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American singer, songwriter
A.K.A.
Brett McLaughlin Brett Leland McLaughlin
Work field
Gender
Male
Birth
Place of birth
Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA
Age
33 years
Awards
Out100
(2023)
ARIA Music Awards
(2016)
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Biography

Brett Leland McLaughlin, known professionally as Leland, is an American singer and songwriter. 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. Since 2017, he has been the resident songwriter and producer for RuPaul's Drag Race and some of its spin-offs. McLaughlin graduated from Belmont University’s School of Music in 2009 with a major in commercial voice.

Discography

Soundtrack albums

TitleDetails
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  • Released: September 7, 2018
  • Label: Good Pop, Sony/ATV,
    Black Label Media, Human Re Sources
  • Format: digital download, streaming

Extended plays

Title and details
Catalina (Original Short Film Soundtrack)
  • Released: November 18, 2022
  • Label: Good Pop
  • Formats: digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbumLabel
"Aware"2015Non-album singlesHouse Time, The Orchard
"Full-Time"
(featuring Pyramids in Paris and Nevada)
Formosa
"Mattress"
(solo or Valley Girl Remix featuring Allie X)
2017Vertigo Berlin
"Run into You"2018
"Run Away with Me"
(with Peter Thomas)
AttachmentSelf-released
"Middle of a Heartbreak"Non-album singlesVertigo Berlin
"Another Lover"2019
"Bad at Letting Go"
(solo or with Muna)
2023Good Pop

As featured artist

TitleYearAlbum
"I'm a Rapper"
(Marcus Butler featuring Brett McLaughlin)
2013Non-album singles
"Beam Me Up"
(Le P featuring Leland)
2015
"Happy"
(Felix Jaehn and Miksu/Macloud featuring Leland and Fourty)
2021Breathe

Guest appearances

TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Sweet Life"2015KeljetTransatlantic

Television

RuPaul's Drag Race

Leland co-wrote Kardashian: The Musical, VH1 Divas Live and Kitty Girls featured on the ninth season and All Stars 3 of VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race, and was a guest on the sixth episode of All Stars 3, second episode of All Stars 4, twelfth episode of season 12 and seventh episode of All Stars 6. Leland co-wrote "I'm That Bitch" and "You Think You Know Me" for the first two episodes of the twelfth season.

Leland co-wrote "Break Up (Bye Bye)" and "UK Hun?" for RuPaul's Drag Race UK. He also wrote "Queens Down Under" for RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.

Love, Victor

Leland served as executive music producer for the Hulu series Love, Victor, in addition to writing the series' theme song "Somebody Tell Me". He also co-wrote 13 original songs for the series' soundtrack.

The Other Two

Leland co-wrote "My Brother's Gay" and "Stink", and the theme song for the series The Other Two, which was executive produced by Lorne Michaels and created by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, and aired 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

McLaughlin composed the theme song "Revelation", featured in the movie and end credits of the film Boy Erased, with Troye Sivan and Jonsi.

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.

