Controller | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | L.A.B. |
Album: | L.A.B. |
Released: | [1] [2] |
Genre: | contemporary R&B[3] |
Length: | 4:35 |
Label: | Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa |
Producer: | Brad Kora |
Prev Title: | Umulash |
Prev Year: | 2017 |
Next Title: | Midnight Summer |
Next Year: | 2018 |
"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]
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]
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]
Chart (2020) | Position | |
---|---|---|
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] | 20 | |
Chart (2021) | Position | |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] | 9 | |
Chart (2022) | Position | |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] | 25 |