Labrinth

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Timothy Lee McKenzie (born 4 January 1989), better known by his stage name Labrinth, is an English singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer.

After initially pursuing a career in music production, Simon Cowell signed him to his record label Syco Music as a recording artist, after which Labrinth became the first singer who Cowell signed without having competed on a talent show in six years.Labrinth made his debut appearance on the UK Singles Chart in March 2010, when his collaboration with English rapper Tinie Tempah, "Pass Out", reached number one.

McKenzie has collaborated with Tinie Tempah on numerous occasions since.

Labrinth's first solo single, "Let the Sun Shine" was released in September 2010, reaching number three in the same chart.

His debut album Electronic Earth, was released on 31 March 2012, having been preceded by the singles "Earthquake", featuring Tinie Tempah and "Last Time", which peaked at number two and number four, respectively.

He achieved his first number-one single in November 2012 with "Beneath Your Beautiful", featuring Emeli Sandé. In 2018, Labrinth created the supergroup LSD, along with Australian singer-songwriter Sia, and American DJ and producer Diplo.

They released their first single, "Genius", on 3 May 2018, with their second, "Audio", being released a week later on 10 May 2018.

Their third single called "Thunderclouds" was released on 8 August 2018.

Early life

McKenzie was born and raised in Hackney, London, and is of Jamaican descent. He comes from a family of musicians, and has eight siblings. Their home was filled with the sound of black gospel music, which their parents loved. When young, he and his eight siblings formed a band called Mac 9. He attended Stoke Newington School and began to pursue a musical career during his school years. His brother, Mac, who is also a music producer, introduced McKenzie at the age of 15 to the art of creating music in his studio. His cousin is the Irish boxer Tommy McCarthy.

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Career

Labrinth began his career by releasing the track "Dead End" for recording artist Master Shortie from the album A.D.H.D. (2009). McKenzie, both as a producer and songwriter, became involved in the project. EMI Music Publishing's Guy Moot offered the artist a publishing contract. Labrinth and his sister, ShezAr, helped with the Urban Development Vocal Collective (UDVC) from 2010 to 2011. He also produced multiple tracks for the group, leading to the creation of a nine-track project titled Urban Development. The vocalists also performed backing vocals for Labrinth's original songs.

McKenzie appeared on British rapper Tinie Tempah's debut album, "Pass Out," on February 28, 2010. The track had also been created and co-written by him. On the Irish Singles Chart, number six, and number seven in Australia, the single debuted at number one, ranked six on the Irish Singles Chart, and seventh on the Australian Singles Chart, and number seventy. "Pass Out" was named Best British Single and Best Contemporary Song at the 2011 Ivor Novello Awards for two weeks at the summit in the United Kingdom. The British Phonographic Industry has given it a gold medal for its sales of 600,000 copies. Several months after, the two musicians performed for the second time in the unveiling of Tempah's second album, "Frisky," which was also co-written and produced by McKenzie. The single debuted at number two in the United Kingdom, only defeated by Dizzee Rascal and James Corden's charity single "Shout". The track was a hit in Scotland, where it was also ranked at number three in Ireland, where it was the duo's second straight number one single.

McKenzie continued writing for a variety of high-profile artists, including Professor Green for the song "Oh My God" (Alive Till I'm Dead), Ola Svensson for the track "Let It Hit You" (Ola), and Loick Essien for "Love Drunk" (Identity).

McKenzie was approached in June 2010 and signed to Simon Cowell's most popular brand, Syco, after charting success as a writer and producer. McKenzie's first signing in six years despite having no knowledge of one of Cowell's reality talent shows, which was a major win for the brand. "Let the Sun Shine," Labrinth's debut single, was released in the United Kingdom on September 27th. The track debuted at number three in the United Kingdom and then reached number thirty-two in Ireland, and also at number thirty-two in Ireland. On January 3, 2011, Labrinth was recognized as an artist for the third time after the introduction of British rapper Devlin's "Let It Go" on Sunday. There was little evidence of success on the charts, with the UK's top-five-nine ranked fifth. He was also involved in a revival of Charles Wright & the Watts' "Express Yourself" from the 1970s.