TitleYearArtist(s)Chart performanceAlbum
USAUSBEL(FL)CANGERNEDNZSWEUKUSClub
"Galaxy"
(featuring Stan Walker)
2011Jessica Mauboy1336Get 'Em Girls
"We Pray for You"J RiceNon-album singles
"Disappear"John FlanaganPretty Lies
"Heartkiller"2012Kat GrahamAgainst the Wall
"Trust"TimomaticTimomatic
"Wall Street"2014Neon HitchEleutheromaniac
"It's Okay to Cry"J Rice12
"State of Things"Matt SimonsCatch & Release
"Sanctuary"2015Allie XCollXtion I
"1991"Kat GrahamRoxbury Drive
"Going Down Tonight"Colby O'DonisNon-album singles
"Hide Away"Daya236351844481555Daya EP
"Thirsty"
"Legendary"
"U12"
"Back to Me"
"Run Away"Kat GrahamRoxbury Drive
"Don't Wait"Joey GraceffaNon-album singles
"No Pressure"Little BootsWorking Girl
"Bite"Troye SivanBlue Neighbourhood
"Talk Me Down"3621118
"Youth"2317324722782374961
"Lost Boy"
"For Him."
(featuring Allday)
"Suburbia"
"Swimming Pools"
"Closure"Hayley WarnerNon-album singles
"Lady & Her Man"2016TiffanyA Million Miles
"I'm Famous"
(featuring Conor Maynard)
Marcus ButlerNon-album singles
"Open Book"Jacob WhitesidesWhy?
"All the Rage"Allie XNon-album singles
"All the Money"Britt NicoleBritt Nicole
"Girls Night Out"
"I Tried"J SuttaFeline Resurrection
"Hungover"EmmalynNon-album singles
"You Will Find Me"Alex & SierraAs Seen on TV
"I.C.Y.M.I."DayaSit Still, Look Pretty
"Love of My Life"
"Cool"
"Got the Feeling"
"Credit"
"Next Plane Out"
"Vowels"Capital CitiesSolarize
"Heartbreak Tastes Like Summer"Jessica FoxxNon-album singles
"Good Time People"Spencer Ludwig
"No Bad Vibes"Nicole MillarCommunication
"Bad Feeling"2017Joy CrookesInfluence
"What You Want"The HeirsNon-album singles
"Paper Love"Allie XCollXtion II
"Vintage"
"Old Habits Die Hard"
"That's So Us"
"True Love is Violent"
"Why"Sabrina Carpenter121Non-album singles
"Weekend"Adam Sample
"How You Gon' Do That"
(featuring Cara)
Flosstradamus
"Ugly"Jaira Burns
"There for You"
(with Troye Sivan)
Martin Garrix942319483111223440
"Fetish"
(featuring Gucci Mane)
Selena Gomez27232103649162433
"Why Did You Lie?"Carlie Hanson
"Need a Break"Kodak BlackProject Baby 2
"Whole Heart"Rachel PlattenWaves
"Even If It Hurts"
"High Rollin"Jaira BurnsNon-album singles
"I Could Never"
(featuring Bridesman)
Keljet
"New"Daya67
"Party Up"
(featuring Spencer Ludwig)
Osmo
"Miss Me More"Kelsea Ballerini4774Unapologetically
"85"Andy GrammerThe Good Parts
"Workin' on It"
"My My My!"2018Troye Sivan801415787792565381Bloom
"The Good Side"
"Ignore Me"Betty WhoBetty
"Sitting on a Secret"
RuPaulNon-album singles
"Drag Up Your Life"
"Divas Live, Pt. 1"
"Divas Live, Pt. 2"
"Quarter Life Crisis"Harry HudsonYesterday's Tomorrow Night
"PharmaRusical"RuPaulNon-album singles
"Oh God"
(featuring Konshens)
Era Istrefi
"All My Issues"Nicole MillarExcuse Me
"Science"Allie XSuper Sunset
"Bloom"Troye Sivan34Bloom
"Dance to This"
(featuring Ariana Grande)
1153936859864
"Seventeen"
"Plum"
"What a Heavenly Way to Die"
"Animal"
"This This"
"Running Shoes"
"Paradise"HotshotEarly Flowering
"Mood"Carlie HansonNon-album singles
"The Other Side"Betty WhoSierra Burgess is a
Loser: OST
"Kid Wonder"Allie X
"Half of You"MNEK
"The Phone Call"No Artist
"Lie for Love"Sabrina Carpenter
"Sunflower"Shannon Purser
"Sunflower (Reprise)"Allie X
"I Don't Change"KID
"The Parking Lot"No Artist
"Goodbye"Carlie Hanson
"End Up With You"Carrie UnderwoodCry Pretty
"1999"
(with Troye Sivan)
Charli XCX18321348Charli
"Revelation"
(with Jónsi)
Troye SivanBoy Erased: OST
"Toxins"Carlie HansonNon-album singles
"Paris"Sabrina CarpenterSingular: Act I
"Hold Tight"
(featuring Uhmeer)
"Errybody Say Love"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 4)Non-album singles
"Don't Funk It Up"
"I'm So Tired..."
(with Troye Sivan)
2019Lauv8111375742639378How I'm Feeling
"Bones"
(featuring OneRepublic)
Galantis1446Church
"I Can't Stop Me"
(featuring Saweetie)
Sabrina CarpenterSingular: Act II
"Take You Back"
"Spotlight"
(featuring Andy Mineo and Swoope)
Andy GrammerNaive
"Me Necesita"
(with CNCO)
PrettyMuchINTL:EP
"Cruel"Jax JonesSnacks (Supersize)
"Quite Miss Home"James Arthur77You
"Break up Bye Bye"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 1)35Non-album singles
"Love Me Wrong"
(featuring Troye Sivan)
Allie XCape God
"First Christmas (That I Loved You)"
(from Let It Snow)
Shameik MooreNon-album singles
"Rare"2020Selena Gomez302230214240284428Rare
"Phenomenon"
(featuring Mia Jones)
RuPaul's Drag Race Live!RuPaul's Drag Race Live: The Official Vegas Soundtrack
"Losing is the New Winning"
"Mirror Song"
"I Made It"
"Viva Drag Vegas Runway Mega Mix"
(with RuPaul)
"Now I'm Gone"Andrea VasquezLove Don't Live Here
"Louder Than Bombs"BTSMap of the Soul: 7
"I'm That Bitch"RuPaulNon-album singles
"You Don't Know Me"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12
"Kings & Queens"Ava Max13314261692119Heaven & Hell
"Daze Inn"Carlie HansonDestroyDestroyDestroyDestroy
