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U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock">Indie rock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Merge_Records" title="Merge Records">Merge Records</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arcade_Fire" title="Arcade Fire">Arcade Fire</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>William Pierce Butler</b> (born October 6, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is best known as a former member of the <a href="/wiki/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock">indie rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Arcade_Fire" title="Arcade Fire">Arcade Fire</a>, with whom he recorded six studio albums. Butler was a member of the band for eighteen years, between 2003 and 2021, and played synthesizer, bass, guitar and percussion. He is known for his spontaneity, energy and antics during live performances and is the younger brother of Arcade Fire frontman <a href="/wiki/Win_Butler" title="Win Butler">Win Butler</a>. In 2010, he won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for Album of the Year as part of Arcade Fire. </p><p>In 2014, Butler was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Academy Award for Best Original Score">Academy Award for Best Original Score</a> for his work on <a href="/wiki/Her_(score)" title="Her (score)">the original score</a> of the 2013 film <i><a href="/wiki/Her_(film)" title="Her (film)">Her</a></i>. In 2024, Butler was nominated for two <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a> for his orchestrations & score of the play <i><a href="/wiki/Stereophonic_(play)" title="Stereophonic (play)">Stereophonic</a></i>, which itself was nominated for and won Best Play.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Butler has released three solo studio albums – <i><a href="/wiki/Policy_(Will_Butler_album)" title="Policy (Will Butler album)"><i>Policy</i></a></i> (2015), <i>Generations</i> (2020), and <i>Will Butler + Sister Squares</i> (2023) – on <a href="/wiki/Merge_Records" title="Merge Records">Merge Records</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Will_Butler&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Truckee,_California" title="Truckee, California">Truckee, California</a>, United States,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and raised in <a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands, Texas</a>, Will is the son of Liza Rey, a classical musician, and Edwin Farnham Butler II, a geologist.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His maternal grandfather was guitarist <a href="/wiki/Alvino_Rey" title="Alvino Rey">Alvino Rey</a>. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy" title="Phillips Exeter Academy">Phillips Exeter Academy</a> in 2001, where he lived in <a href="/wiki/Abbot_Hall_(Phillips_Exeter_Academy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbot Hall (Phillips Exeter Academy)">Abbot Hall</a>, and subsequently attended <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a>, majoring in Poetry and Slavic studies.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time, he worked as a DJ for the <a href="/wiki/WNUR-FM" class="mw-redirect" title="WNUR-FM">WNUR Rock Show</a>, where he also hired Nathan Amundson of <a href="/wiki/Rivulets" title="Rivulets">Rivulets</a> to be a substitute DJ at WNUR-FM. He also served as the poetry editor of Northwestern's literary magazine, <i>Helicon</i>. An excerpt of a poem from his senior thesis is quoted in <a href="/wiki/Brian_Bouldrey" title="Brian Bouldrey">Brian Bouldrey</a>'s book, <i>Honorable Bandit: A Walk Across Corsica</i>. While at Northwestern, Butler lived in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. He moved to <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, Quebec, Canada in the mid-2000s to join his brother <a href="/wiki/Win_Butler" title="Win Butler">Win Butler</a> and band <a href="/wiki/Arcade_Fire" title="Arcade Fire">Arcade Fire</a>. </p><p>In January 2008 Butler married dancer Jenny Shore.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2014, Butler and <a href="/wiki/Owen_Pallett" title="Owen Pallett">Owen Pallett</a> were nominated for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Academy Award for Best Original Score">Best Original Score</a> at the <a href="/wiki/86th_Academy_Awards" title="86th Academy Awards">86th Academy Awards</a> for <a href="/wiki/Her_(score)" title="Her (score)">their original score</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Her_(film)" title="Her (film)">Her</a></i>. </p><p>Butler was a student at the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_School_of_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Kennedy School of Government">Harvard Kennedy School of Government</a> where he pursued a Mid-Career Master in Public Administration.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2022, Butler announced he had left Arcade Fire at the end of the previous year, stating "there was no acute reason beyond that I've changed—and the band has changed—over the last almost 20 years. Time for new things."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band's album <i><a href="/wiki/We_(Arcade_Fire_album)" title="We (Arcade Fire album)">We</a></i>, released on May 6, 2022, was Butler's last performance with Arcade Fire on a studio album.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Will_Butler_%2B_Sister_Squares_at_Valkhof_Festival_2024_-_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Will_Butler_%2B_Sister_Squares_at_Valkhof_Festival_2024_-_1.jpg/220px-Will_Butler_%2B_Sister_Squares_at_Valkhof_Festival_2024_-_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Will_Butler_%2B_Sister_Squares_at_Valkhof_Festival_2024_-_1.jpg/330px-Will_Butler_%2B_Sister_Squares_at_Valkhof_Festival_2024_-_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Will_Butler_%2B_Sister_Squares_at_Valkhof_Festival_2024_-_1.jpg/440px-Will_Butler_%2B_Sister_Squares_at_Valkhof_Festival_2024_-_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Butler performing with Sister Squares at <a href="/wiki/Valkhof_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Valkhof Festival">Valkhof Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nijmegen" title="Nijmegen">Nijmegen</a>, the Netherlands in 2024.</figcaption></figure> <p>Butler is now part of Will Butler + Sister Squares.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Solo_career">Solo career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Will_Butler&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Solo career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 3, 2015, Butler's debut solo album <a href="/wiki/Policy_(Will_Butler_album)" title="Policy (Will Butler album)"><i>Policy</i></a> was released under <a href="/wiki/Merge_Records" title="Merge Records">Merge Records</a>, accompanied by an international tour alongside Arcade Fire drummer <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Gara" title="Jeremy Gara">Jeremy Gara</a>. According to Butler, <i>Policy</i> is intended to reflect his omnivorous musical taste.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Butler wrote five songs for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, based on news headlines, with each song created and shared a day apart. They were mixed properly and released on <i>Policy Deluxe</i> in May 2015. </p><p>Butler's song "Sun Comes Up" from the 2016 solo album <i>Friday Night</i> caught the ear of DJ B-Roc of <a href="/wiki/The_Knocks" title="The Knocks">The Knocks</a>, and subsequently the Knocks-produced remix of the song was released alongside a video directed by Butler, filmed in part on the New York City subway system.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Butler wrote original songs for <a href="/wiki/David_Adjmi" title="David Adjmi">David Adjmi</a>'s play <i><a href="/wiki/Stereophonic_(play)" title="Stereophonic (play)">Stereophonic</a></i>, which was originally scheduled to premier in 2021, but due to the <a href="/wiki/Coronavirus" title="Coronavirus">coronavirus</a> was pushed back until October 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the play's Broadway debut in 2024, Butler received two <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony</a> nominations: one for <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Tony Award for Best Original Score">Best Original Score</a> and another for <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Orchestrations" title="Tony Award for Best Orchestrations">Best Orchestrations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Solo_discography">Solo discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Will_Butler&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Solo discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Studio_albums">Studio albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Will_Butler&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Studio albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Policy_(Will_Butler_album)" title="Policy (Will Butler album)"><i>Policy</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Merge_Records" title="Merge Records">Merge Records</a>, 2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_(album)" title="Friday Night (album)"><i>Friday Night</i></a> (Merge Records, 2016)</li> <li><i>Generations</i> (Merge Records, 2020)</li> <li><i>Will Butler + Sister Squares</i> (Merge Records, 2023)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Will_Butler&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Anna" (2015)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_videos">Music videos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Will_Butler&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Music videos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"What I Want" (2015)</li> <li>"Anna" (2015)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Will_Butler&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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