Over the course of the next year, Labrinth produced tracks by Yasmin and Ms. Dynamite, as well as the 2011 Children in Need charity single "Teardrop," on which he also appeared as a guest performer. The single, which appeared on both Children in Need 2011 and Children in Need Rocks Manchester, debuted at number seventeen on the UK Singles Chart on November 17, 2011.

On October 23, 2011, Labrinth's second album, "Earthquake," debuted, starring long-time collaborator Tinie Tempah. With first week orders of 115,530 copies, the single debuted at number two on the UK charts, second highest grossing number-two behind X Factor winners Little Mix and their coverage of Damien Rice's "Cannonball." The track also saw international chart success, peaking at number twelve in Ireland, number five in New Zealand, and number twenty-one in Australia; achieving gold medal recognition from the Australian Recording Industry Association and platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Labrinth's debut album Electronic Earth on May 2012 was his third single release, "Last Time," which was announced on March 18, 2012 as a four-track digital EP with remixes from Knife Party and Gareth Emery.

On the 23th of May 2012, Labrinth performed at the Cheltenham racecourse to commemorate the Olympic torch's arrival in Cheltenham. He has appeared at many university shows, including University of Leeds' Summer Ball, Nottingham Trent University Graduation Ball, and the End of Year Exhibition at the University of Surrey. Labrinth performed at the top 20 in Norway on June 29th in front of a packed audience of 90,000.000 people. On September 8, 2012, Labrinth performed at GFest in Preston to celebrate Preston Guild 2012. "Beneath Your Beautiful," featuring Emeli Sandé, was released as the album's sixth single and debuted at number one on the UK singles chart in November 2012, and was Labrinth's first entry into the Billboard Hot 100 at number 34.

Labrinth would be collaborating with Rihanna, resulting in him co-writing and co-producing her song "Lost In Paradise" from her album 'Unapologetic' in July 2012. Labrinth also collaborated with Ed Sheeran, resulting in his and Devlin's single "Watchtower," which was released in August 2012. Labrinth performed with Sheeran in 2014 and released his single "Save Myself" from the March 2017 collection.

The Atomic EP was released on December 25, 2012, Labrinth's free download via SoundCloud. Among others, Plan B, Devlin, Wretch 32, Ed Sheeran, Maxsta, Lady Leshurr, and Etta Bond are among others.

In 2013, Labrinth began working on his second album. He appeared on two tracks on Tinie Tempah's second studio album Demonstration: the third single "Lover Not a Fighter" and the album track "It's OK";

Labrinth was named Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month in July 2013 and was featured on NBC's Today show hosted by Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, where he performed live his song "Beneath Your Beautiful."

In October 2014, Labrinth released his single "Jealous," which he wrote on a trip to Nashville. In December 2014, the song debuted at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. Adele, who listened to the song to help her cry on command while shooting her "Hello" video and Jessie Ware, who covered it for BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, have lauded the single.

Labrinth, who also co-produced on the Weeknd's album Beauty Behind the Madness, was released in August 2015. At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, Chris' contribution to the album earned him his first Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. On the Weeknd's 2016 album 'Starboy,' Labrinth co-produced "Stargirl Interlude." On the track "Fragile," Labrinth's lead promotional single from Kygo's debut studio album Cloud Nine, the lead singer.

Labrinth appeared on Posner's hugely popular album At Night, Alone in 2016. On the sixth single, "Silence," Labrinth is included and co-wrote. The album was officially released on May 6, 2016. Both Posner and Labrinth wrote "silence." Posner and Terefe produced the song. He also appeared in "Make Me (Cry), Noah Cyrus' debut single, which was released on November 14, 2016. On The Tonight Show and The Late Late Show, Labrinth appeared alongside Cyrus in the song's music video and appearances. In February 2017, the single reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time. Labrinth and Cyrus continued to collaborate over the next two years, with Labrinth lending writing and production duties to Cyrus' "I'm Stuck" and "Live Or Die" on September 2017, a May 2017 album. At the annual Billboard Women in Music festival, where Madonna, who had personally chosen him to perform, was named Woman of the Year in December 2016.

