Labrinth.Photo: Daniel Prakopcyk
To mark the release of the show’s officialfull-length season 2 score, Labrinth, 33, spoke to PEOPLE about the behind-the-scenes work that went into making the album, working with the cast and how this experience inspired him altogether.
“Euphoriahas been a massive shift for me creatively — in terms of what I want to do as an artist. So even from this score to my new album that I’m releasing later on in the year and all of the stuff that I want to do from here on, it has inspired my journey for what I want to do.”
He continued, “I feel like the fans of the music feel it. So hopefully they’re going to enjoy everything I do.”
“I love the idea of using the cast as the music for the show,” he says. “I remember it was literally on the same day I saw somebody on TikTok putting up [that line].”
“My online team played me that and it was like, ‘Oh, people really love this little snippet fromEuphoriaand everyone’s putting them up on TikTok.’ So I was like, ‘F— it, let’s make it part of the score. It would be fun.”
“I think it’s nice, and do you know what? I think either you get this with a song, you get three things: People don’t give a s— and they don’t say anything, you get them saying ‘I hate it’ or you get them saying ‘I love it.'”
He continued, “So out of those three things, you only want the two, you either want them saying, ‘What the hell was that?’ Or you want them saying, ‘I love it.’ And if you get no response, then it means that it didn’t even bother them. So I’d rather them say ‘I hate this song,’ and be bothered about it and that shows how they really care about the music as well.”
And don’t worry, a shorter version of the song made it on the score, “Some people really loved it and cried to it.”
Also included in the score is both “I’m Tired,” which Labrinth performed during the church scene on episode four — and Rue’s version with Zendaya’s vocals. For the musician, working with Zendaya and the show’s directorSam Levinsonon the tracks was a “beautiful moment.”
“She was like ‘Lab, I got an idea. I want to bring hope to the song.’ Because when we listened back it was a bit dark for me.” In the end, the song’s meaning switched entirely: “To me, it was the ending of the old you and the beginning of the new you.”
After months of posting his studio sessions on social media and hyping up the release — Labrinth hopes they ultimately “feel my vibe” through the score. And additionally, that fans get excited for his personal projects — including his upcoming studio album.
“They should keep their ears peeled,” he says.
source: people.com
