Innovative pop experimentalist with an alluring artistic soul.
You may be familiar with French singer, songwriter and producer Léa Sen as an artist whose collaborative endeavours have seen her contribute to projects led by the likes of Vegyn, Sampha, Oscar Jerome and South London collective Speakers Corner Quartet. In 2025 and after two EPs, the artist gears up to release a debut album showcasing irresistible creative magnetism within a beautiful realm of her own making.
"You always feel like you're in this transitional space, like there's another level that you have to finish. And you don't know how many more there are...But the truth is, it kind of never stops."
Léa Sen
Immediate is the transportive nature of Sen's music that journeys across different sonic qualities while narratively exploring her own emotional evolution. Brilliantly imagined as a surreal, liminal hotel where each room holds a different chapter of her life, LEVELS seamlessly navigates the space between the tangible and the dreamlike. It's expansive, yet intimate and evokes a deep yearning for and reflection on the past, while simultaneously contemplating questions unanswered and the path being traversed.
Crafted in collaboration with her brother, Florian Fourlin, Léa's gossamer vocal takes centre stage on a record rich with electronic pop, R&B, and warm, immersive alternative sonics. This is next level soundscaping from an artist poised for breakout success.
For fans of: Speakers Corner Quartet, Fabiana Palladino, Tirzah, Nilüfer Yanya
We're excited to announce Léa Sen as part of Rough Trade On The Rise, our dedicated curation putting a spotlight on the emerging music we are the most excited for you to hear, to follow and become a fan of. LEVELS is released 30th May on Partisan.
Five by Five
5 Qs, 5 As
Describe Léa Sen in 5 words
Observant, committed, curious, sensitive, grounded
5 records you listened to prior to making your album
In Search Of... by N.E.R.D
Kid A by Radiohead
Mama Rosa by Brian Blade
To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
El Mal Querer by Rosalía
Top 5 career moments since forming
My first tour with Nilüfer Yanya - made real friends, had the time of my life.
Finishing the album with my brother Florian - growing as a sister and making music with my sibling for the first time.
Speakers Corner Barbican show (2022) - high emotion, felt like family even though I met most people for the first time.
First time being played on radio on Reprezent in Brixton, introduced by Mo Ayoub - crazy anyone would listen, I was 20 years old in foreign country with no team or ties in the industry.
Playing my first headline in America, then performing with Sampha in New York - surreal time to play my own headline and then with one of my biggest musical influence (I miss New York so bad).
5 tips or words of wisdom for artists entering the industry in 2025
What makes you special is often what makes you weird - all the artists, stories, movies, songs, books you love but no one else really get, that’s special. Protect that.
The industry is just other people - they don’t know better than you. Stay humble, but don’t second-guess yourself.
Let yourself be obsessed and committed - even if it means missing out on “normal life,” it’s worth it if it feels right.
Your emotions are a signal - listen to them, pour them into a song or a poem, open up and befriend them as soon as you can.
You’re the shit, and you’re in the arena - which automatically makes you admirable to me. So act like it.
5 essential items on your tour rider
Coconut water or coconut bites or anything coconut
A Sharpie I will definitely lose
Popcorn for the road
Matcha powder (it’s risky but I'm an addict)
Electrolytes bc touring dehydrates me