Labrinth pulls music from Euphoria
Labrinth says he removed his music from Euphoria season 3 after being treated poorly, posting a blunt Instagram statement that he won’t be “treated like shit.” (Industry posts summarized his removal and noted his statement drew substantial attention online.) (x.com)
A month before Euphoria season 3 returns on April 12, 2026, Labrinth posted “F* Columbia. Double f* Euphoria” on Instagram and said he was “done with this industry.” Four weeks later, HBO confirmed he did not contribute any music to the new season. (variety.com) (yahoo.com) That landed hard because Labrinth was not a side contributor on this show. He wrote the score for the first two seasons and made songs like “Formula,” “Still Don’t Know My Name,” and “Never Felt So Alone,” which became part of Euphoria’s identity as much as the lighting or the makeup. (nme.com) (yahoo.com) In July 2025, HBO and the trades said season 3 would have both Labrinth and Hans Zimmer on the music. Zimmer is the film composer behind scores for movies like Dune and Gladiator, so the plan looked less like a replacement and more like HBO stacking two big names on one soundtrack. (deadline.com) (variety.com) Now that plan is gone. The Hollywood Reporter and Rolling Stone both reported that Zimmer is working alone on season 3 after Labrinth’s exit, which means the series is changing one of its most recognizable creative signatures right before release. (hollywoodreporter.com) (rollingstone.com) The timing matters because Euphoria has already had a long, messy road back. Season 2 ended in February 2022, season 3 did not start production until 2025, and HBO says the new run premieres more than four years after the last season. (variety.com) (deadline.com) The new season is also not just “more high school Euphoria.” Reports say season 3 includes a time jump, pulls the characters out of high school, and is expected to close out the story, so the music change is hitting at the exact moment the show is trying to redefine itself. (deadline.com 1) (deadline.com 2) Labrinth did not post a detailed explanation of what happened behind the scenes. What exists publicly is the Instagram outburst, its direct shot at both Columbia Records and Euphoria, and HBO’s later confirmation that his work is absent from season 3. (hollywoodreporter.com) (yahoo.com) That is why fans are reading this as more than a routine credit change. When the person who built the show’s sound says he will not be “treated like shit” and then his music disappears from the next season, the soundtrack stops being background and becomes part of the story. (x.com) (nme.com)
