Laetitia Sadier

As a solo artist, collaborator, and founding member of Stereolab, Laetitia Sadier has shaped the world of alternative music with her elegant voice and perceptive songwriting. With Stereolab, she delivered questioning, politically charged lyrics in a graceful alto that made the band's genre-defying sound on albums like 1996's Emperor Tomato Ketchup all the more striking. While lending her inimitable voice to artists such as Blur and the High Llamas, Sadier created an outlet for her own songs with Monade, offering a more personal perspective on her music with 2003's Socialism ou Barbarie: The Bedroom Recordings and other releases. The albums she made under her own name heightened this intimacy; 2010's The Trip touched on death, while 2017's Find Me Finding You explored her love of humanity. Sadier's sophisticated idealism was especially relevant in the turbulent 2020s, and 2024's Rooting for Love offered urgent pleas for self-knowledge.