Based out of West London, rapper/vocalist Lava La Rue incorporates both mellow golden-era hip-hop beats and futuristic R&B elements into their stylistically fluid hybrid sound. After releasing multiple tracks and EPs, La Rue issued the trappy mixtape Stitches in 2019, then moved in more of a neo-soul direction with subsequent EPs Butter-Fly (2021) and Hi-Fidelity (2022).