Leland (musician)
Brett Leland McLaughlin, known professionally as Leland, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and lecturer. 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. 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.
Discography
Albums
Soundtrack albums
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Guest appearances
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 " 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.''Boy Erased">Boy Erased (film)">Boy Erased''
McLaughlin composed the theme song "Revelation" with Troye Sivan and Jonsi featured in the movie and end credits.Personal life
Leland was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He is openly gay.Songwriting and Production credits
indicates a song that was released as a single.| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Written with: |
| "Galaxy" | 2011 | Jessica Mauboy | Get 'Em Girls | Richard Vission, Ferras Alqaisi, Dominique Calvillo, Chico Bennett, Brad Ackley |
| "We Pray for You" | 2011 | J Rice | Joshua Adam Rice | |
| "Disappear" | 2011 | John Flanagan | Pretty Lies | John Flanagan |
| "Heartkiller" | 2012 | Kat Graham | Against the Wall | Marcello Pagin, Chris Buettner, Kat Graham |
| "Trust" | 2012 | Timomatic | Timomatic | Tim Omaji, Michael Brooks Linney |
| "Wall Street" | 2014 | Neon Hitch | Eleutheromaniac | Rey Reel, Alexandra Hughes, Neon Hitch |
| "It's Okay to Cry" | 2014 | J Rice | 12 | Joshua Adam Rice, Joachim Alte, Tom Roger Rogstad |
| "State of Things" | 2014 | Matt Simons | Catch & Release | Matt Simons, Ian Keaggy |
| "Sanctuary" | 2015 | Allie X | CollXtion I | Alexandra Hughes, Jonas Jeberg |
| "1991" | 2015 | Kat Graham | Roxbury Drive | Josch Fitzgerald Lemon, Jean-Yves "Jeeve" Ducornet, Kat Graham |
| "Going Down Tonight" | 2015 | Colby O'Donis | Colby O'Donis, Kevin Bard, Alonzo Mario Stevenson | |
| "Hide Away" | 2015 | Daya | Daya EP | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak |
| "Thirsty" | 2015 | Daya | Daya EP | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak |
| "Legendary" | 2015 | Daya | Daya EP | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak |
| "U12" | 2015 | Daya | Daya EP | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak |
| "Back to Me" | 2015 | Daya | Daya EP | Grace Tandon, Gino Barletta, Jonathan Lock, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak |
| "Run Away" | 2015 | Kat Graham | Roxbury Drive | Kat Graham |
| "Don't Wait" | 2015 | Joey Graceffa | Eric Leva, Matt Parad, Joey Graceffa | |
| "No Pressure" | 2015 | Little Boots | Working Girl | Victoria Hasketh, Pat Lukens, Liam O'Donnell |
| "Bite" | 2015 | Troye Sivan | Blue Neighbourhood | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes |
| "Talk Me Down" | 2015 | Troye Sivan | Blue Neighbourhood | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Emile Haynie |
| "Youth" | 2015 | Troye Sivan | Blue Neighbourhood | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Alex Hope |
| "Lost Boy" | 2015 | Troye Sivan | Blue Neighbourhood | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alex Hope |
| "For Him." | 2015 | Troye Sivan | Blue Neighbourhood | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Thomas Gaynor |
| "Suburbia" | 2015 | Troye Sivan | Blue Neighbourhood | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes |
| "Swimming Pools" | 2015 | Troye Sivan | Blue Neighbourhood | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes |
| "Closure" | 2015 | Hayley Warner | Hayley Warner | |
| "Lady & Her Man" | 2016 | Tiffany | A Million Miles | Ferras, Tiffany |
| "I'm Famous" | 2016 | Marcus Butler | Marcus Butler | |
| "Open Book" | 2016 | Jacob Whitesides | Why? | Jacob Whitesides, David Spencer |
| "All the Rage" | 2016 | Allie X | Michael Wise, George Bezerra, Alexandra Hughes | |
