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Red-hot and hair-raising: La Roux's Elly is the other Jackson hogging the charts
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When she was first tipped for big things at the start of this year, La Roux's Elly Jackson found herself thrown in with a rising tide of female singers.
Alongside Lady Gaga and Little Boots, she was touted as one of the Laptop Madonnas - a generation of electro-pop divas set to sweep all before them.
Now, six months on, Elly and bandmate Ben Langmaid - an anonymous backroom boy who is the other half of La Roux - are making a massive mark in their own right. The London duo have produced two of 2009's best-selling singles.
Electro girl: La Roux, aka Elly Jackson, is a reluctant star
In For The Kill, released in March and still in the Top 20, has sold half a million. Its sequel, Bulletproof, topped the charts at the end of last month, holding off a slew of Michael Jackson releases in the process.
La Roux's self-titled debut album is following suit, adding more substance to the snazzy style of flame-haired Elly's gravity-defying quiff and colourful suits.
'People will always find a way of lumping new bands together,' Elly, 21, says. 'If there had been a wave of monkeys playing jazz, they would have lumped us in with that.
'But there's noth
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La Roux’s Elly Jackson: A London Trendsetter
Just over a year ago, Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid burst onto the scene as La Roux, gaining attention for their addictive combination of Jackson’s high-pitched vocals and Langmaid’s euphoric pop beats.
Their singles, “Bulletproof” and “In for the Kill,” topped the charts last year and received multiple nominations at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards and 2010 Brit Awards, and won Best Dance Floor Filler at the 2010 NME Awards.
The group is not being recognized only for music. The musicians’ style — particularly Jackson’s androgynous clothing and sky-high red hair — is generating just as much chatter.
“If you gave me 10 pairs of Manolos, I would sell them on eBay,” says Jackson, 22. “I don’t care about high heels; I don’t care about dresses. I would even go so far as to say they are ugly.”
At just four years old, Jackson ditched the cutesy frocks her mom bought her in favor of tracksuits and trousers. Since then, she has evolved her look, inspired by Michael Jackson, Prince, David Bowie, Tilda Swinton and Annie Lennox.
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