Leland (musician)
Brett Leland McLaughlin, known professionally as Leland, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and lecturer.[1] Based in Los Angeles, California, he has worked closely with a range of popular artists, including Selena Gomez, Troye Sivan, Daya, Andy Grammer, Kelsea Ballerini and Allie X.[2][3] In December 2017, McLaughlin signed with Vertigo Berlin/Universal Music Germany for his career as a singer and is currently published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
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| Birth name | Brett Leland McLaughlin |
| Born | July 22, 1991 |
| Origin | Ocean Springs, Mississippi |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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Discography
Albums
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Details |
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| Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Aware"[4] | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Full-Time" (featuring Pyramids in Paris and Nevada) | ||
| "Mattress" | 2017 | |
| "Run into You" | 2018 | |
| "Run Away with Me" (with Peter Thomas) |
Attachment | |
| "Middle of a Heartbreak" | Non-album singles | |
| "Another Lover" | 2019 | |
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "I'm a Rapper" (Marcus Butler featuring Brett McLaughlin) |
2013 | Non-album singles |
| "Beam Me Up" (Le P featuring Leland) |
2015 | |
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Sweet Life" | 2015 | Keljet | Transatlantic |
Television
RuPaul's Drag Race
Leland co-wrote Kardashian: The Musical, VH1 Divas Live and Kitty Girls featured on Season 9 and All Stars 3 of VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race, and was a guest on Episode 6 of All Stars 3, Episode 2 of All Stars 4 and Episode 12 of Season 12.
Leland co-wrote "I'm That Bitch" and "You Think You Know Me" for Episodes 1 and 2 of Season 12.
Leland co-wrote "Break Up (Bye Bye)" for RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 1.
Love, Victor
In addition to writing the theme song "Somebody to Tell Me" and two other original songs, Leland served as Executive Music Producer for season 1 of the Hulu series Love, Victor. The two original songs were "Athlete" performed by Greyson Chance and "God, This Feels Good" performed by Isaac Dunbar.
The Other Two
Executive Produced by Lorne Michaels and created by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, Leland co-wrote the songs and theme song for a show called The Other Two coming out on Comedy Central.
Gayme Show
Leland served as Executive Music Producer and composer for Gayme Show on Quibi.
Films
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
McLaughlin composed the score, and wrote 11 original songs with Bram Inscore, for the Netflix original movie Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, directed by Ian Samuels and starring Shannon Purser. The film was released on September 7, 2018.[5]
Boy Erased
McLaughlin composed the theme song "Revelation", featured in the movie and end credits of the film Boy Erased, with Troye Sivan and Jonsi.[6]
Personal life
Leland was born in Biloxi, Mississippi.[7] He is openly gay.[8]
Songwriting and Production credits
indicates a song that was released as a single.
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Written with: |
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| "Galaxy" (featuring Stan Walker) |
2011 | Jessica Mauboy | Get 'Em Girls | Richard Vission, Ferras Alqaisi, Dominique Calvillo, Chico Bennett, Brad Ackley |
| "We Pray for You" | J Rice | Non-album singles | Joshua Adam Rice | |
| "Disappear" | John Flanagan | Pretty Lies | John Flanagan | |
| "Heartkiller" | 2012 | Kat Graham | Against the Wall | Marcello Pagin, Chris Buettner, Kat Graham |
| "Trust" | Timomatic | Timomatic | Tim Omaji, Michael Brooks Linney | |
