After creator Sam Levinson chimed in on the Euphoria composer’s exit, Labrinth is setting the record straight once again.
Ahead of the HBO series’ Season 3 premiere on Sunday at 9pm ET/PT, the British musician called out people in Hollywood who “comfortably lie,” explaining he exited the Golden Globe-winning series because he wouldn’t “let people treat me like shit.”
“People will comfortably lie in this industry and still call themselves honest people,” he wrote Saturday on his Instagram Story. “So no cap, I decided to remove whatever music I had in it. I spoke to HBO, as far as I know, we are cool. I left because, last truth, when I work for someone, their vision is paramount to me. But I don’t let people treat me like shit.”
Labrinth’s latest comment comes after he wrote last month that he’s “done with this industry” in a since-deleted post, adding, “Fuck Columbia. Double fuck Euphoria. I’m out. Thank you and good night.”
Having replaced him with Hans Zimmer for Season 3, Levinson has responded to Labrinth’s initial statement, calling him an “incredible collaborator” and claiming “I don’t know” why he left the show after two seasons, crediting Labrinth with building “the foundation of the sound of Euphoria.”
“On Euphoria, each character’s storyline is like its own film in a way,” Levinson explained to Rolling Stone. “In general, I was less interested in needle drops and more interested in something that guided us through this world.… They’re out of high school, so the pop roots of it have faded away. I see them in these landscapes, dealing with good and evil, the choices you make, the consequences, and the freedom of being older. How I imagined it visually, I wanted to lean into an old-fashioned Hollywood Western score.”
Labrinth has composed the Euphoria score since the show’s first season and his song ‘All for Us’ won the Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. Last year, HBO announced that Labrinth was returning to score the show’s third season alongside Zimmer.
