At the age of 25, Dominic Richard Harrison managed to create his own alter ego jungblud could become one of the most explosive figures in British rock. She has already made a good number of her own hits and has also recorded with Ozzy Osbourne, Marshmello, Halsey, Travis Barker, Machine Gun Kelly, Avril Lavigne and Willow.
Also Mick Jagger recently praised it: “In rock you need energy and there haven’t been many new rock singers. But now there are some, like Yungblud and Machine Gun Kelly. That postpunk cool kid makes me think there’s still some life left in rock and roll”.
A characteristic of Yungblud is that it is a phenomenon that goes far beyond music: it is the voice of an anguished, discontented and disaffected generation. Behind his punk aesthetic there is an artist who knows the codes of his audience and amplifies them with his attitudes and his songs. The result? Protagonist of a boom that fills stadiums, to the point of having filled Wembley a month before his show this Saturday the 18th at Lollapalooza Argentina, at 3:45 pm on the Flow stage.
“I am shocked”
-Congratulations on filling Wembley. Is it something you’ve always dreamed of?
-We had absolutely huge shows on this tour, and playing in a venue that size is something I’ve dreamed of since I was a kid. Wembley was everything I imagined it to be. Maybe it was the best time of my life, and then we did more dates in Europe, something really crazy. I can’t believe how big the family is! That’s what it’s about for me: an idea, a subculture, and a community. It’s about love and honestly it’s pretty crazy everything that goes on. I’m still in shock, dazed.
This tour was the biggest I’ve ever done and I was afraid I wouldn’t feel close to the people. However, I feel more connected and closer to my fans than before because this is an idea, a movement and a revolution.
-Your career was already important in 2018-2019, but after the pandemic it has reached new heights.
-From the beginning it was about connecting with people. If someone in the industry were to ask me what the secret is, I’d say two things: that the question is silly and that it’s always been me talking to one person, that person talking to another, and so on. Because Yungblud is not just about me, and that’s why I’m so excited to go to Argentina for the first time. There is always such a fierce energy spreading everywhere.
-Does it make you nervous to go to a country for the first time, where you don’t know the size of your fan base?
-It’s the best of these tours! I came into this to make friends and for this to be a community, more than a music project. I wanted Yungblud to be a place to go and be yourself and how you want to be. That’s why I like it when I go to a new country, and I’ve already seen on the internet that there is a huge fan base of Yungblud in Argentina. Can’t wait to see them for the first time and go crazy at Lollapalooza. He was just doing the lineup these days and he’s going to have so much energy that people won’t know what drove him crazy.
“I have a lot of energy and love to give”
-It also helps to have a great album and good songs. Are you proud of your third album?
-YES. It was crazy how people received it, what they felt and how they connected. It drives me crazy when someone looks me in the eye and tells me a song of mine helped them. What makes me proudest is connecting with people through music. Because it’s more than a good song, and it’s more than I ever dreamed of. And a new album will be out very soon, sooner than you think.
-What can you anticipate?
-Maybe it’s the heaviest thing I’ve ever done. The arrangements are very rare and original, perhaps with some resemblance to my first album, Responsibility of the 21st centurybut made at 25, not 19. I’m working with a fantastic producer named Paul Meany, who worked with Twenty One Pilots and was in a band called Mutemath.
I have a lot of energy and love to give so I won’t stop there. Many tell me to take a break, but I want to keep going. I love what I do and feel very lucky to be able to do it. I love the energy of rock and the chance to meet people. And I love it when people connect, which doesn’t happen very often in this world. I like it when people take a breather and really see the other person around them.
Source: Clarin
