Exclusive: Ou Est defend La Roux reputation

New electropop trio Ou Est Le Swimming Pool have defended La Roux singer Elly Jackson, insisting that her reputation for making controversial comments is unfair.

The 'Dance The Way I Feel' band, who supported La Roux on their recent tour, claimed that the 21-year-old was down-to-earth and shunned any "superstar" treatment.

"She was really lovely, just awesome and totally not what her reputation makes her out to be! In fact, if anything it was certain members of her team who were trying to turn her into a bit of a superstar," singer Charles told DS.

However, bandmate Joe joked that the group had tried to arrange a meeting between Jackson and N-Dubz star Tulisa, who has previously criticised the singer's comments.

"We were in our van listening to Radio One and they played this sound clip of Tulisa from N-Dubz saying, 'Who is this La Roux bitch?', because she had apparently slagged off urban music," he said.

"We texted in and said that if they played our song we'd give Tulisa a backstage pass to the La Roux gig and film what happened."

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool release new single 'The Feeling' in February.

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