| "Wall Street" | 2014 | Neon Hitch | Eleutheromaniac | Rey Reel, Alexandra Hughes, Neon Hitch |
| "It's Okay to Cry" | J Rice | 12 | Joshua Adam Rice, Joachim Alte, Tom Roger Rogstad | |
| "State of Things" | Matt Simons | Catch & Release | Matt Simons, Ian Keaggy | |
| "Sanctuary" | 2015 | Allie X | CollXtion I | Alexandra Hughes, Jonas Jeberg |
| "1991" | Kat Graham | Roxbury Drive | Josch Fitzgerald Lemon, Jean-Yves "Jeeve" Ducornet, Kat Graham | |
| "Going Down Tonight" | Colby O'Donis | Non-album singles | Colby O'Donis, Kevin Bard, Alonzo Mario Stevenson | |
| "Hide Away" | Daya | Daya EP | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak | |
| "Thirsty" | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak | |||
| "Legendary" | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak | |||
| "U12" | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak | |||
| "Back to Me" | Grace Tandon, Gino Barletta, Jonathan Lock, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak | |||
| "Run Away" | Kat Graham | Roxbury Drive | Kat Graham | |
| "Don't Wait" | Joey Graceffa | Non-album singles | Eric Leva, Matt Parad, Joey Graceffa | |
| "No Pressure" | Little Boots | Working Girl | Victoria Hasketh, Pat Lukens, Liam O'Donnell | |
| "Bite" | Troye Sivan | Blue Neighbourhood | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes | |
| "Talk Me Down" | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Emile Haynie | |||
| "Youth" | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Alex Hope | |||
| "Lost Boy" | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alex Hope | |||
| "For Him." (featuring Allday) |
Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Thomas Gaynor | |||
| "Suburbia" | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes | |||
| "Swimming Pools" | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes | |||
| "Closure" | Hayley Warner | Non-album singles | Hayley Warner | |
| "Lady & Her Man" | 2016 | Tiffany | A Million Miles | Ferras, Tiffany |
| "I'm Famous" (featuring Conor Maynard) |
Marcus Butler | Non-album singles | Marcus Butler | |
| "Open Book" | Jacob Whitesides | Why? | Jacob Whitesides, David Spencer | |
| "All the Rage" | Allie X | Non-album singles | Michael Wise, George Bezerra, Alexandra Hughes | |
| "All the Money" | Britt Nicole | Britt Nicole | Britt Nicole, Joshua Crosby | |
| "Girls Night Out" | Britt Nicole, Joshua Crosby, Robert Nix | |||
| "I Tried" | J Sutta | Feline Resurrection | Jessica Sutta | |
| "Hungover" | Emmalyn | Non-album singles | Sarah Aarons, Emmalyn, Jordan Palmer | |
| "You Will Find Me" | Alex & Sierra | As Seen on TV | Sierra Deaton, Mikal Blue, Johan Lindbrandt, Alex Kinsey | |
| "I.C.Y.M.I." | Daya | Sit Still, Look Pretty | Gino Baretta, Scott Bruzenak, Jonas Jeberg | |
| "Love of My Life" | Gino Barletta, Chloe Angelides, Michael Fonesca, Shane van Luntern, Teal Douville | |||
| "Cool" | Gino Baretta, Scott Bruzenak, Britten Newbill | |||
| "Got the Feeling" | Gino Baretta, Lukas Loules | |||
| "Credit" | Gino Baretta, Scott Bruzenak, Britten Newbill, Grace Tandon | |||
| "Next Plane Out" | Gino Baretta, Scott Bruzenak, Grace Tandon | |||
| "Vowels" | Capital Cities | Solarize | Ryan Marchent, Sebu Simonian, Jamie Sanderson | |
| "Heartbreak Tastes Like Summer" | Jessica Foxx | Non-album singles | Jessica Foxx | |
| "Good Time People" | Spencer Ludwig | Spencer Ludwig, Michael Oliver | ||
| "No Bad Vibes" | Nicole Millar | Communication | Bram Inscore, Nicole Millar | |
| "Bad Feeling" | 2017 | Joy Crookes | Influence | Joy Crookes, KOZ |
| "What You Want" | The Heirs | Non-album singes | Shane Pittman, Bram Inscore, Brandon Hudson, Brennan Benko, Savannah Hudson | |
| "Paper Love" | Allie X | CollXtion II | Alexandra Hughes, George Pimental | |
| "Vintage" | Alexandra Hughes, Troye Mellet, Oliver Golstein | |||
| "Old Habits Die Hard" | Alexandra Hughes, George Pimental, Christopher Rabba, Michael Wise | |||
