La Roux (pronounced /lÉ‘ËˈruË/ in English, French: [laˈÊu]) are an English electropop and synthpop duo made up of singer, keyboardist, co-writer and co-producer Eleanor Jackson (born 12 March 1988), and keyboardist, 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 British 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. "Bulletproof" is a song by the English electropop duo La Roux from their self-titled debut album, La Roux (2009). Written and produced by both members of La Roux, the song was released in the United Kingdom on 22 June 2009 as the album's third single in digital and physical formats from two.