E197: Labrinth: The Musical Genius Behind Euphoria

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Labrinth is a singer, rapper, producer, and composer behind HBO’s Euphoria. Achieving success at a young age, he gave it all up to go to America and start from the bottom all over again. This is his story. A true independent spirit, after getting frustrated with the corporate demands of Simon Cowell’s record label, he gave up his life in the UK where he had number one albums and an A list life to move to LA, where he was totally unknown. Topics: Early context Your relationship with your mother and father Comparing yourself to others When did you start music ADHD Creativity Doing things you don't want to do When did you feel like something had to change? Panic attacks How do you feel about your old music? Leaving the uk Being a small fish in a big pond Your new music Where do you find your inspiration? Advice for younger lab Goals now Last guest question Labrinth: Instagram - http://bit.ly/3AvQyfI Twitter - http://bit.ly/3i2O02g The Diary: https://bit.ly/3fUcF8q Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb Follow us on Telegram: https://g2ul0.app.link/E5re0ADNKsb Sponsors: Craftd - https://g2ul0.app.link/gZ8in6Dsvsb BlueJeans - https://g2ul0.app.link/NCgpGjVNKsb Huel - https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb

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0:00.0	My tour manager came back to say to me,
0:01.6	he was like, you know you almost killed someone today.
0:03.7	Like literally it's like blackouts.
0:05.4	Labyrinth, auction.
0:07.0	Piss off.
0:08.0	What?
0:09.0	We can make it up.
0:10.5	Way to go.
0:11.5	Let's do this.
0:13.2	I signed to Simon Cowell because my manager at the time
0:15.6	was like, it's a bigger check.
0:17.0	You're in a label that is going to prioritize you
0:19.1	because you're not like anything on the label.
0:21.1	This business comes around it and it says,
0:23.2	we can turn this into money,
0:24.6	but I allowed someone else to tell me
0:26.6	what my next direction is.
0:28.5	Yeah.
0:29.9	Everyone was like, be a star.
0:31.6	Have an entourage and who are you going to go out with
0:33.4	and I was like, what do you mean?
0:34.2	Oh, maybe sure, Lloyd.
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