The Hellp is an American band based in Los Angeles, consisting of Noah Dillon and Chandler Lucy. The band released their debut album Twin Sinner in 2016, followed by numerous and singles. In 2024, their sophomore album LL was released on Atlantic Records. Their third album Riviera was released in November 2025. The group is associated with the indie sleaze revival of the 2020s, though they reject the label.
On July 27, 2021, the band released the single "Height" from their forthcoming EP Enemy with an accompanying music video. On August 18, 2021, they performed on NTS Radio. In September they released two more singles, "yrstruly" and "Undertow". Enemy was released on October 1, 2021.
On May 27, 2022, they released Enemy Remixed, an EP containing of Enemy tracks from Xiu Xiu, CFCF, Damon Rush, and Club Eat. On August 10, 2022, they released the single "meant2be". In December 2022, the duo's fashion style was noted in an editorial in The Guardian as preceding the indie sleaze revival, though, they reject the label. Their music has also been associated with bloghouse.
On June 28, 2024, the band released the single "Colorado" alongside a visualizer. On August 23, 2024, they released the song and music video "Caustic". "Go Somewhere" was released officially on September 20, 2024. Three more songs, "Stunn", "LL", and a new version of "Sinamen" were released in October 2024 in anticipation of their second album LL. LL was released on October 25, 2024. The song "Ether" was co-produced with electronic artist 2hollis and the song "Distribution" contains vocals from Sabrina Fuentes of the band Pretty Sick. Pitchfork gave the album a score of 7.0, praising the sentimentality of its "gritty, digitized mutation of 2000s electroclash and indie rock" while considering the duo's "self-mythologizing" before the album's release to have been exaggerated. Ann Powers and Hazel Cillis of NPR included LL in their weekly roundup of the "most compelling" new music.
On April 20, 2025, they performed a DJ set at DoLab Coachella. On April 30, 2025, they released an EP entitled LL Revisited consisting of four tracks not featured on LL.
On September 9, 2025, the band announced their third studio album Riviera, which was originally set to be released in October 2025. On September 11, they released the single "Country Road". On October 3 they released a second single titled "Doppler", followed by a third titled "Here I Am" on October 17. The album eventually released the following month on November 21.
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