| "All the Money" | 2016 | Britt Nicole | Britt Nicole | Britt Nicole, Joshua Crosby |
| "Girls Night Out" | 2016 | Britt Nicole | Britt Nicole | Britt Nicole, Joshua Crosby, Robert Nix |
| "I Tried" | 2016 | J Sutta | Feline Resurrection | Jessica Sutta |
| "Hungover" | 2016 | Emmalyn | Sarah Aarons, Emmalyn, Jordan Palmer | |
| "You Will Find Me" | 2016 | Alex & Sierra | As Seen on TV | Sierra Deaton, Mikal Blue, Johan Lindbrandt, Alex Kinsey |
| "I.C.Y.M.I." | 2016 | Daya | Sit Still, Look Pretty | Gino Baretta, Scott Bruzenak, Jonas Jeberg |
| "Love of My Life" | 2016 | Daya | Sit Still, Look Pretty | Gino Barletta, Chloe Angelides, Michael Fonesca, Shane van Luntern, Teal Douville |
| "Cool" | 2016 | Daya | Sit Still, Look Pretty | Gino Baretta, Scott Bruzenak, Britten Newbill |
| "Got the Feeling" | 2016 | Daya | Sit Still, Look Pretty | Gino Baretta, Lukas Loules |
| "Credit" | 2016 | Daya | Sit Still, Look Pretty | Gino Baretta, Scott Bruzenak, Britten Newbill, Grace Tandon |
| "Next Plane Out" | 2016 | Daya | Sit Still, Look Pretty | Gino Baretta, Scott Bruzenak, Grace Tandon |
| "Vowels" | 2016 | Capital Cities | Solarize | Ryan Marchent, Sebu Simonian, Jamie Sanderson |
| "Heartbreak Tastes Like Summer" | 2016 | Jessica Foxx | rowspan="2" | Jessica Foxx |
| "Good Time People" | 2016 | Spencer Ludwig | Spencer Ludwig, Michael Oliver | - |
| "No Bad Vibes" | 2016 | Nicole Millar | Communication | Bram Inscore, Nicole Millar |
| "Bad Feeling" | 2017 | Joy Crookes | Influence | Joy Crookes, KOZ |
| "What You Want" | 2017 | The Heirs | Shane Pittman, Bram Inscore, Brandon Hudson, Brennan Benko, Savannah Hudson | |
| "Paper Love" | 2017 | Allie X | CollXtion II | Alexandra Hughes, George Pimental |
| "Vintage" | 2017 | Allie X | CollXtion II | Alexandra Hughes, Troye Mellet, Oliver Golstein |
| "Old Habits Die Hard" | 2017 | Allie X | CollXtion II | Alexandra Hughes, George Pimental, Christopher Rabba, Michael Wise |
| "That's So Us" | 2017 | Allie X | CollXtion II | Alexandra Hughes, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine, Jeffrey Lebron |
| "True Love is Violent" | 2017 | Allie X | CollXtion II | Alexandra Hughes, Christopher Braide |
| "Why" | 2017 | Sabrina Carpenter | rowspan="6" | Sabrina Carpenter, Jonas Jeberg |
| "Weekend" | 2017 | Adam Sample | Angel Nadeau, Adam Sample, Teddy Pena, Kevin Figs | - |
| "How You Gon' Do That" | 2017 | Flosstradamus | Curt Cameruci, Cara Salimando, Henry Durham, Jorgen Odegard | - |
| "Ugly" | 2017 | Jaira Burns | Henry Walter, Alexandra Hughes, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine | - |
| "There for You" | 2017 | Martin Garrix | Martin Garritsen, Benjamin Burgess, William Lobban Bean, Troye Mellet, Jesse Thomas | - |
| "Fetish" | 2017 | Selena Gomez | Selena Gomez, Chloe Angelides, Gino Barletta, Jonas Jeberg, Joe Khajadourian, Alexander Schwartz, Radric Davis | - |
| "Why Did You Lie?" | 2017 | Carlie Hanson | Dale Anthoni, Carlie Hanson | |
| "Need a Break" | 2017 | Kodak Black | Project Baby 2 | SkipOnDaBeat, Kodak Black |
| "Whole Heart" | 2017 | Rachel Platten | Waves | Rachel Platten, Jason Evigan |
| "Even If It Hurts" | 2017 | Rachel Platten | Waves | Rachel Platten, Jonas Jeberg |
| "High Rollin" | 2017 | Jaira Burns | rowspan="2" | Alex Schwartz, Jaira Burns, Cara Salimando, Joe Khajadourian |
| "I Could Never" | 2017 | Keljet | Koen Mestrum, Keljet, Daniel Glashausser, Kenton Chen, Dale Anthoni | - |
| "New" | 2017 | Daya | Grace Tandon, James Newman, Nolan Lambroza, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen | |
| "Party Up" | 2017 | Osmo | Oscar Modig, Spencer Ludwig | |
| "Miss Me More" | 2017 | Kelsea Ballerini | Unapologetically | Kelsea Ballerini, David Hodges |
| "85" | 2017 | Andy Grammer | The Good Parts | Andy Grammer, Kyle Moorman |
