Yungblud shares powerful new single ‘Zombie’ with Florence Pugh-starring video

Yungblud has shared a new single, ‘Zombie’, with Florence Pugh starring in its official music video. Listen below.

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The anthemic and emotional rock track is the latest preview of ‘Idols’ – part one of the Doncaster artist’s double fourth album, which is released on June 20 (pre-order/pre-save here).

He debuted the song at an intimate gig at London’s Scala in March. Later, Yungblud (real name Dominic Harrison) said the ballad was about “feeling you’re ugly, and learning to battle that”, while discussing his experiences with eating disorders and body dysmorphia.

“The song was written initially about my grandmother going through serious injury and trauma, leading her to become a different person to who she was before,” Yungblud explained in a new statement.

“It’s about the feeling of deterioration and ugliness; shutting out the world and the people we love out of the fear of becoming a burden or an embarrassment.”

He added: “We all want someone or something to comfort us, no matter how we are right now or who we become in the future. But it’s fucking scary.”

The soaring, poignant single features a performance from the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Florence Pugh (We Live in Time, Oppenheimer) stars in the powerful official music video for ‘Zombie’, playing a healthcare worker at her emotional brink, overwhelmed by grief and exhaustion. The visuals are set to premiere at 4pm BST today (May 30) – watch below.

Yungblud has teased his collaboration with the actor on social media, before confirming her involvement and sharing a heart-wrenching preview clip.

In the huge chorus, Yungblud sings: “Oh, I know that I can’t live without you/ But this world will keep turning if you do/ Would you even want me looking like a zombie? Would you even want me, want me, want me?”

Elsewhere, he admits: “So if you were to ask about the pain/ I would lie, I would lie/ To fix my mind, I need time.”

‘Zombie’ follows on from Yungblud’s previous singles ‘Hello Heaven, Hello’ and ‘Lovesick Lullaby’. ‘Idols’, described as his “most ambitious” release yet, follows the musician’s 2022 self-titled third album.

Last December, Yungblud exclusively revealed to NME that he had a “double album” on the way. “The new album centres around the idea of self-love and self-reclamation that allows people to feel seen, and emit this light,” he told us at the time.

“You can be seen for who you truly are, no matter where you’re from or what you believe… That’s what I needed to write an album about.”

During an earlier interview, he told NME that he had been inspired by the likes of Oasis, The Verve, Primal Scream, My Chemical Romance, David Bowie and Madonna on the Britpop-influenced LP.

Meanwhile, Yungblud has announced a brief run of intimate UK shows, dubbed ‘Idols – Up Close And Personal’. The dates follow the second edition of Yungblud’s BludFest in Milton Keynes on June 21, and come ahead of his ‘Idols’ headline tour in North America and Europe.

In other news, Yungblud recently worked a shift at his favourite London pub, The Hawley Arms in Camden Town, where he pulled pints for fans to mark the release of ‘Lovesick Lullaby’.

Meanwhile, he has criticised the current cost of festival tickets, saying he “100 per cent” agrees that prices have “got out of hand”. Harrison spoke about his vow to make BludFest 2 affordable for fans (£65), “because that’s the way it should be”.

“In this world, there is nothing you can’t achieve if you are doing it from a place of truth, and for the right reason,” Harrison said, having previously saying that “music should be accessible to everyone”.

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