WHAT IT IS: With his frenetic take on alt-pop—equally inspired by punk, hip-hop and U.K. garage—Yungblud uses breakneck flow and tongue-in-cheek attitude to deliver pointed lyrics about everything from gentrification to disenfranchisement and addiction without getting heavy-handed. “I want my music to always have a message, but I don’t want to preach to anybody,” says the Northern England native. “This music’s just an outburst of emotion and anger, and every-thing else going on in my head.”
ALBUM: 21st Century Liability
RELEASE DATE: 7/6
SINGLE: “I Love You Will You Marry Me”
TV: Seth Meyers
LIVE: Opened for K.Flay spring 2018; playing final Vans Warped Tour this summer, alongside festival appearances at Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Life Is Beautiful, more
INTERNET: 10%+ week-over-week growth on socials with a hyper-engaged fanbase
RADIO: Currently Top 25 at Alternative
PRESS: Billboard, NME (“We might have seen the future, and it looks like YUNGBLUD”), Nylon, Clash, Boston Herald (“YUNGBLUD gives fiery voice to dissenting youth”), Harper’s Bazaar, Verge (“YUNGBLUD is Alternative’s New Hero”), Time, Interview
BOOKING: Tom Windish, Marty Diamond, Matt Meyer, Christine Cao/Paradigm
PUBLISHING: Locomotion Music Publishing
MANAGEMENT: Tommas Arnby, Jamie-Rose Fowler, Declan Morrell/Locomotion Ent.