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Jupiter Winter

Jupiter Winter
Jupiter Winter in 2021
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Pop
Years active	2016-present
Members	Lelia Broussard Royce Whittaker

Jupiter Winter is an American music duo consisting of singer-songwriter Lelia Broussard and producer/multi-instrumentalist Royce Whittaker. They are based out of Los Angeles, California.

Formed in late 2016, Jupiter Winter gained initial exposure by touring alongside Canadian pop-rock band Marianas Trench and released their first single Resistance in February 2017. Five more singles were released throughout 2020 and 2021: Come Back, Lifetime, Atmosphere, Coming Of Age, and Seen. In May 2024, Oh My God was released and is the group's latest single.

Broussard joined The Midnight as a touring member beginning with the Fall 2019 tour, and Whittaker would later join as well in 2020 for The Midnight Online concert special. After the Fall 2025 EU/UK Tour, they announced their departure from touring with The Midnight.

Jupiter Winter was featured on The Midnight's song Monsters, which Broussard co-wrote and sang vocals on. Broussard and Whittaker also contributed to the writing, production, and instrumentation of The Midnight's albums Heroes and Syndicate. On Syndicate, they were featured on the song Fatal Obsession.

Members

Lelia Broussard

Lelia Broussard
Broussard performing live with The Midnight in 2021
Background information
Birth name	Lelia Elizabeth Broussard
Born	(1989-05-24) May 24, 1989 Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar
Years active	2004–present
Member of	Jupiter Winter
Formerly of	Secret Someones
Spouse(s)	Royce Whittaker ​ (m. 2023)​

Lelia Elizabeth Broussard (born May 24, 1989) is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, she and her family moved to Philadelphia when she was 10 years old. Around this time, Broussard started playing the guitar and began writing songs. To gain exposure, she regularly performed at open-mic events around the city.

Broussard self-released her first album Louisiana Soul in 2004. Her next album, Lil-yah, came in 2005. When she was 17, Broussard moved to New York City and began performing in clubs. She inked a publishing deal and lived in Los Angeles for a few years before returning to New York.

A successful Kickstarter campaign led to the release of Broussard's album Masquerade in 2010. In 2011, she was the runner-up in Rolling Stone magazine's "Choose the Cover" contest and appeared with her band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In 2012, Broussard was a contestant on the third season of The Voice, winning a spot on Team Blake after auditioning with her rendition of We Can Work It Out by The Beatles.

In 2013, Broussard formed the indie rock band Secret Someones with Bess Rogers, Hannah Winkler, and Zach Jones. They released their debut self-titled album in 2015 through the label Cherrytree Records. In early 2016, the band announced an indefinite hiatus. Later in the year, she formed Jupiter Winter with Royce Whittaker.

Broussard began touring with The Midnight as a guitarist and vocalist during the Fall 2019 Tour and remained in the lineup through the conclusion of the Fall 2025 EU/UK Tour. In addition to collaborating on the song Monsters, she co-wrote the songs Heroes and Heart Worth Breaking from The Midnight's 2022 release, Heroes. On Syndicate, Broussard co-wrote Friction, Sentinels, Fatal Obsession, and Summer's Ending Soon. She provided lead vocals on Fatal Obsession and background vocals on The Right Way, Long Island, and Summer's Ending Soon.

Royce Whittaker

Royce Whittaker
Whittaker performing live with The Midnight in 2023
Background information
Birth name	Royce Alexander Whittaker
Born	(1991-04-03) April 3, 1991 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Pop Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician record producer sound technician
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	2008–present
Member of	Jupiter Winter
Formerly of	INCURA
Spouse(s)	Lelia Broussard ​ (m. 2023)​

Royce Alexander Whittaker (born April 3, 1991) is a Canadian music producer, guitarist, and sound technician. Hailing from Vancouver, his father was a musician and as such Whittaker was exposed to making music from a young age. At the age of 17, Whittaker began to write music and play guitar in a band, touring across Canada. From 2012-2014, he was a member of the Canadian metal band Incura.

Beginning in 2015, Whittaker worked as a guitar and sound tech for the band Marianas Trench, and toured extensively across the US and Canada with the band. In 2017, he joined the sound engineering company Electronic Creatives and began working as a playback engineer, touring with artists such as Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey and Megan Thee Stallion.

In 2016, Whittaker partnered with Lelia Broussard to form Jupiter Winter. He is the main producer and instrumentalist in the group.

