Loud LDN
Loud LDN is a British collective of female and gender-expansive artists based in London. Formed in May 2022 by Coupdekat and Maisi as a WhatsApp group chat called Ladies Making Noise in London, the chat started off with ten members including Piri and Matilda Cole and later added Caity Baser, Venbee, Issey Cross, Charlotte Plank, and Bshp. The chat expanded into its own Instagram page and eventually into its own events before moving to Discord. One UK Singles Chart in 2023 featured five entries from Loud LDN members.
History
Loud LDN is a women-run collective of women and gender-expansive artists based in London. It 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, who Maisi had reached out to at the start of 2022, and Matilda Cole, who had bonded with Coupdekat over a lack of community in the music industry. The adding of other members caused the member list to grow to forty people, prompting them to set up an Instagram page. 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. By June 2023, the chat had moved to Discord.
In November 2022, 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 a safe space where women can go and relax hav to worry about getting groped or touched up". Several members performed at a three-day pop-up event in April 2023 hosted by Spotify's Our Generation in Shoreditch before others performed at Reign Down at Southbank Centre in June 2023 as part of Meltdown Festival. The month after that, members performed at Climate Live's set at Wireless Festival.
Artistry
Coupdekat told an interview with La Face B in January 2023 that she had been inspired by Nine8, a group composed of Lava La Rue, Mac Wetha, Bone Slim, Biig Piig, Nayana Iz, Nige and LorenzoRSV, and Maisi stated in April 2023 that they picked the name Loud LDN on the grounds that " want to be loud in the industry, want to like, make mark, want everyone to hear ". In December 2022, Sophie Wilson of NME described the collective as a "community of drum 'n' bass, pop, and R&B artists at all stages in their careers"; the following month, however, Maisi stated in an interview with Mia Khan of Shift London that she had complained to the magazine about the description on the grounds that there were only a few drum and bass artists in the group and that most of its members made indie and pop music, with the occasional jazz musician in there.Selected members
- Abbie Ozard
- Alessi Rose
- April Lawlor
- Beth McCarthy
- Bshp
- Caity Baser
- Cat Rose Smith
- Charlieeeee
- Charlotte Haining
- Charlotte Plank
- Clara Bach
- Coupdekat
- DellaXOZ
- Driia
- Ellie Dixon
- Eliza Legzdina
- Erin LeCount
- Evi Giorgi
- FranQi
- Georgia Twinn
- Hannah Grae
- Issey Cross
- Izzi De-Rosa
- Jangs
- Josie Man
- Laurel Smith
- Lucy Tun
- Maisi
- Matilda Cole
- Molly Burman
- Nieve Ella
- Nonô
- Nova May
- Nxdia
- Parthenope
- Piri
- Rachel Newnham
- Sofy
- Sophie and the Giants
- Spider
- Szou
- Tapwaterlucy
- Venbee
- Willow Kayne
Selected discography
| Title | Year | Peak | Artist |
| "X&Y" | 2022 | 77 | Caity Baser |
| "Messy in Heaven" | 2022 | 3 | Venbee featuring Goddard. |
| "On & On" | 2022 | 99 | Piri & Tommy |
| "Oh My" | 2023 | 98 | Luude and Issey Cross featuring Moby |
| "Oh Baby" | 2023 | 35 | Nathan Dawe and Bru-C featuring Bshp and Issey Cross |
| "Pretty Boys" | 2023 | 26 | Caity Baser |
| "Feels This Good" | 2023 | 93 | Sigala featuring Caity Baser, Mae Muller and Stefflon Don |
| "Gutter" | 2023 | 95 | Venbee |
| "Dancing Is Healing" | 2023 | 5 | Rudimental featuring Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry |
| "Dance Around It" | 2023 | 61 | Joel Corry and Caity Baser |
| "Die Young" | 2023 | 73 | Venbee & Rudimental |
| "Rave Out" | 2023 | 37 | Turno, Skepsis, and Charlotte Plank |
| "Bittersweet Goodbye" | 2023 | 19 | Issey Cross |
| "No Man's Land" | 2024 | 61 | Marshmello & Venbee |
| "Green & Gold" | 2024 | 29 | Rudimental, Skepsis, Charlotte Plank & Riko Dan |