How does it feel when a fan tells you that
your music has saved their life?
Wow! I know exactly how it feels, because
Meeting them, knowing them, and connecting to them,
It saved mine.
Oh Yeah!
Narrator: When a musician reaches a certain point of success,
they become accustomed to the media rounds.
YUNGBLUD! PLEASE! COME OVER HERE!
Narrator: It certainly get their name out there,
but does it show you who they really are?
Narrator: To get to the bottom of this,
we got YUNGBLUD!
YUNGBLUD!
Yo YUNGBLUD!
YUNGBLUD!
Yooo! AHHH!
A famous musician with over 6 million monthly listeners
on Spotify alone
And (we) asked him to sit down with strangers and fans alike,
so that they can ASK.
HIM.
ANYTHING.
[Music]
Hello! what's going on? I'm YUNGBLUD!
I'm a musician, and I am here for you to ask me
Anything!
YUNGBLUD: Yo! Sup bruv! How are ya?
Is this for real?
YUNGBLUD: Yes, 'tis for real!
Should I go on with the questions?
YUNGBLUD: Yea man, 100%, Ask me anything.
Q: What do people assume about you most?
YUNGBLUD: That I'm kind of..
A gobby brat that has no idea what he's talking about.
I think that's the biggest misconception for
one, our generation;
And two, the fanbase.
I think people don't actually know that we're
completely in-tune with what we want.
And (that we're) intelligent, and thoughtful about
what we want, and we don't just go like,
"I'm gonna tell you to F* off 'cause it's cool!"
Q: Milk or cereal first?
YUNGBLUD: Cereal first. Yeah, F*ing hell, man.
YUNGBLUD: Do you do milk first?
Yeah! I'm literally the only person-
YUNGBLUD: You F*ing weirdo!
[Both Laughs]
Q: What do you think is the hardest part when it
comes to songwriting?
YUNGBLUD: I think... Opening up is hard.
Literally.
'Cause you have to put your heart on a plate.
And people either kiss it, or stab it with a knife.
What's the first thing that you notice about your
fans when you meet them?
YUNGBLUD: You're all well (extremely) energetic!
Some of you are quite shy.
YUNGBLUD: But I just think like, we're all very similar.
I was speaking to someone yesterday and they were
talking to me about,
when we're kinda walking to a venue,
YUNGBLUD: Everyone feels that they can walk up to any random person
on that show and be like,
"Hello!" And have a full blown conversation,
because you're there.
And that made me really happy and
it kinda made me feel like,
"F*ck Yeah! I wish I weren't on stage!"
I wish I could just be in it like "'Ello!"
"Nice to meet ya!"
Girl: Yeah! I love that! Okay!
Q: What do you miss most about your life before
you were stuck in the house all day?
YUNGBLUD: Playing live!
Jumping about on stage!
And just raging!
Yeah!
Guy: At least you get to meet some people right now.
YUNGBLUD: That's what's kinda cool about right now, like,
I feel more connected to you all
more than ever, to be honest, because I'm speaking
online all the time.
It's kinda amazing.
Q: What was your inspiration for your new song "Weird!"?
YUNGBLUD: It was about literally the weirdest time
of my life ever imaginable.
Which was weird because
now is the weirdest time ever imaginable!
[Both Laughs]
YUNGBLUD: I was in this moment of vertigo, all these things
did happen in my life.
And I was trying to hold on to something
that I thought was familiar.
But then I realized,
I had to go through the unfamiliar to grow up a bit more.
And to learn how to control that feeling in your stomach.
When you're falling down a void,
you're not getting hurt, you just gotta ride with it!
And you'll end up at a destination that
will lead to a little bit further in life.
Q: Do you remember what was a big deal for you back
in the years when you were starting out?
The way I started out,
I came to London at 16. I moved to the city because
I needed to be somewhere where there was like,
creative people (around)
And I was a kid in May Court in skirts like,
"AHH! LETS GO!"
I just couldn't get signed I couldn't get a record.
I couldn't get anything, and it was really
getting me down because
people just didn't like.. who I was.
And no one. (We) were playing at empty rooms or 10 people.
And then we bought the show at the Netherlands and
100 people turned up.
And they had hearts on their face,
and
they had t-shirts.
I met every single one of them after the show.
And they must have put a 100 pictures online,
100 people did that.
And 100 people saw that, saw how crazy the show was,
was interested in it, and it spread.
