In 2018, Labrinth formed the supergroup LSD with Australian singer-songwriter Sia and American DJ and producer Diplo.
33 Facts About Labrinth
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Labrinth co-produced the soundtrack The Lion King: The Gift, and co-wrote the single "Spirit", alongside Beyonce and Ilya Salmanzadeh, for which he received nominations at the Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and the Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
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Labrinth comes from a family of musicians, and has eight siblings.
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Labrinth attended Stoke Newington School and began to pursue a musical career during his school years.
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Labrinth's brother, Mac, who is a music producer, introduced McKenzie at the age of 15 to the art of creating music in his studio.
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Labrinth started his career by producing the track "Dead End" for recording artist Master Shortie from the album ADH.
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From 2010 to 2011, Labrinth mentored the Urban Development Vocal Collective alongside his sister, ShezAr.
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Labrinth produced multiple tracks for the collective, contributing towards a nine-track project titled Urban Development.
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Labrinth was featured as an artist a third time on 3 January 2011, with the release of British rapper Devlin's single "Let It Go".
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On 23 May 2012, Labrinth performed at the Cheltenham racecourse to celebrate the occasion of the Olympic torch coming through Cheltenham.
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Labrinth performed at several university shows including University of Leeds' Summer Ball, Nottingham Trent University Graduation Ball, and University of Surrey's End of Year Show.
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Labrinth performed at GFest in Preston on 8 September 2012 to celebrate Preston Guild 2012.
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In July 2012, it was revealed that Labrinth would be working with Rihanna, which resulted in him co-writing and co-producing her song "Lost In Paradise" from her album 'Unapologetic'.
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Labrinth collaborated with Ed Sheeran, producing his and Devlin's single "Watchtower", which was released in August 2012.
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On 25 December 2012, Labrinth released the Atomic EP for free download via SoundCloud.
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Labrinth began working on his second studio album in 2013.
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In July 2013, Labrinth was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month 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".
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In October 2014, Labrinth released his single "Jealous", which he wrote during a trip to Nashville.
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Labrinth later co-produced "Stargirl Interlude" on the Weeknd's 2016 album 'Starboy'.
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Labrinth did a duet on the track "Fragile", the lead promotional single from Kygo's debut studio album Cloud Nine.
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In 2016, Labrinth worked alongside Mike Posner on Posner's widely successful album At Night, Alone.
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Labrinth is featured and co-wrote on the sixth single, "Silence".
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Labrinth produced and was featured in "Make Me ", Noah Cyrus' debut single, released on 14 November 2016.
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Labrinth featured alongside Cyrus in the song's music video and performances on The Tonight Show and The Late Late Show.
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In December 2016, Labrinth performed a medley of "Frozen" and "Like A Prayer" at the annual Billboard Women in Music event, where Madonna, who had personally selected him to perform, was honored as Woman of the Year.
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In May 2017, Labrinth was featured on Sia's single "To Be Human" from the Wonder Woman soundtrack.
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In September 2017, Apple used Labrinth's song "Misbehaving" in their keynote to announce their Apple Watch Series 3.
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On 3 May 2018, Labrinth was announced as a member of the supergroup LSD along with Sia and music producer Diplo.
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Also in 2018, Labrinth co-produced and featured on Nicki Minaj's track "Majesty" featuring Eminem, which peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Labrinth co-wrote and produced Beyonce's July 2019 single "Spirit" from The Lion King remake soundtrack and companion album The Lion King: The Gift.
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That year Labrinth collaborated with Kanye West, co-producing and lending vocals to "God Is" from his October 2019 album Jesus Is King.
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Labrinth wrote and produced two singles for Sam Smith released that year including "Love Goes", which he is featured on and comes from Smith's album of the same name, and an original Christmas song "The Lighthouse Keeper".
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Labrinth performed at the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023, with Zendaya making a surprise appearance on his set.