| "That's So Us" | Alexandra Hughes, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine, Jeffrey Lebron | |||
| "True Love is Violent" | Alexandra Hughes, Christopher Braide | |||
| "Why" | Sabrina Carpenter | Non-album singles | Sabrina Carpenter, Jonas Jeberg | |
| "Weekend" | Adam Sample | Angel Nadeau, Adam Sample, Teddy Pena, Kevin Figs | ||
| "How You Gon' Do That" (featuring Cara) |
Flosstradamus | Curt Cameruci, Cara Salimando, Henry Durham, Jorgen Odegard | ||
| "Ugly" | Jaira Burns | Henry Walter, Alexandra Hughes, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine | ||
| "There for You" (with Troye Sivan) |
Martin Garrix | Martin Garritsen, Benjamin Burgess, William Lobban Bean, Troye Mellet, Jesse Thomas | ||
| "Fetish" (featuring Gucci Mane) |
Selena Gomez | Selena Gomez, Chloe Angelides, Gino Barletta, Jonas Jeberg, Joe Khajadourian, Alexander Schwartz, Radric Davis | ||
| "Why Did You Lie?" | Carlie Hanson | Non-album singles | Dale Anthoni, Carlie Hanson | |
| "Need a Break" | Kodak Black | Project Baby 2 | SkipOnDaBeat, Kodak Black | |
| "Whole Heart" | Rachel Platten | Waves | Rachel Platten, Jason Evigan | |
| "Even If It Hurts" | Rachel Platten, Jonas Jeberg | |||
| "High Rollin" | Jaira Burns | Non-album singes | Alex Schwartz, Jaira Burns, Cara Salimando, Joe Khajadourian | |
| "I Could Never" (featuring Bridesman) |
Keljet | Koen Mestrum, Keljet, Daniel Glashausser, Kenton Chen, Dale Anthoni | ||
| "New" | Daya | TBA | Grace Tandon, James Newman, Nolan Lambroza , Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen | |
| "Party Up" (featuring Spencer Ludwig) |
Osmo | Non-album singles | Oscar Modig, Spencer Ludwig | |
| "Miss Me More" | Kelsea Ballerini | Unapologetically | Kelsea Ballerini, David Hodges | |
| "85" | Andy Grammer | The Good Parts | Andy Grammer, Kyle Moorman | |
| "Workin' on It" | Andy Grammer, Daniel Omelio | |||
| "My My My!" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Oscar Gorres, James Alan Ghaleb |
| "The Good Side" | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jack Latham | |||
| "Ignore Me" | Betty Who | Betty | Jessica Newham, Peter Thomas, Kyle Moorman | |
| "Sitting on a Secret" | RuPaul | Non-album singles | Frederick William Scott, Morgan McMichaels, Thorgy Thor, Milk Queen, Chi Chi Devayne, AJA | |
| "Drag Up Your Life" | Frederick William Scott, Bebe Zahara Benet, Shangela, BenDeLaCreme, Kennedy Davenport, Trixie Mattel | |||
| "Divas Live, Pt. 1" | Freddy Scott, Big Freedia, Skeltal Ki, Lucian Piane, Ellis Miah, RuPaul | |||
| "Divas Live, Pt. 2" | Freddy Scott, Skeltal Ki, Lucian Piane, RuPaul, Eric Kupper | |||
| "Quarter Life Crisis" | Harry Hudson | Yesterday's Tomorrow Night | Harry Hudson, FRND | |
| "PharmaRusical" | RuPaul | Non-album singles | Thomas C. Campbell, John Polly, Frederick William Scott, Bruce Campbell, Brian Strickland | |
| "Oh God" (featuring Konshens) |
Era Istrefi | Chloe Angelides, Era Istrefi, Garfield Spence, Jonas Jerberg | ||
| "All My Issues" | Nicole Millar | Excuse Me | Kyle Shearer, Fransisca Hall, Nicole Millar | |
| "Science" | Allie X | Super Sunset | Alexandra Hughes, Jordan Palmer, Kyle Shearer, George Bezerra | |
| "Bloom" | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Peter Svensson, Oscar Holter | |
| "Dance to This" (featuring Ariana Grande) |
Troye Mellet, Oscar Holter, Jonnali Parmenius | |||
| "Seventeen" | Troye Mellet, Alexandra Hughes, Bram Inscore | |||
| "Plum" | Troye Mellet, Alexandra Hughes, Oscar Gorres, James Alan Ghaleb | |||
| "What a Heavenly Way to Die" | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes | |||
| "Animal" | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jack Latham | |||
| "This This" | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes | |||
| "Running Shoes" | Troye Mellet, Michael Uzowuru, Jeff Kleinman | |||
| "Paradise" | Hotshot | Early Flowering | Jonny Price, Lucky Daye, Seolree Moon | |
