many great deep cuts btw 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Skestina said:

Sometimes. Supervision was cute not sure why people hate it 

It was honestly one of the most disappointing albums ever for me. I adored the soundscape of Trouble In Paradise and was disappointed to find out that follow-up showcased no progression at all. 
 

Similar soundscape but light years behind in execution. Tinny/flat amateur beats combined with a regression to the singing style of the debut, with horrific vocal production & mixing so lifeless/muddy it made the whole thing a chore to listen to. It sounded like a collection of unfinished demos, not an album.

 

bulletproof still a bop

Tigerlily is somewhere in my top 10 favourite songs. Aside from that… no.

In some ways I feel La Roux's magic transferred by osmosis in to a lesser known artist called Liz Lawrence and a lot of what could once be found in La Roux's music can be found in Liz's.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i was unaware of her game! i'm starting Trouble in Paradise now

I still remember hearing "Fascination" for the first time in "Ugly Betty" 

 

That one, "Tropical Chancer", and the ones mentioned before my post are 🔥

Spoiler

This remix is immaculate: