We’ve heard artists saying that they want to sound more mature on their next record, or that they want to go with a different style or into a different direction, but have you ever heard an artist say that they want their next album to sound like a certain TV show? Well, you’re about to. As Yungblud revealed, he wants his sophomore album to sound like… “Skins”. Yes, that TV show about a chaotic group of teenagers that do what teenagers do – parties, drugs and alcohol.

His second record is seeking inspiration from classic coming-of-age shows like “Skins”. The Doncaster-born rockstar explained that those shows are a reflection of the “ideas of identity” that he’s talking about on his upcoming album. “This is a neat whisky album about life. I wanted it to be like an episode of Skins within an album. A series of Skins or Euphoria or Sex Education.”

“It’s this coming-of-age record — that [doesn’t] mean growing up. You can come of age at 74. You can be like, ah man, I figured out what I am for the first time”, the 23-year-old said. But the new album will explore more than the ideas of identity, it will also explore the ideas of “sexuality, of equality, of depression, of anxiety, of life, of love, of heartbreak, of everything. Me and my fan base, we’re coming of age together. I want to do it side by side.”

His fan base, the Broken Hearts Club as they call themselves, have inspired and influenced Dominic Harrison, as his real name is, a lot. “It’s about the stories they told me, I’m outside the shows every night, well I was, and I heard the most incredible stories from the most incredible people and I wanted this album to be a representation for the misrepresented.”

Though the name of the upcoming album and the release date are still a secret, Yungblud gave a hint of information when he confirmed that the record will be coming out this fall. Until then, you can kill time by listening to the songs that he released during quarantine, “Strawberry Lipstick” and his collaboration with Denzel Curry, “Lemonade”.