(12 February) Combining electro-pop production with a disco-informed groove, LALA HAYDEN’s newly released single/video 'PLM' explores transformation and identity while marking her first new music since 2025’s 'viva venus' EP. The release arrives ahead of a London show at Colours Hoxton on 21st February, where she supports Aziya.
The accompanying video, directed by Ariana Oña, Nerea Figueras and LALA HAYDEN, unfolds within a stylised red-curtain world where surreal, theatrical scenes blur domestic ritual and personal symbolism. Rather than telling a literal story, it uses dark humour and heightened imagery to reflect the pressures and contradictions surrounding motherhood - presenting pregnancy as a shift in identity and power, not a disappearance of self.
Bridging contemporary synth-pop with the gloss of disco and 80s dance-pop, 'PLM' was co-written and produced by Jake Gosling (Lady Gaga, Paloma Faith) and offers a first glimpse of a new project set for release later this year.
Speaking on the release, LALA HAYDEN said:
"The video for PLM is set in a red room - part doll’s house, part battleground - reflecting the scrutiny placed on motherhood and the tension between my inner child and my inner Madonna. The song holds contradiction: love and fear, freedom and confinement.
PLM is about holding love and fear in the same breath. I wrote it during pregnancy, a time rarely represented in the music I grew up with. It’s a song about becoming - not disappearing - as a woman, an artist, and a mother."
Forging her own distinctive identity across her two previously released EPs - last year's 'viva venus' and 2023 debut EP 'GIRL BECOMES' - London/Barcelona-based LALA HAYDEN (real name Laura Hayden) nods to influences ranging from Robyn and Róisín Murphy to Ladyhawke, Self Esteem, Donna Summer, Jessie Ware, and Lykke Li.
With firm support from press tastemakers including NME, Dork Magazine, DIY Magazine, CLASH Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, and Ones To Watch, LALA HAYDEN has also solidified herself as a fascinating proposition on the live stage with key festival appearances at Eurosonic, The Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City, Beyond The Music & more.
Across her work, LALA HAYDEN explores themes of womanhood, selfhood and interdependence with clarity and intent, pairing emotionally direct lyrics with performances that emphasise presence and control. As she told Vogue: “The goal of my music is to make you walk with your back a little straighter, your chest a little more open and your head a little higher."
LALA HAYDEN supports Aziya at Colours Hoxton, London on 21st February. New single 'PLM' is out now. | 
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