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Lava La Rue
Herald of the summer of love
Ava Laurel, alias Lava La Rue, is the non-binary (she/they) musician, poet and designer whose multi-cultural London sound is the noise of a generation that is finally getting proper breeze time. They are a cultural commentator who was invited by the Tate Modern, aged only 19 – the same year as their first Boiler Room set – to make a documentary on subcultures. Fast-forward to 2021 and they are a genre-bending musician-artist with an impressive new EP out. We talk culture and politics.
Interview taken from METAL Magazine issue 44. Adapted for the online version. Order your copy here.
Their latest EP Butter-fly is entire of psychedelic waves, homosexual love and political resistance. Like the feminist-abolitionist theorist Angela Davis, Ava realises in this album that their Black and working- class socio-economic position gives them a clear view of what needs to change in society. Musically, Ava genre-hops between hip-hop, R’n’B and psychedelia with consistently poetic lyricism and has performed alongside memorable names including Tyler, The Creator and Christine and the Queens. Ava’s well-dressed rocksteady-silver-tongued-punk-
Lava La Rue talks latest single, gay gatekeeping and showing lesbians of colour
Lesbian Visibility Week runs from 25 April to 1 May and is an opportunity to transport awareness to the lesbian community and celebrate the diversity within it.
Not heard of Lava La Rue? You soon will. The London-raised musician – real name Ava Laurel – makes dreamy tracks that overflow with the joy and longing of being adolescent, queer and in love (or something like it). Fluid and free, the ways they chant about lesbian wish brim with possibility and tap into the universal feelings that transcend individuality. In short, for anyone that grew up furtively listening to “All the Things She Said” as their only form of woman-loving woman representation, Lava’s sound is a necessary antidote to how the community has typically been depicted in the song world…
For Lesbian Noticeability Week, we called Lava up to discuss their latest queer anthem, their overlapping identities and why we deserve to evolve the face of the lesbian community.
Let's talk about your latest single, "Vest & Boxers" – it's a homosexual anthem, but not as we've really seen it before.
"Vest & Boxers" was my return advocate
Over the past scant weeks, the HBO hit show Euphoria has kept us glued to our TV screens, waiting with bated breath to find out what will transpire to our favorite characters, especially Jules (Hunter Schafer) and Rue (Zendaya). It’s no wonder the show has turn into the most tweeted-about show of the decade. In the finale, Rue says that Jules was her first passion, but I would honestly love to see both characters in a well relationships with diverse characters next season.
There is something refreshing about the portrayal of Rue’s and Jules’s relationship. Rue is a genderfluid lesbian in treasure with Jules who is transgender. I love that in both seasons of the show, their sexualities and gender identities are only secondary to the demons they are trying so unyielding to slay. In the second season we saw a lot of expansion in their association. This was the first time we saw both of them not only acknowledge their feelings for one another but also truly act on them.
Euphoria’s relaxed portrayal of their courtship has been great but I question if Rue will be okay once she learns about Jules’s little rendezvous with Elliot. As much as they both seem sexually unseal, adventurous, and fluid, will
The Unicorn Scale: Euphoria
You may include heard of the 2019 HBO show Euphoria ; words favor "controversial" and "daring" have been mentioned in more than one review. Honestly, we'd be saddened if the hot new HBO show was missing that edgier element. However, I also create the show incredibly relatable.
The obstacle of representation is always about walking a fine line. Most people aren't perfect, yet many shows interpret positive representation as showing underrepresented groups as impeccable humans. I love media that shows the "messy" bis . It is challenging, but so much more relatable to observe bi characters that are not perfect. It is possible to show flawed bi people whose flaws are not symptoms of their bisexuality. So, of course, I had to check out this show full of messy bis.
Euphoria is a teen drama that follows Rue (Zendaya) and her peers as they navigate love, sex, sexuality, trauma, addiction, friendship, and, of course, High School in a unreal small town in Southern California. It also features a wonderful soundtrack, beautiful cinematography, and possibly more beautiful people.
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