| "Workin' on It" | 2017 | Andy Grammer | The Good Parts | Andy Grammer, Daniel Omelio |
| "My My My!" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Oscar Gorres, James Alan Ghaleb |
| "The Good Side" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jack Latham |
| "Ignore Me" | 2018 | Betty Who | Betty | Jessica Newham, Peter Thomas, Kyle Moorman |
| "Sitting on a Secret" | 2018 | RuPaul | rowspan="4" | Frederick William Scott, Morgan McMichaels, Thorgy Thor, Milk Queen, Chi Chi Devayne, AJA |
| "Drag Up Your Life" | 2018 | RuPaul | Frederick William Scott, Bebe Zahara Benet, Shangela, BenDeLaCreme, Kennedy Davenport, Trixie Mattel | - |
| "Divas Live, Pt. 1" | 2018 | RuPaul | Freddy Scott, Big Freedia, Skeltal Ki, Lucian Piane, Ellis Miah, RuPaul | - |
| "Divas Live, Pt. 2" | 2018 | RuPaul | Freddy Scott, Skeltal Ki, Lucian Piane, RuPaul, Eric Kupper | - |
| "Quarter Life Crisis" | 2018 | Harry Hudson | Yesterday's Tomorrow Night | Harry Hudson, FRND |
| "PharmaRusical" | 2018 | RuPaul | rowspan="2" | Thomas C. Campbell, John Polly, Frederick William Scott, Bruce Campbell, Brian Strickland |
| "Oh God" | 2018 | Era Istrefi | Chloe Angelides, Era Istrefi, Garfield Spence, Jonas Jerberg | - |
| "All My Issues" | 2018 | Nicole Millar | Excuse Me | Kyle Shearer, Fransisca Hall, Nicole Millar |
| "Science" | 2018 | Allie X | Super Sunset | Alexandra Hughes, Jordan Palmer, Kyle Shearer, George Bezerra |
| "Bloom" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Peter Svensson, Oscar Holter |
| "Dance to This" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Oscar Holter, Jonnali Parmenius |
| "Seventeen" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Alexandra Hughes, Bram Inscore |
| "Plum" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Alexandra Hughes, Oscar Gorres, James Alan Ghaleb |
| "What a Heavenly Way to Die" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes |
| "Animal" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jack Latham |
| "This This" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes |
| "Running Shoes" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Troye Mellet, Michael Uzowuru, Jeff Kleinman |
| "Paradise" | 2018 | Hotshot | Early Flowering | Jonny Price, Lucky Daye, Seolree Moon |
| "Mood" | 2018 | Carlie Hanson | Carlie Hanson, Alexander Guy Cook | |
| "The Other Side" | 2018 | Betty Who | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Cesar Ovalle Jr. |
| "Kid Wonder" | 2018 | Allie X | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes |
| "Half of You" | 2018 | MNEK | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | Bram Inscore |
| "The Phone Call" | 2018 | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | Bram Inscore | |
| "Lie for Love" | 2018 | Sabrina Carpenter | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | Bram Inscore |
| "Sunflower" | 2018 | Shannon Purser | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Lindsey Beer |
| "Sunflower " | 2018 | Allie X | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | Troye Mellet, Bram Inscore, Alexandra Hughes, Lindsey Beer |
| "I Don't Change" | 2018 | KID | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | Bram Inscore, Christopher Rabba, Kara Valorzi |
| "The Parking Lot" | 2018 | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | Bram Inscore | |
| "Goodbye" | 2018 | Carlie Hanson | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | Bram Inscore |
| "End Up With You" | 2018 | Carrie Underwood | Cry Pretty | Hillary Lindsey, Will Weatherly |
| "1999" | 2018 | Charli XCX | Charli | Charlotte Aitchison, Troye Mellet, Oscar Holter, Jonnali Parmenius |
| "Revelation" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | Boy Erased: OST | Troye Mellet, Jón Þór Birgisson |
| "Toxins" | 2018 | Carlie Hanson | Carlie Hanson, Julia Michaels | |
