The American ‘triple threat’ superstar, Leon Thomas announced on 18th March 2025, a surprise remix with R&B legend Chris Brown to his smash hit single ‘MUTT’. ‘MUTT’ was originally released on 8th August 2024 and currently has over 95 million streams on Spotify, over 9 million views on YouTube and over 296,000 posts on TikTok. ‘MUTT’ is a soulful, sultry R&B song that samples the 1989 track “silly love song” from Michel’le. This hit song comes from his second studio album “Mutt”.
The ‘MUTT CB Remix’ was released on Friday and has already become a hit with fans. With fans commenting “Chris Brown’s Remix has absolutely elevated this song to another level” and “this is perfection”. On 27th September 2024, Thomas released the official video of the first remix of ‘MUTT’ with Freddie Gibbs. The first remix with Freddie Gibbs has a more Hip Pop feel to the song whereas Brown’s remix has a more classic R&B feel.
Leon Thomas and Chris Brown effortlessly complement each other with their melodic harmonies. This ‘CB remix’ definitely showcases a more soulful side to Chris brown and beautifully exposes his vocal range. The themes of love, lust and desire are also continued within this ‘MUTT CB Remix’. ‘MUTT CB Remix’ is the duo’s first artist to artist collaboration however it is not the first time the duo have worked together. In 2016, Thomas co-wrote “Something New” by Zendaya, which featured Chris Brown. He also co-produced Brown’s “Emerald / Burgundy” featuring Juvenile and Juice J from Chris Brown’s Indigo album.
Leon Thomas is no stranger to the music industry and he has been a major influence within the current urban music industry. The American superstar has written major songs and worked with an array of artists like Ariana Grande, GIVẼON, Drake Ella Mai, Kanye West and many more. In 2024, Thomas won his first Grammy Award for the “Best R&B song” for his contribution to SZA’s hit song “Snooze.”
Leon Thomas was initially known as an actor and his infamous role as “Andre Harris” in Nickelodeon’s Victorious. Over the past few years, he has definitely made his stamp within the music industry and his hit single “MUTT” has solidifying his artist career.
Earlier this year, Leon Thomas had a 2 day sold out show in KOKO London and performed MUTT live as well as his other songs like ‘Breaking point’, ‘Yes it is’ and many more . At one of his shows he brought out Stormzy which had a mixed reaction due to the McDonald’s controversy however this didn’t take away from his spectacular performance. We at the Beat London, are very excited to see who else Leon Thomas works with in 2025.
