Lava La Rue shares ‘Prince of Bologna’ as part of Speedy Wunderground’s single series
Lava La Rue | Photo Credit: Muna Farah
Today, London multi-hyphenate Lava La Rue has shared a driving new single titled ‘Prince Of Bologna’. the track is released as part of Speedy Wunderground’s single series, with a limited 7” release due out 30th July 2026. The track follows Lava’s recent EP Do You Know Everything (D.Y.K.E), which was released via BMG earlier this year and reframed the West London musician as both artist and band to widespread plaudits.
Having started their musical journey at age 11, in the here and now Lava has amassed more than 500 million streams worldwide, earning multiple BBC Radio 1 Hottest Record and Chillest Record selections alongside repeated BBC 6 Music playlist support. Their genre-blurring approach has been championed by NME, Dazed, the Evening Standard and Forbes’ 30 Under 30, while performances at Glastonbury and Coachella have cemented their reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting live alternative acts.
Speedy Wunderground founder and producer-in-demand, Dan Carey, first discovered Lava while attending a festival. He says “I was wandering around LatitudeFestival in 2021 and came across Lava La Rue, and watched their set. When it finished, I remember thinking that I’d seen the coolest person ever. I wanted to make a record with them… and 5 years later, I finally got to make a Lava La Rue Speedy Single!”
The resulting single, ‘Prince Of Bologna’, is a high adrenaline melange of motorik overdriven guitars, organ, and raucous digitally augmented drumming that just breaks the 2-minute mark. The track was written and co-produced with Tomasso Medica (Husky Loops), and is an ode to overheard conversations with lyrics such as “I think Turnstile is for girls”,“I’m rejecting my OBE”, and “I am famous! On Reddit!”.
The single is accompanied by an exhilarating video directed and edited by Lava, which sees a fast-paced parkour chase take place in Brighton after cans of beer are “stolen” from a supermarket. Speaking on the video Lava says:
“If "it's better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission" was the ultimate final boss in music video form, this would be it. I floated the idea to Dan [Carey] that I had an elusive video concept & if he could give me the speedy thumbs up to get myself and the band four train tickets to Brighton, our trusty camcorder could handle the rest. Truth is, my big video idea was to cause a bit havoc on the streets & roofs of Sussex, and with the help of parkour locals Ziggi & Mitchy, their insider knowledge of all the sick rooftop spots brought this video to new heights lol.”
Watch / share the video for ‘Prince Of Bologna’ here
Speaking on the single Lava says, “Prince of Bologna is lyrically a speed date of conversations I’ve overheard. sort of like a love poem to getting fragments of other people's opinions in the smoking area of the George Tavern.
Tommaso, my dear friend from Bologna, had found a beat up 70s Italian organ with a built-in vintage drum machine that we pretty much jammed the whole initial idea on in 30 mins at 1am in his flat in Tulse Hill.
I showed the idea to Dan Carey, and he told me to get the band in his studio to flesh it out into a full Speedy Wunderground single - straight recorded live on to tape as a full band, lights off, yada yada.”
As is customary in the single series, the 7” release will also feature a dub reworking by Dan Carey titled ‘Prince Of Dublogna’.
‘Prince Of Bologna’ is now available on streaming services here. The limited 7” is out 30th July via Speedy Wunderground – Pre-order here