Spread, spread, spread spread!
And here we are!
And I think that show in the Netherlands
was a real, REAL big turning point for me.
Q: Do you find wanting your parents' approval
of your career?
Q: Or is the self-acceptance you found for yourself enough?
YUNGBLUD: The self-acceptance after you find
for yourself, when that happens,
Is SO powerful.
And so liberating.
That it doesn't matter who doesn't wanna love you,
for who you are.
You surround yourself with people who do.
And everyone else doesn't matter.
No matter what emotional connection you've got to them.
That was one thing,
when I found you lot (fans),
when I found all of you, I was like,
"Oh my god, they get (understand) me for who I'm supposed to be!"
"F* all these other idiots!"
"These people understand me!"
"These people get me."
"These people relate to me."
At the end of the day, music is amazing, but
It's you guys who listen to it,
and fly the flags,
and scream it from the top of your lungs,
that makes it a real thing.
Q: I started art again, 'cause your music actually
got me to start art again.
YUNGBLUD: Oh my god! That's F*ing sick (great)
Q: So, you're a huge advocate for mental health, and,
I thank you for that, from the bottom of my heart.
Q: How does it feel when a fan tells you that your
music has saved their life?
YUNGBLUD: Wow!
YUNGBLUD: I know exactly how it feels,
because, meeting them,
knowing them, and connecting to them,
It saved mine.
YUNGBLUD: You know what I mean?
Oh, yeah
YUNGBLUD: This whole thing..
started, because I was
COMPLETELY lost.
And completely (hit) rock-bottom.
And completely sad all the time because,
I couldn't be who I was.
I was never going to grow into the person I was
gonna be, because,
the person I wanted to be,
was a road that was blocked off.
Until I found you lot (fans)
It saved me, to hear people go (say)
"I get you. I understand you."
Q: So, obviously, in "Kill Somebody", you talk about
the dark place you found within yourself.
Q: Do you remember what it was like first finding it?
I remember I came down to London for the first time,
And my best friend, James, who I was living with,
had diagnosed Tourettes.
And I remember
telling him how I was feeling all the time-
I'd wake up and I felt I was punched in the stomach.
I'd open my eyes like [GASP]
I'd feel horrendous for the first 2 hours I woke up.
He's like, "Dude, I think you've got depression."
"I think you've got anxiety."
And I was like, " What? What's that?" Like,
I'd never thought about that.
Knowing the feelings I'd had, knowing what I'd felt..
Depression and anxiety, its a
scary word(s) to hear at first.
So I just said (that) I'm gonna spend the
rest of my F*ing life,
trying to make people feel like, if they
have this (mental illness), that they're not abnormal.
And they're not freaks.
And they're not different in a bad way.
Q: We met in Dublin, and you'd said you said exactly that-
YUNGBLUD: I remember! Of course I remember!
YUNGBLUD: outside Vicar Street, man!
Yeah! Oh my god!
Yesterday, I was in a really, really, REALLY dark place.
And I wasn't gonna make it alive, like.
And I got the email from Jubilee, saying that
I could interview you, like right
at the time that I needed it the most.
YUNGBLUD: Oh my god!
You literally saved my life! Like, [Laughs]
YUNGBLUD: That is so f*kin sick, bruv!
YUNGBLUD: I f*kin' love ya, and I am so happy that we
got to hang out.
Please, please , please.
Just know that you're loved.
And that this family loves you, and accepts you and are here for you, okay?
And I'll see you next time I'm in Ireland, okay?
Yes, 100%
Thank you so much! Can I take a picture real quick?
YUNGBLUD: Yeah! Yeah let's do it!
[Drops phone, gasps]
[Both laughing]
I dropped the phone! Oh my god!
YUNGBLUD: Awesome!
[Camera clicks]
Thank you so much!
YUNGBLUD: Love you!
Well, it was amazing meeting you!
YUNGBLUD: You too, man. Be safe!
Okay, goodbye, thank you so much!
YUNGBLUD: See ya later! Have a good one!
Thank you!
YuNGBLUD: Bye babe!
Thank you! Have a good one!
YUNGBLUD: Rock 'n roll, man!
Thank you so much for having me! I proper loved that!
Everyone don't forget to show some love,
like, comment and subscribe!
Weird! just came out, so give that a listen.
There's gonna be so many more YUNGBLUD shows
coming your way.
I can't wait for you to see 'em!
[Music]