La Roux: 'Of course Lady Gaga's not my thing'
Paul Lester, Guardian, The, 24 September 2009
IT IS MORNING, and 21-year-old Elly Jackson – or La Roux, arguably the biggest new pop star of the year – is on the Eurostar to Belgium, where she is heading to appear on a TV show. She is grateful for the coffee her press officer has bought her, but wonders if anything stronger is available. "Have you got my gak as well?" she laughs.
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