Controller (song)

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Released31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)[1][2]
Length4:35
LabelLoop Recordings Aot(ear)oa
"Controller"
Single by L.A.B.
from the album L.A.B.
Released31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)[1][2]
Genrecontemporary R&B[3]
Length4:35
LabelLoop Recordings Aot(ear)oa
Songwriter(s)Brad Kora
Producer(s)Brad Kora
L.A.B. singles chronology
"Umulash"
(2017)
"Controller"
(2018)
"Midnight Summer"
(2018)
Music video
"Controller" on YouTube

"Controller" is a song by New Zealand band L.A.B., released as a single from their debut album L.A.B. in mid-2018. After the success of the band's song "In the Air" (2019), the song became a hit in New Zealand.

"Controller" was one of the first songs the band L.A.B. wrote, inspired by the story of a woman who falls blindly in love with a controlling man.[2][4] The song incorporates 1980s-style pop synths and percussion.[5]

Release

The song was released as a single in July 2018, alongside the release of the song's music video, directed by Shae Sterling.[1][2] The song became a hit in 2020 after the release of the band's single "In the Air", becoming the 8th most successful single by a New Zealand artist in 2020.[6]

The song was compiled onto the band's 2023 album Introducing L.A.B., originally produced as a sampler for their debut European performances.[7]

Critical reception

Dave Tucker of Ambient Light Blog reviewed the song positively, calling it "[the] perfect single piece of team mastery, combin[ing] a sweet soulful sincerity that I like a lot."[8]

Credits and personnel

  • A. Adams-Tamatea – bass
  • B. Kora – arrangement, drums, lyrics, producer, sampling, songwriting
  • S. Kora – synth
  • J. Shadbolt – vocals

Charts

Certifications

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