Butter-Fly Review: Lava La Rue Invites Us to New Horizons by Digging Deep | Arts thecrimson.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thecrimson.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When
Laura Mvula was dropped by Sony Music in 2017 via a seven-line email, she was stunned and hurt, calling the move a huge wake-up call. But Mvula now perceives that bad experience as a liberating one, giving her the freedom to figure out the artistic road she wanted to take.
Now on Atlantic Records, Mvula is making up for lost time in 2021. She played her first concert in three years on February 24, a livestream called Laura Mvula Presents . Under A Pink Moon, and she released not only her first new single in five years, which I ll play on tonight s UKNY at 11 p.m., but also the new
Screenshot: YouTube
Whether it’s personal growth, stories of the past, love or jealousy, music has a way of pulling us in. From pop-rock to hip-hop to soul and R&B, this week’s releases explore a variety of emotions, voices and unique points of view on multiple important topics.
Lava La Rue, a British hip-hop/R&B artist takes us on a journey through London’s underground all the while expressing her feelings on matters such as the Black Lives Matter movement, ‘Me Too’ and LGBT+ movements. ANoyd and Ghetts, artists who fall into completely different genres, each give us a glimpse into their come-up in the industry, the toll it has taken on relationships and even ask some questions the listener might be thinking of themselves.
Lava La Rue: ‘We brought a rave to the Tate Modern’
The hotly-tipped West London rapper talks foster care, reclaiming rock music, Britney Spears, and her exhaustion with performance activism
21 February 2021 • 11:00am
If you don’t fit into the category of a straight, white male, there’s so many questions you get asked: Lava La Rue
Pigeonhole Lava La Rue at your peril. Just 22, the West Londoner smashes stereotypes without a backwards glance as a singer, rapper, film director, clothing designer, artist and MC. It’s no surprise her prolific creativity has already turned heads at the Tate Modern, who commissioned her to make a documentary exploring the capital’s subcultures and nightlife in 2018.