There have been plenty of issues with the dark teen drama Euphoria, but music wasn't one of them. Last July, Labrinth, the mastermind behind the show's soundtrack, announced that he was collaborating with the great Hans Zimmer for the forthcoming third season. Things seemed good! Now, it seems things are very bad.
Last night the the Columbia-signed musician posted on social media some tense words: “Fuck Columbia. Double Fuck Euphoria. I’m out. Thank you and good night.” The post comes a couple months of after he released his latest full-length Cosmic Opera Act 1 via Columbia.
A few years ago, things seemed all right. In an interview from 2022, Labrinth discussed the free reign he's had on Euphoria, with Sam Levinson encouraging him to do whatever the hell he wanted. “The main approach with most of the music on the show is Sam is like, ‘Lab, just make what the fuck you’re making. Don’t let no one get in the way of what you’re making, just do what you do.’ It’s like he’s going to a record shop, and I’m the record shop,” he said. “Especially being in the music industry, sometimes you can feel pushed to do something that people are expecting to hear, whereas Sam’s just like, ‘I want to hear the weirdest shit in your hard drive.'” It seems that's not the case anymore.
Who knows what this means for the fate of the show's soundtrack? It was one of the truly great things about the show.
Also yesterday, Labrinth hosted his first Twitch stream, where he seems to play a lot of his music and mess around in the studio.
?A makeup artist who worked on @euphoriaHBO has commented in support of Labrinth’s recent post:
— ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 (@euphoriacentral) March 13, 2026
“I understand. You aren’t alone.” pic.twitter.com/ulFvnAMMMX
UPDATE: "I want to have meaningful interactions…," Labrinth added on Tuesday (March 17). "I don’t want to use anyone I don’t want to be used. I hope people stop acting like this is just how it’s done. It doesn’t have to be done that way. Fake ain’t a good business plan." He posted the message alongside this statement on Instagram:
WE HOVER AROUND BIG STARS HOPING TO BE IN THEIR PLACE ONE DAY LIKE SNAKES
WAITING TO EAT THEIR OWNERS
WE WALK INTO THIS INDUSTRY AS PURE CREATIVES THAT WISH TO SHARE COLOR AND GET TURNED INTO WOLVES OF WALL STREET DRIBBLING OVER STOCKS AND SHARES
WE HAVE MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE AND DISCARD THEM AS SOON AS A BIGGER OPPORTUNITY ARRIVES
WHO THE FUCK SAID THIS IS NORMAL OR OK TO TURN what I call GODS NOISE (our music) INTO BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
I DONT SUBSCRIBE