| "Mood" | Carlie Hanson | Non-album singles | Carlie Hanson, Alexander Guy Cook | |
| "The Other Side" | Betty Who | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST |
Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Cesar Ovalle Jr. | |
| "Kid Wonder" | Allie X | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes | ||
| "Half of You" | MNEK | Bram Inscore | ||
| "The Phone Call" | No Artist | Bram Inscore | ||
| "Lie for Love" | Sabrina Carpenter | Bram Inscore | ||
| "Sunflower" | Shannon Purser | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Lindsey Beer | ||
| "Sunflower (Reprise)" | Allie X | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Lindsey Beer | ||
| "I Don't Change" | KID | Bram Inscore, Christopher Rabba, Kara Valorzi | ||
| "The Parking Lot" | No Artist | Bram Inscore | ||
| "Goodbye" | Carlie Hanson | Bram Inscore | ||
| "End Up With You" | Carrie Underwood | Cry Pretty | Hillary Lindsey, Will Weatherly | |
| "1999" (with Troye Sivan) |
Charli XCX | Charli | Charlotte Aitchison, Troye Mellet, Oscar Holter, Jonnali Parmenius | |
| "Revelation" (with Jónsi) |
Troye Sivan | Boy Erased: OST | Troye Mellet, Jón Þór Birgisson | |
| "Toxins" | Carlie Hanson | Non-album singes | Carlie Hanson, Julia Michaels | |
| "Paris" | Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act I | Sabrina Carpenter, Jason Evigan | |
| "Hold Tight" (featuring Uhmeer) |
Sabrina Carpenter, Michael Sabbath | |||
| "Errybody Say Love" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 4) | Non-album singles | Frederick William Scott, Farrah Moan, Monique Heart, Monét X Change, Naomi Smalls | |
| "Don't Funk It Up" | Trinity the Tuck, Frederick William Scott, Valentina, Latrice Royale, Gia Gunn, Manila Luzon | |||
| "I'm So Tired..." (with Troye Sivan) |
2019 | Lauv | How I'm Feeling | Ari Leff, Michael Pollack, Troye Mellet, Oscar Gorres |
| "Bones" (featuring OneRepublic) |
Galantis | Church | Christian Karlsson, Ryan Tedder, Daniel Majic, Justin Franks, Andrew Grammer, David Brook | |
| "I Can't Stop Me" (featuring Saweetie) |
Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act II | Gino Borri, Sabrina Carpenter, Mikkel Eriksen, Diamonté Harper, Tor Hermansen | |
| "Take You Back" | Chloe Angelides, Sabrina Carpenter, Jonas Jeberg | |||
| "Spotlight" (featuring Andy Mineo and Swoope) |
Andy Grammer | Naive | Andy Grammer, Jon Levine | |
| "Me Necesita" (with CNCO) |
PrettyMuch | INTL:EP | Miguel Yadam González, Savan Kotecha, Nevin Sastry, Mike Sabath, DannyBoyStyles, Rami Yacoub | |
| "Cruel" | Jax Jones | Snacks (Supersize) | Timucin Aluo, Uzoechi Emenike, Madison Love, Mark Ralph | |
| "Quite Miss Home" | James Arthur | You | Michael Pollack, Ryan Daly, Busbee, James Arthur | |
| "Break up Bye Bye" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Non-album singles | Frederick William Scott, Crystal, Cheryl Hole, The Vivienne | |
| "Love Me Wrong" (featuring Troye Sivan) |
Allie X | Cape God | Alexandra Hughes, Troye Sivan, Bram Inscore | |
| "First Christmas (That I Loved You)" (from Let It Snow) |
Shameik Moore | Non-album singles | None | |
| "Rare" | 2020 | Selena Gomez | Rare | Selena Gomez, Madison Love, Nolan Lambroza, Simon Rosen |
| "Now I'm Gone" | Andrea Vasquez | TBA | Andrea Vasquez | |
| "Louder Than Bombs" | BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 | Troye Sivan, Allie X, Bram Inscore, RM, Suga, J-Hope | |
| "I'm That Bitch" | RuPaul | Non-album singles | Frederick Scott, RuPaul, Thomas C. Campbell | |
| "You Don't Know Me" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12 | Bert Elliott, Bryan Bradford, Charles Mantione, Devin Lewis, Erick Green, Jared Johnson, Joseph Gugliemelli | ||
| "Kings & Queens" | Ava Max | TBA | Amanda Ava Koci, Desmond Child, Henry Walter, Hillary Bernstein, Jakke Erixon, Madison Love, Mimoza Blinsson, Nadir Khayat | |
