{"id":896654,"date":"2026-04-03T09:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/labrinth-slams-music-industry-for-turning-gods-noise-into-business-transactions\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:15:21","slug":"labrinth-slams-music-industry-for-turning-gods-noise-into-business-transactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/labrinth-slams-music-industry-for-turning-gods-noise-into-business-transactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Labrinth Slams Music Industry for Turning \u2018Gods Noise Into Business Transactions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The composer behind\u00a0<em>Euphoria<\/em>\u2019s soundtrack previously denounced the HBO show in a cryptic social media post<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/labrinth\/\" id=\"auto-tag_labrinth\" data-tag=\"labrinth\">Labrinth<\/a> has delivered another scathing criticism of the music industry, just a few days after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/labrinth-says-f-ck-euphoria-instagram-post-1235529869\/\">denounced<\/a> his record label, Columbia Records, and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/euphoria\/\" id=\"auto-tag_euphoria\" data-tag=\"euphoria\">Euphoria<\/a><\/em> in a since-deleted social media post.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn a new Instagram post shared on Tuesday, the composer behind the HBO show\u2019s memorable soundtrack described an industry that debases its own art and the people who make it for the sake of consumerism. \u201cWe hover around big stars hoping to be in their place one day like snakes waiting to eat their owners,\u201d began Labrinth in his post. \u201cWe walk into this industry as pure creatives that wish to share color and get turned into wolves of wall street dribbling over stocks and shares,\u201d he continued, \u201cWe have meaningful relationships with like minded people and discard them as soon as a bigger opportunity arrives. Who the fuck said this is normal or ok to turn what I call Gods noise (our music) into business transactions I dont subscribe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the caption of the post, Labrinth wrote, \u201cI want to have meaningful interactions \u2026 I don\u2019t want to use anyone I don\u2019t want to be used. I hope people stop acting like this is just how it\u2019s done. It doesn\u2019t have to be done that way. Fake ain\u2019t a good business plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWABXjrEfbm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\n\tLast week, the British musician and producer\u00a0in a series of short statements said, \u201cI\u2019m done with this industry. Fuck Columbia. Double fuck <em>Euphoria.<\/em> I\u2019m out. Thank you and goodnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe post arrived just a month before the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/euphoria-season-3-trailer-1235499435\/\">third season<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<em>Euphoria<\/em>\u00a0arrives on April 12. For the first two seasons, Labrinth has played a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/labrinth-zendaya-euphoria-soundtrack-hbo-893594\/\">pivotal role<\/a>\u00a0in the show\u2019s music, creating a sonic identity for the series that has become synonymous with its storytelling.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p>\n\tLast year, it was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/hans-zimmer-composer-euphoria-season-3-labrinth-1235392649\/\">announced<\/a>\u00a0that Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer would join Labrinth to work on\u00a0<em>Euphoria<\/em>\u00a0Season Three. In a statement at the time, Labrinth shared his excitement to work with the esteemed film composer. \u201cAnother chapter in the\u00a0<em>Euphoria<\/em>\u00a0universe! So great to join Hans, one of my heroes in film score, and bring some new magic to this new season,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tThe motivation behind Labrinth\u2019s most recent posts remains unclear. A rep for Labrinth did not immediately respond to <em>Rolling Stone\u2019<\/em>s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/labrinth-euphoria-music-industry-criticism-1235532763\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music The composer behind\u00a0Euphoria\u2019s soundtrack previously denounced the HBO show in a cryptic social media post Labrinth has delivered another scathing criticism of the music industry, just a few days after he denounced his record label, Columbia Records, and\u00a0Euphoria in a since-deleted social media post. In a new Instagram post shared on Tuesday, the composer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":896655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":{"0":"post-896654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-news","8":"tag-podcast-music"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}