Labrinth appeared on Sia's "To Be Human" from the Wonder Woman soundtrack in May 2017. Apple's iPhone Watch Series 3 was launched in September 2017, using Labrinth's "Misbehaving" as their keynote to introduce their Apple Watch Series 3.

Labrinth, Sia, and music producer Diplo were among the members of LSD's supergroup LSD on May 3rd. It was the first time the three artists had collaborated on a single project. According to Diplo, LSD came out when he was invited to write with Labrinth and Sia. "Genius," Columbia Records' first single, was released in the United States and Syco Music in the United Kingdom on the same day, as well as a psychedelic cartoon video and the announcement of a forthcoming album. In August, LSD's second single "Audio" and their third single "Thunderclouds" were released, followed by a "Thunderclouds" music video starring dancer and former Sia collaborator Maddie Ziegler. The latter was used as the launch song for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, which helped propel it to the top of Billboard & Clio's Top TV Commercials chart for August and September 2018. It's also LSD's best charting single to date, peaking at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 67. In November 2018, the three artists received a Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording for their album "Audio (CID Remix Official Dance Remix)" (CID Remix Official Dance Remix). Labrinth co-produced and appeared on Nicki Minaj's album "Majesty," which debuted at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018.

In January 2019, Labrinth appeared in a Mini Countryman commercial in which he performs a version of "Don't Fence Me In." With the campaign's launch, a complete version of the song was also released. LSD's debut album "Mountains" was released on April 12th, 2019. Sia & Diplo Present... LSD was released on April 12, 2019. Maddie Ziegler appeared on "No New Friends" for the first time this month, and the group made their first live appearance on Ellen.

After the introduction of his single "Miracle" in June 2019, Labrinth made his scoring debut when he was announced as the lead composer for season 1 of HBO drama series Euphoria. Sam Levinson, the show's producer, was inspired by some of the music that Labrinth's boss Adam Leber had shared with him, and he approached Labrinth to contribute music for the series while he was recording his second solo album. Several of Labrinth's original songs are also included in the film, including "Mount Everest" and "All For Us" featuring vocals from Zendaya, the show's lead actress. The show's score was revealed on October 4, 2019 via Milan Records and Sony Masterworks. Labrinth's score was praised as "a mash-up of electronic, R&B, dance, and hip-hop sounds," and was lauded for "fully complementing the main character's journey." Labrinth received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work in Euphoria; Outstanding Music Composition for a Series of Bonnie and Clyde; and Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics for the song "All for Us," as well as an Ivor Novello Award for Best Television Soundtrack.

Labrinth co-wrote and produced Beyoncé's single "Spirit" from The Lion King remake soundtrack and companion album "The Gift" in July 2019. The single was ranked for Grammy and Golden Globe awards, and was shortlisted for the Best Original Song Academy Award. In addition, Labrinth worked with Kanye West in co-producing and lending vocals to "God Is" from his October 2019 album Jesus Is King.

Imagination & the Misfit Kid, Labrinth's sophomore studio album, was revealed on October 31, 2019 with the single title "Where the Wild Things." On November 22, 2020, the 15 track album, which features guest appearances from Zendaya and Sia, was released. In Apple's "Made in the United Kingdom" commercial in July 2020, the single "Imagination" was used. The ad features UK creative talent at MacBook laptops, including Labrinth himself.

Labrinth's single "No Ordinary," which was used in the Xbox Series X/S launch trailer on October 9, was released on October 9, 2020. Sam Smith's album "Love Goes," which he also appears on and comes from Smith's album of the same name, as well as an original Christmas song "The Lighthouse Keeper," were among Labrinth's released two singles that year.

Malcolm & Marie, a Netflix original film, was directed by Labrinth, and appeared on "Titans" alongside Sia in March 2021.

In 2022, he appeared in episode 4 of Euphoria's second season, for which he provided the soundtrack.

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