Eliza Legzdina

Elīza Legzdiņa (, born 6 October 1993, also known as LEGZDINA) is a Latvian-British musician. Born in Ogre, she moved to the UK for her education, and studied at the University of East Anglia, from which she graduated in 2014. She funded a part-time master's degree at Goldsmiths, University of London, by working a series of odd jobs including a spell at Jukedeck. She began releasing her own sex-positive and body-positive tracks in May 2019, which have been featured in soundtracks, television programmes, the video game EA Sports FC 24, and an iPad commercial. Her 2020 track "Tom & Jerry" was ranked by DMY as the 23rd best track of that year, and she released the EPs Iron Curtain Golden Pussy and Silver Linings in 2020 and 2022. She is also a member of Loud LDN.

Life and career

Early life Elīza Legzdiņa was born on 6 October in Ogre, Latvia, and would spend her birthdays at the circus. She studied English at the International School of Latvia, before reading classical opera at the University of East Anglia and writing her dissertation on hip-hop, In an interview published in in April 2020, Legzdina asserted that she had moved to the UK aged thirteen after begging her parents to let her stay at a boarding school in Ascot, Berkshire. she interned at Purple Public Relations, Around this time, she took a post at a music management company. In an interview with Tirade.world, she stated that she initially resisted making music as she was consumed by the idea that she would not "be making Beyoncé level albums" and that she became more confident as a result of studio time and open mics. Later that year, DMY ranked it as the 23rd best track of 2020. She then released the EP Iron Curtain Golden Pussy, which incorporated the name of the political boundary dividing Europe during the Cold War, and likened men's interest in controlling precious metals to their attempts at controlling women. The EP's tracks "Jelly" and "Tic Toc" featured the black artists Bryte and Janelle Wynter; in a September 2020 interview with Schön! Magazine, she stated that she had made a point of showcasing black talent on her works, having observed her black and brown friends suffering from racism while in school. and the track would later be used in an episode of Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You. which was later used in the soundtrack for Need for Speed Unbound.

In June 2021, The following month, she featured on "Rose Tinted", a track by Crate Classics, a duo comprising Aaron Horn and Jamie Rodigan, the son of David Rodigan. In January 2022, she performed at Eurosonic Noorderslag; Ben Jolley of NME wrote that her "sex-positive bangers, performed in an Art Deco warehouse living room, mark[ed] her out as a thrilling name to watch". She then featured on Lau.ra's "Blow" and on "DeepBluSea", a track on Blu Tempo's June 2022 EP Pessimismus.

Legzdina performed at Latitude Festival in July 2022 and released "Composure", a track about falling in love, the month after. "Composure" featured on her September 2022 EP Silver Linings, as did "Real Girl", for which a video was subsequently released. Later that month, Electronic Arts announced that it would use Legzdina's collaboration with Ruckspin on the soundtrack of their video game FIFA 23; they would later use Legzdina's collaboration with Bianca Oblivion "EZ 4 Me" in their video game EA Sports FC 24. In November 2022, Apple used her subsequent Ruckspin collaboration "Yum!" for their "Brand New Flavor" advertisement for their tenth-generation iPad. Caitlin Stephens of Looper.com opined that the song's lyrics, written about food and namechecking lemon, peach, strawberry, chocolate, cinnamon, and the "pretty paper" they were wrapped in, suited the commercial. "Yum!" also featured in the summer 2023 series of Love Island.

Later releases and participation in Supernova 2026 In February 2023, she was a guest artist at the finale of Supernova 2023, the Latvian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, with Beanie, a drummer who had performed with the British drum and bass band Rudimental. She supported that band at their August 2023 performance at South Facing Festival in Crystal Palace, London, and asserted in a September 2023 interview with the TV3 show 900 seconds that they had produced an upcoming EP for her. She released the drum and bass track "Come Roll With Me" as "Legzdina" in July 2024 and the jungle track "Bitter Truth" the month after; both "Come Roll With Me" That August, she and MoreNight featured on the amapiano track "U Be U" by former Roll Deep member Manga Saint Hilaire. In May 2024, she stated that she had set up her own record label, "Mana Naba", and that she had named it after the Latvian for "my bellybutton" in order to celebrate her female lineage and the sacrifices her mother had made for her.

On November 20, 2025, she was announced as one of the participants of Supernova 2026, where she competed for the right to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with her song "Ribbon". Legzdina qualified from the second semi-final of Supernova, and went on to place 9th out of 10 in the final.

Artistry and personal life Legzdina is queer a collective of London-based women and genderqueer musicians founded in May 2022.

Discography

EPs

Iron Curtain Golden Pussy (2020) Silver Linings (2022)

Singles "Red" (Eliza Legzdina, Hurricane, 2019) "Tom & Jerry" (2020) "Money" (Halal Dog, Bryte, Eliza Legzdina, 2020) "Curse 4 U" (2020) "Moody" (Mauriks, Eliza Legzdina, 2022) "Bitter Truth" (2024)

2024

Other appearances

"Runnin" (Eliza Legzdina, Slxm, from the Run to the Source soundtrack, 2022) "DeepBluSea" (Bel Tempo, Eliza Legzdina, from Pessimismus, 2022)