{"id":721785,"date":"2026-04-14T23:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/labrinth-is-sorely-missed-in-euphoria-season-3\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:20:13","slug":"labrinth-is-sorely-missed-in-euphoria-season-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/labrinth-is-sorely-missed-in-euphoria-season-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Labrinth is sorely missed in \u2018Euphoria\u2019 season 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f7b23cbb9d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/labrinth-is-sorely-missed-in-euphoria-season-3\/#Hans_Zimmers_score_like_the_rest_of_the_show_feels_empty_referential_and_at_times_gratuitous\" >Hans Zimmer\u2019s score, like the rest of the show, feels empty, referential and at times gratuitous.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hans_Zimmers_score_like_the_rest_of_the_show_feels_empty_referential_and_at_times_gratuitous\"><\/span>Hans Zimmer\u2019s score, like the rest of the show, feels empty, referential and at times gratuitous.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279515\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/zendaya_owjq3x\/labrinth-missed-euphoria-season-3-hans-zimmer.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Labrinth is sorely missed in \u2018Euphoria\u2019 season 3\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photograph by Patrick Wymore\/HBO<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279507\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Much is different in <i>Euphoria<\/i> season 3. As we\u2019ve learned from the first episode of season 3, which premiered on April 12 (and at Coachella, <i>of course<\/i>), its characters are no longer students and the stylized high school soap has turned into, well, a collage of basically every genre: drug-smuggling Western, crime caper, suburban-drama nightmare, and Hollywood satire. It\u2019s also become nightmarishly awful, torturous to both its characters and its viewers who are subjected to long runs of stilted dialogue and wildly unnecessary acts of sexual violence. (See the existing critiques on Levinson\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/tv\/story\/2023-06-27\/the-idol-hbo-euphoria\">disturbing<\/a> depictions of female sexuality.) But a primary point of dissatisfaction for me is the music: This season, Labrinth is gone and replaced by Hans Zimmer.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Labrinth, the composer and artist who scored the show\u2019s first two seasons, infused it with a poppy, moody, deeply and evocative music sensibility. Like the rest of the show \u2014 its plot, its gel-lit cinematography, its performances \u2014 Labrinth\u2019s soundtrack was <i>a lot<\/i> but his undeniable craft and emotional effectiveness helped give grounding to a show that desperately needed it.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279508\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"euphoria | official song by labrinth &amp; zendaya - \u201call for us\u201d full song (s1 ep8) | HBO\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k-9DOwrLdkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279509\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Now, turmoil behind the scenes has caused Labrinth to leave. He <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/euphoria-season-3-labrinth-replaced-hans-zimmer-1235541858\/\">wrote on Instagram<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m done with this industry. Fuck Columbia. Double fuck <i>Euphoria<\/i>. I\u2019m out,\u201d later <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1430818\/euphoria-season-3-composer-labrinth-pulls-music\">clarifying<\/a> that he made the decision \u201cto remove whatever music I had in\u201d <i>Euphoria<\/i> season 3. \u201cI left because, last truth, when I work for someone, their vision is paramount to me. But I don\u2019t let people treat me like shit.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Levinson, never one for the low-key collab, was initially <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2316685\/hans-zimmer-joins-labrinth-to-score-euphoria-season-3\/news\">set<\/a> to have the new season composed by both Labrinth and legendary film composer Hans Zimmer. Now with Labrinth out of the picture, Zimmer is taking the task alone, and Levinson is speaking enthusiastically to press about his collaboration with the <interstellar> composer. He <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-features\/euphoria-sam-levinson-season-3-interview-1235543902\/\">told Rolling Stone,<\/a> regarding Zimmer\u2019s score, that he was partially inspired by the 1968 Sergio Leone Western, <i>Once Upon a Time in the West<\/i>. But it\u2019s that utilization of genre-pastiche that feels part and parcel of the rot at the core of this season of <i>Euphoria<\/i> so far.<br \/>\n          <\/interstellar><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279510\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Euphoria Season 3 | Trailer 2 | HBO Max\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r3Z4tGN0i2I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279511\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Per Levinson\u2019s intention, Zimmer\u2019s music in the first episode of season 3, is in the vein of classic, symphonic scores for Westerns. Like Tarantino, Levinson is deploying genre tropes at every turn, ostensibly trying to forge new meaning out of well trodden terrain. But Levinson is no Tarantino, and his nod to Spaghetti Western\u2019s here has the depth of a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinterest<\/a> moodboard. Zimmer\u2019s music here, while powerful, sounds referential and hollow.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <i>Euphoria<\/i>\u2019s first two seasons was very of its time, airing in 2019 and 2022 respectively. Its visual look \u2014 who photographer Petra Collins claims was stolen from her \u2014 was reminiscent of a cultural moment that existed in the wake of Tumblr\u2019s cinematic, emo-edit aesthetic. Thematically, it also highlighted the late 2010\u2019s cultural focus on mental illness and trauma. Per the era, Labrinth\u2019s music deployed elements of electronic music, hip hop, and pop music to create a sonic world that felt apt for a show geared to a generation raised on eclectic Spotify Discover Weekly playlists.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The show no longer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to be a generational attempt to unpack how love and friendship survives through the pain of mental illness and addiction, but rather a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of bewildering and shocking plot turns. The look of the show too appears to be a mish mash of genre tropes. And now, with Zimmer\u2019s Americana pastiche and Labrinth\u2019s absence, we\u2019re left with little that feels musically fresh, or current. \n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279512\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Thankfully, Labrinth hasn\u2019t taken this lying down. On <i>Euphoria<\/i>\u2019s season 3 premiere night (the night after he performed at Coachella), Labrinth dropped a new song, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pk8GH6-mxFE\">SHUT YOUR DAMN 95.7892.<\/a>\u201d With its electronic pulse and distorted vocals bathed in effects, it sounds very <i>Euphoria<\/i>. \u201cTalk shit, gain clout, I don&#8217;t know what that&#8217;s about \/ Busy tryna kill my shit while ignorin&#8217; your own house,\u201d he raps. Like his work on the show, it\u2019s over the top, but it feels true to the spirit of the original show.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279513\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Labrinth - SHUT YOUR DAMN 95.7892 (Official Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pk8GH6-mxFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279514\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Now, the show itself doesn\u2019t even feel like <i>Euphoria<\/i>, just a referential, disturbing hodge podge-style spectacle.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tobias Hess<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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