| "Daze Inn" | Carlie Hanson | Carlie Hanson, Dale Anthoni, John-Adam Howard, Pierre Blondo | ||
| "Take Yourself Home" | Troye Sivan | In a Dream | Troye Mellet, Taylor Parks, Oscar Gorres | |
| "Uncool" (featuring .Ange.) |
Adam Sample | TBA | Adam Sample, Angel Nadeau, Kevin Figs | |
| "Man Up" | Hailee Steinfeld | Half Written Story | Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Dernst Emile, Kennedi Lykken | |
| "Someone Else" | Duncan Laurence | Worlds on Fire | Bram Inscore, Jonny Price | |
| "I Made It/ Mirror Song/ Losing is the New Winning (Las Vegas Live Medley)" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 12 | Non-album singles | Sherry Pie, Thomas C. Campbell, Samuel Steven Geggie, RuPaul, Jared Johnson, Darius Rey & C.Sar Cherena, Cody Harness | |
| "I'm a Drag Queen" | The Cast of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race | Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, Alyssa Edwards, Monique Heart, Freddy Scott | ||
| "I'm in Love" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, Season 5 | Thomas C. Campbell, Shea Couleé, Mariah Balenciaga, Ongina, Blair St. Clair, Mayhem Miller, Miz Cracker, India Ferrah, Jujubee, Alexis Mateo, Freddy Scott | ||
| "Somebody to Tell Me" | Tyler Glenn | Songs from "Love, Victor" (Original Soundtrack) | Jordan Palmer | |
| "Athlete" | Greyson Chance | Greyson Chance, Jordan Palmer | ||
| "God, This Feels Good" | Isaac Dunbar | Jordan Palmer, Isaac Dunbar | ||
| "Slow Grenade" (featuring Lauv) |
Ellie Goulding | Brightest Blue | Lauv, Joe Kearns, OZGO, Ellie Goulding | |
| "Clapback" | RuPaul | Non-album singles | Thomas C. Campbell, RuPaul, Frederick William Scott, Shea Couleé, Miz Cracker, Jujubee | |
| "Warmer" | Rascal Flatts | How They Remember You | David Hodges, Jake Hagood | |
| "STUD" | Troye Sivan | In a Dream | Troye Sivan, Oscar Görres | |
| "In a Dream" | ||||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Organization | Work | Category | Result | Ref |
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| 2016 | ARIA Music Awards | "Youth" | Song of the Year | Won | [9] |
| 2018 | Emmy Awards | RuPaul's Drag Race | Outstanding Reality Program | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Golden Globe Awards | "Revelation" | Best Original Song | Nominated | [10] |
| 2019 | Emmy Awards | RuPaul's Drag Race | Outstanding Reality Program | Won |
See also
References
- "Brett McLaughlin". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- "Brett McLaughlin". Musician Institute – College of Contemporary Music. Archived from the original on November 30, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
- Lauren Walck (July 16, 2016). "Biloxi-born songwriter goes from catering for a Kardashian to being tweeted by TSwift". Sun Herald. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- Keith Caulfield (April 11, 2015). "Leland Video Premiere: Watch The Clip for 'Aware'". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- Dale Kawashima (October 20, 2017). "Songwriter & Artist Leland Co-Writes Hit Songs For Daya, Troye Sivan and Selena Gomez". Songwriter Universe. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- Spanos, Brittany; Spanos, Brittany (October 18, 2018). "Troye Sivan Has 'Revelation' in Tender 'Boy Erased' Song". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- Walck, Lauren (January 16, 2016). "Biloxi-born songwriter goes from catering for a Kardashian to being tweeted by TSwift". Herald Sun. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- Moran, Justin (July 21, 2017). "Queer Songwriter Leland Goes Solo on 'Mattress'". Out. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
- McLeay, Ben (November 23, 2016). "Beautiful Angel Troye Sivan Nabs Song of the Year For 'Youth' At The ARIAs". Pedestrian.
- https://variety.com/2018/film/news/golden-globe-nominations-2019-1203082075/
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