In 2019 Whittaker reunited with Marianas Trench, playing guitar, keys, and singing background vocals for the band as they toured the US, Canada, and Europe. He continues to work as a playback engineer for some of the world's top artists.

Whittaker first joined The Midnight as a guitarist during The Midnight Online, and was part of the band during the Fall dates of the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Tour. He rejoined the band for Change Your Heart Tour and remained a part of the tour lineup through the conclusion of the Fall 2025 EU/UK Tour. Whittaker co-wrote the songs Brooklyn. Friday. Love., Heartbeat, Heroes, Heart Worth Breaking, Aerostar, and Souvenir on the The Midnight's 2022 release, Heroes. He additionally contributed to the co-production and vocal production of the album. On Syndicate, Whittaker co-wrote Friction and Summer's Ending Soon. He also played guitar on Friction, The Right Way and Long Island in addition to playing synths and providing background vocals on Summer's Ending Soon.

Contributions to songs by The Midnight

• Monsters - featured artist, co-writer (Broussard), vocals (Broussard)
• Change Your Heart or Die - guitar (Whittaker)
• Heartbeat - co-writer (Whittaker)
• Brooklyn. Friday. Love. - co-writer (Whittaker)
• Heart Worth Breaking - co-writers
• Aerostar - co-writer (Whittaker)
• Heroes - co-writers
• Souvenir - co-writer (Whittaker)
• Land Locked Heart - co-writer (Whittaker)
• Friction - co-writers, guitar (Whittaker)
• The Right Way - guitar (Whittaker), background vocals (Broussard)
• Sentinels - co-writer (Broussard)
• Fatal Obsession - co-writer (Broussard), vocals (Broussard)
• Long Island - guitar (Whittaker), background vocals (Broussard)
• Summer's Ending Soon - co-writers, background vocals, synths (Whittaker)

References

External links

Jupiter Winter

• Official website
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Bandcamp

Lelia Broussard

• Twitter
• Instagram
• Soundcloud
• Facebook

Royce Whittaker

• Twitter
• Instagram‎

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Sentinels

"Sentinels"
Song by The Midnight
from the album Syndicate
Released	October 3, 2025 (2025-10-03)
Length	4:59
Label	Ultra
Songwriter(s)	Tim McEwan Tyler Lyle Lelia Broussard
Producer(s)	Tim McEwan NEST Acoustics
Syndicate track listing
Syndicate "Syndicate (Intro)" "Shadowverse" "Runaways" "Friction" "The Right Way" "Afterglow pt. 1" "Digital Dreams" "Sentinels" "Chariot" "First Night in Paris" "Afterglow pt. 2" "Fatal Obsession" "Quiet Earth" "Long Island" "Love is an Ocean" "Sanctuary" "Summer's Ending Soon"

Sentinels is a song by The Midnight. It is the eighth track from their album Syndicate.

The song was written by band members Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan alongside Lelia Broussard. It was produced by McEwan and NEST Acoustics. It has a running time of four minutes and 59 seconds.

Lyrics

He broke your heart again
You washed up in the city of sin
So you get fucked up and call your guru
But he says he’s through with you too
So drugs become Jesus
And Jesus becomes Crossfit
Never not once did you sit alone
And deal with your bullshit
Back on your LA bullshit

He broke your heart again
You washed up in the city of sin
So you get fucked up and call your guru
But he says he’s through with you too
So drugs become Jesus
And Jesus becomes Crossfit
Never not once did you sit alone
And deal with your bullshit
Back on your LA bullshit

So money, beauty, power, fame
Which flag did you want to claim
Which tiger did you want to tame
Which god by which name

Everybody’s got a reason they can’t get to sleep
Some drag racing down Mulholland
Some medicating sheep
In freedom’s fated paradox
Each door you open, another locks
Each trigger pulled, another cocks
Each new drug, just a countdown clock
But I’ll sell you something you can’t buy
I’ll tell you something you haven’t tried

Flickers on a cave wall

Liberated from what?
Chant my mantras to the dust
Medicated, so what?
Everybody wants too much

Liberated from what?
Chant my mantras to the dust
Medicated, so what?
Everybody wants too much

Flickers on a cave wall

References

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Horror Show

Horror Show
EP by The Midnight
Released	October 16, 2020 (Amazon Music) March 19, 2021
Genre	Synthwave Rock
Length	23:54
Label	Counter Records
Producer	Tim McEwan Essenger
The Midnight chronology
Monsters (2020) Horror Show (2020) Endless Summer (5 Year Anniversary Edition) (2021)
Singles from Horror Show
"Neon Medusa" Released: March 3, 2021

Horror Show is the second extended play (EP) by The Midnight. It was initially released through Counter Records on October 16, 2020, exclusively through Amazon Music for streaming. The EP was made available on all platforms on March 19, 2021, following the release of Neon Medusa as a single earlier in the month.

