La Roux are an English electropop \"synth duo\" band made up of singer and synth player Elly Jackson and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid from London, England. Their music is largely influenced by 1980s pop music including Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Yazoo and Prince. The name \"La Roux\" is reported to be chosen like this: Jackson found a book of baby names in a bin and in the book was the name \"La Roux\". \'La Roux\' comes from the French for \'red-haired one\' (\'le roux (masculine) or la rousse (feminine)\') referring to Jackson\'s distinctive hairstyle.