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{{short description|English band}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ladytron
| image = Ladytron at QMU, Glasgow 2nd November 2018 06.jpg
| caption = Ladytron performing in 2018; left to right: Peter Kelly, Mira Aroyo, Daniel Hunt, Reuben Wu, and Helen Marnie
| image_size = 250px
| landscape = yes
| background = group_or_band
| origin = [[Liverpool]], England
| genre = <!--The following genres backed with multiple reliable sources in the prose-->{{flatlist|
* [[Electropop]]
* [[synth-pop]]
* [[electronic rock]]
}}
| years_active = 1999–present
| label = {{flatlist|
* Ladytron Music
* [[Nettwerk]]
* [[Island Records|Island]]
* [[Rykodisc]]
* [[Telstar Records|Telstar]]
* [[Emperor Norton Records|Emperor Norton]]
* Invicta Hi-Fi
* [[Cooking Vinyl]]
}}
| website = {{URL|ladytron.com}}
| current_members =
* [[Helen Marnie]]
* [[Mira Aroyo]]
* [[Daniel Hunt]]
| past_members =
* [[Reuben Wu]]
}}
'''Ladytron''' are an English-based [[electronic music|electronic]] band formed in [[Liverpool]] in 1999. The group consists of [[Helen Marnie]] (lead vocals, synthesizers), [[Mira Aroyo]] (vocals, synthesizers), and [[Daniel Hunt]] (synthesizers, guitar, vocals).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roland U.S. – Insider – Ladytron |url=http://www.rolandus.com/community/insider/article.php?ArticleId=88 |date=6 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906145930/http://www.rolandus.com/community/insider/article.php?ArticleId=88 |archive-date=6 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="voxy">{{Cite web |title=LADYTRON – An Interview With Reuben Wu {{!}} Voxy.co.nz |url=http://www.voxy.co.nz/entertainment/ladytron-interview-reuben-wu/319/52141 |date=4 November 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104125924/http://www.voxy.co.nz/entertainment/ladytron-interview-reuben-wu/319/52141 |archive-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> [[Reuben Wu]] (synthesizers) was a member from 1999 until 2023.<ref name="Reuben Wu left Ladytron">{{cite web |title=Reuben Wu on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/Reuben_Wu/status/1635642704917934085 |website=Twitter |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> They have released seven studio albums: ''[[604 (album)|604]]'' (2001), ''[[Light & Magic]]'' (2002), ''[[Witching Hour (Ladytron album)|Witching Hour]]'' (2005), ''[[Velocifero]]'' (2008), ''[[Gravity the Seducer]]'' (2011), ''[[Ladytron (album)|Ladytron]]'' (2019) and ''[[Time's Arrow (album)|Time's Arrow]]'' (2023). They also issued the live album ''[[Live at London Astoria 16.07.08]]'' in 2009 and the compilation album ''[[Best of 00–10]]'' in 2011. They have produced remixes for artists such as [[Dave Gahan]], [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]], [[Goldfrapp]], [[Apoptygma Berzerk]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Bloc Party]], [[Kings of Convenience]], [[Soulwax]] and [[Róisín Murphy]].

The band's name was taken from the song "[[Ladytron (song)|Ladytron]]" by [[Roxy Music]].<ref name="XLR8R">{{Cite web |title=Ladytron: Spell Bound – XLR8R |url=https://www.xlr8r.com/features/ladytron-spell-bound |date=29 September 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929080121/https://www.xlr8r.com/features/ladytron-spell-bound |archive-date=29 September 2018}}</ref> Former Roxy Music member [[Brian Eno]] said in 2009, "Ladytron are, for me, the best of English pop music. They're the kind of band that really only appears in England, with this funny mixture of eccentric art-school dicking around and dressing up, with a full awareness of what's happening everywhere musically, which is kind of knitted together and woven into something quite new."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brian Eno talks about Ladytron (Luminous Festival 2009 – Sydney Opera House) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS0NGfXSz68  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/RS0NGfXSz68| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|date=9 July 2009 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Ladytron described their sound as "[[electropop|electronic pop]]",<ref name="dis">{{Cite web |title=DiS meets Ladytron / In Depth // Drowned in Sound |url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141859 |date=2 October 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002141745/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141859 |archive-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> while music journalists have also described their sound as [[synth-pop]], [[electronic rock]], [[Post-punk revival|post-punk]], and [[New wave music|new wave]], among other genres. Some of the group's songs contain lyrics written by Aroyo in her native [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]].