| "Paris" | 2018 | Sabrina Carpenter | ' | Sabrina Carpenter, Jason Evigan |
| "Hold Tight" | 2018 | Sabrina Carpenter | ' | Sabrina Carpenter, Michael Sabbath |
| "Errybody Say Love" | 2018 | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | rowspan="2" | Frederick William Scott, Farrah Moan, Monique Heart, Monét X Change, Naomi Smalls |
| "Don't Funk It Up" | 2018 | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Trinity the Tuck, Frederick William Scott, Valentina, Latrice Royale, Gia Gunn, Manila Luzon | - |
| "I'm So Tired..." | 2019 | Lauv | How I'm Feeling | Ari Leff, Michael Pollack, Troye Mellet, Oscar Gorres |
| "Bones" | 2019 | Galantis | Church | Christian Karlsson, Ryan Tedder, Daniel Majic, Justin Franks, Andrew Grammer, David Brook |
| "I Can't Stop Me" | 2019 | Sabrina Carpenter | ' | Gino Borri, Sabrina Carpenter, Mikkel Eriksen, Diamonté Harper, Tor Hermansen |
| "Take You Back" | 2019 | Sabrina Carpenter | ' | Chloe Angelides, Sabrina Carpenter, Jonas Jeberg |
| "Spotlight" | 2019 | Andy Grammer | Naive | Andy Grammer, Jon Levine |
| "Me Necesita" | 2019 | PrettyMuch | INTL:EP | Miguel Yadam González, Savan Kotecha, Nevin Sastry, Mike Sabath, DannyBoyStyles, Rami Yacoub |
| "Cruel" | 2019 | Jax Jones | Snacks | Timucin Aluo, Uzoechi Emenike, Madison Love, Mark Ralph |
| "Quite Miss Home" | 2019 | James Arthur | You | Michael Pollack, Ryan Daly, Busbee, James Arthur |
| "Break up Bye Bye" | 2019 | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Frederick William Scott, Crystal, Cheryl Hole, The Vivienne | |
| "Love Me Wrong" | 2019 | Allie X | Cape God | Alexandra Hughes, Troye Sivan, Bram Inscore |
| "First Christmas " | 2019 | Shameik Moore | ||
| "Rare" | 2020 | Selena Gomez | Rare | Selena Gomez, Madison Love, Nolan Lambroza, Simon Rosen |
| "Now I'm Gone" | 2020 | Andrea Vasquez | Andrea Vasquez | |
| "Louder Than Bombs" | 2020 | BTS | Troye Sivan, Allie X, Bram Inscore, RM, Suga, J-Hope | |
| "I'm That Bitch" | 2020 | RuPaul | rowspan="2" | Frederick Scott, RuPaul, Thomas C. Campbell |
| "You Don't Know Me" | 2020 | 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" | 2020 | Ava Max | rowspan="2" | Amanda Ava Koci, Desmond Child, Henry Walter, Hillary Bernstein, Jakke Erixon, Madison Love, Mimoza Blinsson, Nadir Khayat |
| "Daze Inn" | 2020 | Carlie Hanson | Carlie Hanson, Dale Anthoni, John-Adam Howard, Pierre Blondo | - |
| "Take Yourself Home" | 2020 | Troye Sivan | In a Dream | Troye Mellet, Taylor Parks, Oscar Gorres |
| "Uncool" | 2020 | Adam Sample | Adam Sample, Angel Nadeau, Kevin Figs | |
| "Man Up" | 2020 | Hailee Steinfeld | Half Written Story | Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Dernst Emile, Kennedi Lykken |
| "Someone Else" | 2020 | Duncan Laurence | Worlds on Fire | Bram Inscore, Jonny Price |
| "I Made It/ Mirror Song/ Losing is the New Winning " | 2020 | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 12 | rowspan="3" | Sherry Pie, Thomas C. Campbell, Samuel Steven Geggie, RuPaul, Jared Johnson, Darius Rey & C.Sar Cherena, Cody Harness |
| "I'm a Drag Queen" | 2020 | The Cast of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race | Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, Alyssa Edwards, Monique Heart, Freddy Scott | - |
| "I'm in Love" | 2020 | 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" | 2020 | Tyler Glenn | Songs from "Love, Victor" | Jordan Palmer |
| "Athlete" | 2020 | Greyson Chance | Songs from "Love, Victor" | Greyson Chance, Jordan Palmer |
| "God, This Feels Good" | 2020 | Isaac Dunbar | Songs from "Love, Victor" | Jordan Palmer, Isaac Dunbar |
| "Slow Grenade" | 2020 | Ellie Goulding | Brightest Blue | Lauv, Joe Kearns, OZGO, Ellie Goulding |
| "Warmer" | 2020 | Rascal Flatts | How They Remember You | David Hodges, Jake Hagood |