Background and composition

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted The Midnight's plans to tour and promote their new album, Monsters. To get fans engaged with the band during the pandemic, an alternate reality game (ARG) began on September 24, 2020, and continued through October 15, 2020, with fans working together each day remotely to solve clues and discover hidden prizes. On October 13, 2020, the prize was a link to an empty Dropbox folder labeled "The Midnight - New Album". A Twitch channel by the name of "halfinlightandhalfindark" (a reference to a lyric in Last Train) was also discovered, and the channel posted a message stating "WEDNESDAY 10/14 @ 12 PM EST." At that time, the EP was streamed for the first time and its title of Horror Show was also revealed. After the stream ended, it was confirmed that the EP would release on October 16, 2020. The EP's initial exclusivity to Amazon Music was in part due to the company helping fund its production. During the time of the original October release, physical copies of Horror Show were available to pre-order from the band's online store, which included a download link to a digital version of the EP including the instrumentals.

Four of the six songs on Horror Show were co-produced by Essenger. The album also features a new collaboration with Nikki Flores, a cover of the 1978 Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith hit single Because The Night.

Singles

Neon Medusa
March 3, 2021

Track listing

Horror Show

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Stranger"	Tim McEwan Tyler Lyle	McEwan	1:42
2.	"Ghost in Your Stereo"	McEwan Lyle Micah Dalton Jeffrey Blake Simpson	McEwan Essenger	4:09
3.	"Neon Medusa"	McEwan Lyle	McEwan Essenger	5:05
4.	"Devil Make a Deal"	McEwan Lyle Luke Laird Natalie Hemby	McEwan Essenger	4:56
5.	"Good in Red"	McEwan Lyle Jesse Molloy Simpson	McEwan Essenger Molloy	4:26
6.	"Because The Night" (feat. Nikki Flores)	Bruce Springsteen Patti Smith	McEwan	3:36
Total length:				23:54

2021 Release bonus track

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Neon Medusa (Edit)"	4:13
Total length:		28:07

Credits
Additional instrumentation was provided by Jesse Molloy (saxophone on Because The Night), Maddie Rice (guitar solo on Neon Medusa), and Nikki Flores (background vocals on Good In Red and vocals on Because The Night).
Mixed By Tim McEwan. Mastered by Emily Laxar at The Lodge, NYC. Front cover by Max Löffler.

Release history and variants

Digital release history for Horror Show

Date	Edition
October 16, 2020	Standard
Initial release, which was only available for streaming/download via Amazon Music or by preordering a physical copy.
October 16, 2020	Instrumentals
Was available to download by preordering a physical copy of the EP. First The Midnight release to have vocal and instrumental versions available on release day.
March 19, 2021	Standard
General release to all platforms. Contains an edited version of Neon Medusa as the final track. Bandcamp release also includes the instrumentals.
May 14, 2021	Instrumentals
General release to all platforms.

Physical release history for Horror Show

Year	Format	Color/Design
2020	Cassette	Transparent Orange
This and the Translucent Grey variant were the first tape variants, both available to be preordered on October 16, 2020. Orders began shipping in January 2021. Contains the instrumentals on side B. First time an instrumental version of an EP/album received a physical release.
2020	Cassette	Translucent Grey
This and the Transparent Orange variant were the first tape variants, both available to be preordered on October 16, 2020. Orders began shipping in January 2021. Contains the instrumentals on side B. First time an instrumental version of an EP/album received a physical release.
2020	LP	Transparent Orange
This and the Smoke variant were the first vinyl variants, both available to be preordered on October 16, 2020. Both variants run at 45 RPM, the only The Midnight vinyl releases to do so. Orders began shipping in January 2021. "Kill Your Demons" is etched in the run-out area.
2020	LP	Smoke
This and the Transparent Orange variant were the first vinyl variants, both available to be preordered on October 16, 2020. Both variants run at 45 RPM, the only The Midnight vinyl releases to do so. Orders began shipping in January 2021. "Kill Your Demons" is etched in the run-out area. Some copies of this variant had a more pronounced darker color closer to black, which is reflected in an updated render.
2022	LP	Bloodshot Splatter
Third vinyl variant. Unlike the first two, this variant runs at 33 ⅓ RPM.

References

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