Shirley Halperin
View all posts by Shirley Halperin April 9, 2026
Zendaya as Rue in HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ Eddy Chen/HBO Labrinth, the British singer and songwriter whose ethereal vocals have served as Euphoria’s musical identity, will not feature in Season Three of the HBO hit, Rolling Stone has confirmed.
Hans Zimmer serves as sole composer, creating a lush, Western-inspired score that reveals itself over eight episodes. When the Oscar-winner’s involvement in Euphoria was first announced last summer, it was positioned as a musical collaboration between Zimmer and Labrinth.
Creator and executive producer Sam Levinson is tight-lipped about the split, which Labrinth posted about publicly on March 12, writing on social media, “I’m done with this industry. Fuck Columbia. Double fuck Euphoria. I’m out. Thank you and goodnight.” Asked to explain what happened, Levinson tells Rolling Stone, “I don’t know,” adding, “He’s an incredible collaborator and someone who really built the foundation of the sound of Euphoria.” (A rep for Labrinth declined to comment.)
Levinson is unambiguous, however, about why Zimmer was the right call, crediting the two-time Oscar-winner’s scores for their influence on his vision for the screen. “On Euphoria, each character’s storyline is like its own film in a way,” Levinson says.
