Pop Music – La Roux’s Elly Jackson

A small, pale redhead with a gravity-defying quiff—a style the 21-year-old describes as “androgynous moody bitch”—and a distinct case of the potty mouth seemingly required of all British pop stars, Jackson is one half of the synth-pop duo La Roux.  A year ago, no one had heard of them, but after their singles “Bullet Proof” and “In for the Kill” punched a big hole in the British charts, La Roux was exciting not only national reporters with Jackson’s aggressively ambiguous sexuality, but also American stars like Kanye West, who declared himself a fan. Read More