La Roux faces her demons, auADHD diagnosis and addictions on propulsive new single ‘Lose Myself’

La Roux has shared a new single, ‘Lose Myself’ – you can listen to it below. The personal song is the latest preview of the singer’s fourth studio album, ‘Old Flames’, which is released on November 6 via Vertigo Records. “‘Lose Myself’ is me battling between the angel and the devil on my shoulder,” explained La Roux (real name Elly Jackson). “The verses are me struggling to kick my addiction and show up for myself and the choruses are like me wanting to give up on the whole thing and just get lost.” She concluded: “The song is kind of a fight to try to get me to have enough love and respect for myself to break out of that cycle.” The propulsive track channels the frenetic drama of mid-90s Michael Jackson ‘Earth Song’ and his duet with sister Janet, ‘Scream’, per a press release. “I wanted you so much, your love/ Just keeps me holding on/ And now I wanna leave/ Just come and beam me up,” La Roux sings in the bridge, as she reflects on years of weed dependency following an auADHD diagnosis. She now recognises that she was self-medicating: “Stoned me you’re never gonna leave/ No doubt you never hear me shout/ One two, they’re coming after you/ ‘Cause the demon on the child is the one ...