La Roux are an English electropop and synthpop duo made up of singer Eleanor Jackson (born 12 March 1988), and synthesizer player, co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid. Jackson describes their respective roles as "very much a half and half sharing situation... not like a singer producer outfit", but also recognizing that it often can "look like a solo act". Their music is influenced by 1980s synthpop including Yazoo, Erasure, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Heaven 17 and Blancmange.  The band's name originates from Jackson's red hair; she has said. To me, it means "red-haired one" and it does, vaguely. It's just a male version of "red-haired one", which I think is even cooler, because I'm, well, androgynous anyway. So it kind of makes sense.