LVX, pronounced as LUX, has unveiled her latest single "...Dancing with the Devil." The song is an alternative rock offering inspired by the age-old adage, "you can't complain your feet hurt when you're dancing with the Devil," which encapsulates the core message of the track. The song focuses on reclaiming one's strength in a harmful relationship and emphasizes that the most challenging aspect of the grieving process is self-accountability.
“I feel we as people don’t like to talk about the part we play in things. I feel like we’re too afraid to do shadow work and look deep into why we accept less than what we deserve or why we always end up in toxic cycles and trauma bonds. I think it’s important that after a breakup you sit with yourself and heal any inner wounds you have so that you notice those red flags and you don’t attract that type of person again,” she explains, “and that’s exactly what I did.”
The song "...Dancing with the Devil" serves as a candid display of LVX's emotional depths, laying bare her experiences with traumatic relationships. Musically, the track draws on elements of British rock as well as the aesthetics of 2014 Tumblr music.
“I was listening to a lot of The 1975, Arctic Monkeys, and Basement at the time Basement’s colourmeinkindness especially was on repeat non-stop when I was writing this song and healing. It definitely influenced my sound, especially the guitar tones I wanted,” she clarifies, “I linked up with my guitarist Frankie Metalz and he completely shredded on the song. He took what I originally created and filled in all the gaps. It was like musical telepathy. We literally finished the song in like an hour. It was perfect.”
LVX first started her artistic journey by writing poems, which evolved into songwriting when she began playing the guitar at 13 years old. "I was going through a lot at the time losing a parent and always feeling like the black sheep of the family. Rock music was my escape and writing it was my therapy.” Over time, she attended numerous concerts and delved deep into the rock genre, eventually developing her unique style—a fusion of early 2000s emo and 2014 Tumblr music. This distinctive sound contributed to her debut single “Reckless” gaining airplay on independent radio stations.
Currently, LVX is wrapping up work on her forthcoming EP titled Long Live the Problem Child, which is slated for a release next year. "I'm super excited for '...Dancing with the Devil' to be released. It's one of my all-time favorite songs on my upcoming EP and one of my favorite songs I’ve written in general. I’m incredibly proud of what I created and I can’t wait for you all to hear it."
Some of LVX's key musical influences include Taking Back Sunday, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, The 1975, Movements, Citizen, The Story So Far, Green Day, Billie Eilish, Arctic Monkeys, Nirvana, and Basement