"Take Yourself Home"Troye Sivan91In a Dream
"Uncool"
(featuring .Ange.)
Adam SampleTBA
"Man Up"Hailee SteinfeldHalf Written Story
"Someone Else"Duncan Laurence3672Worlds on Fire
"I Made It/ Mirror Song/ Losing is the New Winning (Las Vegas Live Medley)"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 12Non-album singles
"I'm a Drag Queen"The Cast of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
"I'm in Love"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, Season 5
"Somebody to Tell Me"Tyler GlennSongs from "Love, Victor" (Original Soundtrack)
"Athlete"Greyson Chance
"God, This Feels Good"Isaac Dunbar
"Slow Grenade"
(featuring Lauv)
Ellie GouldingBrightest Blue
"Clapback"
RuPaulNon-album singles
"Warmer"Rascal FlattsHow They Remember You
"Stud"Troye SivanIn a Dream
"10/10"
"In a Dream"
"Bite"Aaron CarpenterTBA
"Miss America"Isaac DunbarNon-album single
"Two Thumbs"KiiaraLil Kiiwi
"Fires"
(featuring Lil West)
Carlie HansonDestroyDestroyDestroyDestroy
"Feel Something"Armin van Buuren and Duncan Laurence7885Small Town Boy
"Love, or the Lack Thereof"Isaac DunbarEvil Twin
"Her Majesty"Frock DestroyersFrock4Life
"Big Ben"
"Frockatica 1"
"Frockatica 2"
"Fame Whore"
"Frockatica 3"
"FROCK4LIFE"
"How's the Lighting?"
"Roommates"Dixie D'AmelioTBA
"Wingman"2021Boys World
"Charger"
(Solo or featuring Charli XCX)
ElioCan You Hear Me Now?
"Phenomenon"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13Non-album single
"UK Hun?"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 227
"Lucky"
(featuring The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13)
RuPaul
"Obsessed"Addison Rae11074TBA
"Gucci Knife"
(featuring MASN)
Carlie Hanson
"Stars"Duncan Laurence86Small Town Boy (Deluxe)
"Queens Down Under"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Season 1Non-album singles
"Halftime Headliners"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6
"Show Up Queen"
"This Is Our Country"RuPaul, Tanya Tucker, and The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6
"B.D.E. (Big Drag Energy)"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 3
"Damn That Man"The Cast of Queen of the Universe, Season 1
"Girl Power"
"Back Off, Bitch"
"Friends Forever"
"Every Day is a Holiday When You're a Drag Queen"
"Queen of the Universe"
"Save a Queen"2022The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 14
"Welcome to the Moulin Ru"Moulin Ru! The Rusical!
"Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent Interlude"
"Jaloux de Ma Gelée"
"Money Money Money"
"Penniless Writer Interlude"
"Love Medley"
"Duke of Dickington Interlude"
"Covergirl Tango"
"Absinthe Interlude"
"Green Fairy"
"I Choose Myself Interlude"
"Welcome to the Moulin Ru (Reprise)"
"Check My Track Record"Non-album singles
"Devil"
"Fighter"
"I Fell Down (I Got Up)"
"I Hate People"
"Titanic"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 7
"2gether 4eva"
"What I Want"MunaMuna
"Smoke Slow"Joshua BassettSad Songs in a Hotel Room
"Bosom Buddies"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Season 2Non-album singles
"Come Alive"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 4
"One of Us"2023Ava MaxDiamonds & Dancefloors
"Golden Girlfriends"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 15Non-album singles
"Golden Years"
"Golden Hips"
"Wigloose Opening Interlude"Wigloose: The Rusical!
"Black and White"
"Black and White Interlude"
"A Little More Drag Interlude"
"A Little More Drag"
"Drag Ball"
"Drag Ball Interlude"
"Built on Drag"
"Wigloose"
"Over Tonight"Stacey RyanI Don't Know What Love Is
"Lotus"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 15Non-album singles
"It's Giving Fashion"
"Delusion"
"Goddess"
"Money, Success, Fame, Glamour"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 8
"Queen of the Universe"
The Cast of Queen of the Universe, Season 2
"T4B (Top 4 Bottom)"
"This Hot"
"Gagging for You"
"Rock Hard"
"Opening NumberThe Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 8)Joan: The Unauthorized Rusical
"MGM Queen"
"Interlude1"
"Mommie Dearest"
"Interlude 2"
"No More Wire Hangers"
"Interlude 3"
"Bring Me the ax"
"Interlude 4"
"Let's Go, Joan"
"Interlude 5"
"Not My First Rodeo"
"Hollywood Hag Superstar"
"I'm Still Joan"
"Rush"Troye Sivan7712408547226122Something to Give Each Other
"I Remember Being Born"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 8)Non-album singles
"Pay Me In Money"
"I Got It Bad"Addison RaeAR
"2 Die 4"
(featuring Charli XCX)
"BMX Bitches"The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Season 3Non-album single
"Rest In Peace"Duncan LaurenceSkyboy
"California Rose"
"Anything"
"DJ Play a Christmas Song"CherChristmas

Awards and nominations

YearOrganizationWorkCategoryResultRef
2016ARIA Music Awards"Youth"Song of the YearWon
2019Golden Globe Awards"Revelation"Best Original SongNominated
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