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British Pop-rock Artist Yungblud Gives New Interview

One thing to know about Yungblud - whose real name is Dominic Harrison - is that whatever he's doing, he'll be doing it "loud".

The larger-than-life pop star has admitted that he felt weighed down by other people's "expectations" of him, and has revealed that being Yungblud got too much for him at one point because he was too focused on what other people expected of him and were saying about him online.

The British rocker "preaches" about the importance of being yourself to his fans, but admitted he "forgot to do that myself".

Speaking to the latest digital issue of Hunger magazine, which he is the cover star of, the "Strawberry Lipstick" star said: "I'm not going to be the same artist that I am today as I am tomorrow. With success, and whatever the f*** "fame" means, comes expectation. I think it's really scary to fall into people's expectations, an artist should never become an expectation because you're not an expectation, that's the definition of being an artist. I'm going to do what I want, say what I feel, lead with my heart like I always do and I'm going to love as hard as I f****** can. I'm going to love my fans and hopefully they f****** love me back for whatever journey I want to take them on."

About his forthcoming single, "Fleabag", he added: "As I was saying, I think the expectation became too much – Yungblud became a real weight for me. I felt like there was a lot of speculation about me online and all I wanted to do was be myself, and I preach this message telling everyone else [to be yourself] but I forgot to do that myself. "Fleabag" is an expression of that. It's an expression about that, saying; "Don’t be an expectation, be yourself and be beautiful and be proud of it."

Hailing from Doncaster, the singer-songwriter also revealed that the biggest misconception about him is that he's a "fake poser punk".

He said: "I think a lot of people don't think that I know my s***. But my level of music knowledge is really deep and everything I do is done for a reason. A lot of people still think I'm this fake poser punk. I'm like, 'Test me on anything, I bet I'll f****** surprise you.' Yeah, come at me man!"

In 2018, Yungblud released his self-titled debut EP, followed by the full-length album 21st Century Liability shortly after. The following year, he released another EP, The Underrated Youth. His second album, Weird!, was released in late 2020 and peaked atop the UK Albums Chart, as well as reaching No. 75 on the US Billboard 200.

Still haven't picked up your copy of Yungblud's popular sophomore comic book Yungblud Presents: The Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club 2: Weird Times At Quarry Banks University, or looking for an awesome gift for a Yungblud fan? Click here now.

Watch Yungblud's performance of David Bowie's classic track "Heroes" at the Team GB Homecoming Concert in the U.K. [August 16], to celebrate their return from the Olympics in Toyko below:

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