Brett McLaughlin (Leland)

Brett McLaughlin - aka Leland - is a Golden Globe-nominated songwriter, composer, executive producer and prominent figure in the LGBTQ+ community who has contributed to some of pop music’s most influential releases. He has collaborated with Ava Max (“Kings & Queens”), Selena Gomez (“Rare” and “Fetish”), Troye Sivan (“Youth,” “Bloom,” “My My My!,” “Take Yourself Home” and more), BTS (“Louder Than Bombs”), Ariana Grande, (“Dance to This”), Carrie Underwood (“End Up with You”), Charli XCX (“1999”), Lauv & Troye Sivan (“I’m So Tired”) and many more.  

McLaughlin composed the score and wrote 12 original songs for the Netflix Original Movie Sierra Burgess Is a Loser as well as executive producing the soundtrack. Other projects include composing musicals for the Emmy Award-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race and co-writing “Revelation” with Troye Sivan and Jonsi for Boy Erased, a biographical film about LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. He has also served as executive producer on season 1 and season 2 of Hulu’s Love, Victor, writing several original songs for the show and soundtrack.