# Laura Bettinson

Laura Bettinson (born 20 September 1987), also known by her stage names Femme and Lau.ra, is an English singer, songwriter, producer and DJ. She started writing music at 16, gigging around the Midlands area before moving to London to study Bmus Popular Music at Goldsmiths, University of London.

## History

Bettinson grew up in Dunchurch just outside Rugby, Warwickshire, where she attended Rugby High School for Girls. Her father is the West End theatre director and writer Rob Bettinson and her brother is shipping magnate Scott Bettinson. In 2003, aged 16, she won the Coventry and Warwickshire Teen Idol competition.
She started performing as "Dimbleby & Capper" in 2008, under which name she performed on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2009.
It was during this period she met Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and drummer Joey Waronker, and then went on to front their side project Ultraísta, whose debut self-titled album was released in the UK on 15 October and on 2 October in the US.
In 2013 Bettinson returned to solo work under the pseudonym "Femme", her first single release, consisting of double A side "Educated" and "Double Trouble", was released 22 July 2013 through Tape Rec.
In November 2012 Vogue named her the "Artist of the Week" and in January 2013 Terra listed her as one of "the most interesting women in music right now" alongside such artists as Grimes and M.I.A..
Her second single, also a double A side, "Fever Boy" and "Heartbeat", was released on 25 November 2013 and accompanied with a launch event at the long running White Heat club night at Madame Jojo's, in Soho, London.

## Musical style

She has been described as "synth textured and bassy heavy electro-pop".

## Discography
### Albums and EPs

* Debutante (2016)
* Debutante Remixed (2017)
* 2.0 EP (2018)

### Singles

List of studio singles :
| Title | Album details |
| Educated/Double Trouble | Artist: Femme Released: 22 July 2013 Label: TAPE rec Formats: CD, digital download |
| Fever Boy/Heartbeat | Artist: Femme Released: 25 November 2013 Label: TAPE rec Formats: CD, digital download, Heart-shaped Gramophone record |
| High | Artist: Femme Released: 6 October 2014 Label: TAPE rec Formats: CD, digital download |
| S.O.S. | Artist: Femme Released: 4 May 2015 Label: ZTT Records Formats: CD, digital download |
| Gold | Artist: Femme Released: 13 November 2015 Label: TAPE Music Formats: CD, digital download, 7" Gold Vinyl |
| Light Me Up | Artist: Femme Released: 10 March 2016 Label: TAPE Music Formats: Promotional Video Only |
| Fire With Fire | Artist: Femme Released: 2 June 2017 Label: TAPE Music Formats: CD, digital download |
| Angel | Artist: Femme Released: 27 October 2017 Label: TAPE Music Formats: digital download |
| All For You | Artist: Femme Released: 13 July 2018 Label: Anti-Fragile Formats: digital download |
| Be Shy feat. Nova | Artist: Femme Released: 26 September 2018 Label: Anti-Fragile Formats: digital download |
| 2.0 | Artist: Femme Released: 14 September 2018 Label: Anti-Fragile Formats: digital download |
| What You Gonna Do? | Artist: Femme Released: 8 March 2019 Label: Wurld Ltd Formats: digital download |
| I Just Wanna | Artist: Lau.ra X FromDropTillDawn Released: 20 September 2019 Label: BMKLTSCH RCRDS Formats: digital download |