Labrinth on Helping Zendaya Return to the Stage at Coachella and Writing an Album ‘Full of Love Songs to My Mrs.’
variety.comEllise Shafer The past few weeks, Labrinth has been riding a high. Last month, the artist, producer and Emmy-winning “Euphoria” composer delivered the biggest performances of his career at Coachella.
One of the most talked about sets of the festival, Labrinth surprised fans with special guests both weekends: Billie Eilish came out during Weekend 1 to sing their buzzy collaboration “Never Felt So Alone”, and the second weekend brought Sia and Maddie Ziegler for “Thunderclouds” as well as “Euphoria” star Zendaya, who hadn’t sang live since 2015 (when she briefly pursued a music career).
Their rousing rendition of “I’m Tired” and “All for Us,” both songs from the hit HBO series, instantly blew up on social media. “I just love how brave she is, because I was in the same position as her — I hadn’t done a big show like that for 10 years,” Labrinth tells Variety. “So I was like, I don’t even know what to expect.
And then when she came and did it, I was like, ‘Yo, you’re a G, man.’ The way she just stepped up and went for it, to me that was inspiring.” He then dropped his third studio album, “Ends & Begins,” on April 28, and jetted off to New York City the following Monday to attend his first Met Gala, dressed in Valentino and Cartier. “It’s kind of like ‘Alice goes down the rabbit hole’ — it’s this world that you see in magazines and on TV and you’re sitting in it,” he says of the star-studded event.
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