YUNGBLUD is about to embark on a massive North American tour, but before he does, the “Fleabag” singer stopped by for a Check In with Audacy’s Klein and Ally.
Over the summer, YUNGBLUD delivered a free show at Los Angeles’ Whiskey a Go Go…closing down the Sunset Strip and fulfilling a punk rock desire the bratty British rocker had always dreamed of. In celebration of a return to live music, the “acting like that” singer explained, “I was nervous because I had not been in America [since the pandemic.] I was like ‘will anybody turn up?’”
Even in his massive success, YUNGBLUD notes that he wasn’t sure if he would be playing to “10 people” or 10,000 people. “Every time I go out, I’m like to my guitar techs, ‘is it looking busy?’ They’re like, ‘it’s been sold out for eight months,’" shared the artist. Ultimately, YUNGBLUD’s free show was brimming with thousands of eager LA-based fans.
Now, well into 2021 and looking into 2022, the Doncaster native has a plethora of live tour dates on his agenda. This winter, YUNGBLUD will be playing at our very own Audacy Beach Festival on Sunday, December 5. He joked, “I’ve never played on a beach in the sense of your version of a beach, but I’ve played on a freezing cold, stone, England beach, covered in rain.”
Following Audacy’s Beach Festival, the red-haired rocker will kick off a North American tour of his own. YUNGBLUD’s “Life on Mars Tour” will rev up in Athens, Georgia on January 26 and will conclude in March 2022.
In terms of new music, YUNGBLUD's latest single, “Fleabag,” has not only raised hopes for fans anticipating new music but the track has been deemed a “mental health anthem.”
Having been candid about his own mental health, and how his music intertwines, the artist tells us, that he is a big advocate of seeking therapy. “I would recommend that to everybody,” notes the singer. He continues, “It’s the hardest thing in the world to be able to be yourself… to be your true self is a real, hard, thing.”
YUNGBLUD adds, “Anybody out there going through anything, you are valid to be going through that, even if you feel like you’re not… your head can be a dark place to talk to people about.”
Speaking about his journey to fluidity and pansexuality, the artist noted, “When I started YUNGBLUD, YUNGBLUD was legitimately a call out to anybody out there who felt a little bit like me. A little bit like an alien, a little bit like, I’m expressing myself, yet I’m being ridiculed for it and judged for it, so is there something wrong with me?”
Putting out the question of “does anybody feel like that?” YUNGBLUD says that millions of people responded to his question, affirming that they too felt othered or different. “I always say that YUNGBLUD ain’t me… it’s such a subculture. It’s such a genuine thing,” explains the British Northerner, adding that his subcultural fan base makes him feel “comfortable enough to be like ‘yo this is who I am.’ It’s very much a conversation. It’s so much bigger than I ever expected.”
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The singer details his journey to becoming YUNGBLUD and what to expect on tour
