Win Butler

Win Butler is an American and Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist who co-founded the indie rock band Arcade Fire in Montreal with Josh Deu and Régine Chassagne. Born in 1980, he grew up in Texas and spent his teens at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, then enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College, where he studied writing and photography before leaving after a year. He settled in Montreal in 2000 for McGill University and earned a degree there in 2004. In 2005 he and Chassagne contributed to the UNICEF benefit Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?, and they also composed music for Richard Kelly's film The Box. His cry during LCD Soundsystem's farewell concert in 2011 gave the documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012) its name. He also performs as a DJ, billed as DJ Windows 98, occasionally opening for Arcade Fire.