Yungblud is heavily indicating that we should expect new music from him sometime this week. Recently, Yungblud has shared three tracks, and fans can only hope that Weird, Strawberry Lipstick and Lemonade are all teasers in the wake of his second album. When asked about his upcoming album, Yungblud declared its arrival is not too far, confirming that it will be “coming out this fall.”
Yungblud teased the arrival of some new material via a post to social media on September 17th. The retro-looking clip featured shots of Yungblud styled in various quirky outfits whilst the singer-songwriter soliloquised the introspective subject, “What does it mean to be weird?”
Continuing the implication towards new music, Yungblud wrote in the caption that “it all begins Thursday.” Yungblud shared the same post to his official Instagram, which has been met with a joyous reception from fans, receiving a whopping 324,000 likes.
In the video, Yungblud, real name Dominic Harrison, questions personhood asking “Is it a name of celebration? Is it a name of pain? I think that decision lies with us and us alone.” The artist then spoke on the importance of self-acceptance, relaying that “The thing about human beings is that we forget that we’re all 15 different people at any one moment. We don’t know which version of ourselves that we’re going to wake up to.”
Yungblud inspires his fans to embrace their unconventionality, regardless of how it present itself, wholly and completely. He closes the encouraging clip with “embrace the strange, celebrate the abnormal and allow every part of yourself to speak, sing and run around in circles…To be weird is to be different and extraordinarily free. To me, to be weird is the best thing you can f****** be”
In a recent interview, Harrison spoke out about his “coming-of-age” second album, which is influenced from popular, adult-reaching TV drama, Skins. According to Harrion, his next album “explores the ideas of identity, 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.”
In other news, Yungblud has been picked to be part of the huge lineup for the 2021 instalment of Reading & Leeds. The long-standing music festival will be headlined by some of Britain’s best acts next year, including Liam Gallagher, rapper Stormzy, indie band Catfish And The Bottlemen and rock legends Queens of the Stone Age. Electronic duo Disclosure and Post Malone will also be performing.
This month, Yungblud collaborated with rock band Bring Me The Horizon for their dynamic new song, Obey. Released on September 2nd, Obey is bursting with heavy guitar riffs and chaotic percussion. The music video for Obey can be watched here.
Known for his socially-commentating lyrics and catchy music, Yungblud is one of the most refreshing young artists today. Yungblud stormed onto the scene with his blinding debut album, 21st Century Liability, back in 2018. Since then, Yungblud’s influence has only grown larger and larger.
