LSD is a supergroup consisting of British musician and rapper

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, Australian singer-songwriter Sia and American music producer

Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD wit ...

. The ensemble has released six singles (one of them a remix of their song "

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"), all of which appear on their self-titled debut album, released on 12 April 2019.

History

On 11 March 2018,

posted, to

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, a photo of a cassette tape with the letters "LSD" marked on it; in the caption, he tagged Sia and

. On 3 May 2018, LSD released their debut single, "

", along with an animated music video. The following day, Diplo revealed that LSD was formed when he was invited to write a song with Labrinth and Sia. Diplo said: "Originally, I wasn't in SDand then our publisher had the idea to throw me in there; those two artists, together, are two of the craziest, most creative people I ever met in my life. I think they have the most severe attention deficit disorder together, their ideas are so crazy, so I helped put their ideas together, taking the job of their producer." On 10 May, they debuted the song "

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", as well as its music video. On 6 August, Sia teased the release of a new track titled " Thunderclouds", which was released three days later, on 9 August. LSD released the song "

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" on 1 November 2018. Talking to ''

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'' in November 2018, Sia revealed that the group would release an album. The album, '' Labrinth, Sia & Diplo Present... LSD'', was released on 12 April 2019 through

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. In October 2020, Diplo stated via

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that LSD hoped to return for a new project.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Music videos

Notes

References

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