Loud LDN

Loud LDN is a collective of female and gender-expansive artists based in London. It was described by ''NME'' in December 2022 as a "community of hellip; drum 'n' bass, pop, and R&B artists at all stages in their careers".

Formed in May 2022 by Coupdekat and Maisi as a WhatsApp group chat called Ladies Making Noise in London, the chat expanded into its own Instagram page and eventually into its own events before moving to Discord. Its members have included Piri, Caity Baser, Venbee, Issey Cross, Charlotte Plank, Willow Kayne, Bshp, Charlotte Haining, A Little Sound, and Parthenope, and regularly enter the UK Singles Chart; one chart featured five entries from Loud LDN members.

History

Loud LDN is a women-run collective of women and gender-expansive artists based in London, and was founded in May 2022 by musicians coupdekat and Maisi; Maisi came across one of coupdekat's songs on TikTok and invited her for brunch, where they discussed the loneliness of being a woman in the music industry and how they were often pitted against each other. This prompted them to set up a group chat on WhatsApp called Ladies Making Noise in London for the women and non-binary musicians they knew at that time.

Initially, the group chat started with ten musicians including Piri and Matilda Cole; the adding of other members caused the member list to grow to forty people, prompting them to set up an Instagram page. Maisi told a Spotify interview in April 2023 that they picked the name Loud LDN on the grounds that "heywant to be loud in the industry, heywant to like, make heirmark, heywant everyone to hear hem.

In November 2022, Venbee mentioned that she was in the group chat in an ''NME'' article; this caused interest in the group chat to rise to the extent that the collective had to institute eligibility requirements and an application process. Later that month, they held an event at The Bunker in Deptford Broadway; Charlotte Plank, who helped organise the event, used a December 2022 ''NME'' article to note that it had been "create asa safe space where women can go and relax ithouthav ngto worry about getting groped or touched up".

In December 2022, the collective were featured on a BBC Introducing playlist. In February 2023, they performed at Dalston Den. In March 2023, they performed at Abbie McCarthy's Good Karma Club at Colours in Hoxton. In April 2023, they performed at Spotify's Our Generation pop-up event. In June 2023, they performed at Dalston Den, and later that month members performed at Reign Down at Southbank Centre, as part of Meltdown Festival. Coupdekat used a June 2023 interview to note that the chat had "120 members", and that it had moved to Discord. In July 2023, members performed at Climate Live's set at Wireless Festival.

Selected members

* A Little Sound
*Abbie Ozard
* Bshp
*Caity Baser
* Charlotte Haining
* Charlotte Plank
*Clara Bach
*Coco Vieno
*Coupdekat
*DellaXOZ
*Driia
*Elphi
*Evi Giorgi
*Indi
*Issey Cross
*Izzi De-Rosa
*Jangs
*Jacqui Wheeler
*Josie Man
*Kkbutterfly27 Xx
*Kyno
*Laurel Smith
*Lucy Deakin
*Lucy Tun
* Maisi
*Martha Jean
*Matilda Cole
*Molly Burman
* Parthenope
*Piri
*Rosie Charles
*SOFY
*Spider
*Szou
*Tapwaterlucy
*Venbee
* Willow Kayne

Selected discography

Singles by Piri (as half of Piri & Tommy), Caity Baser, Venbee, Issey Cross, Charlotte Plank, and Bshp have entered the UK Singles Chart; the chart ending 4 May 2023 contained five entries from members: Venbee's "Messy in Heaven", Cross' and Bshp's "Oh Baby", Baser's "Pretty Boys" and "Feels This Good", and Plank's "Dancing Is Healing".

References

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2022 establishments in England
Musical groups established in 2022
British supergroups
Musical groups from London
Musical collectives