Dominic Richard Harrison (born 5 August 1997), better known as YUNGBLUD (pronounced "Youngblood"), is an English singer, songwriter and actor from Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
After a brief spell as a child actor (during which he appeared in one episode of Emmerdale as well as a show on Disney Channel), he began his music career in 2017 with the singles "King Charles", "I Love You, Will You Marry Me" and "Tin Pan Boy", following them up with his debut EP, YUNGBLUD and his debut album 21st Century Liability. In 2019, he scored two hit singles, both duets produced by Travis Barker - "11 Minutes" with Halsey and "I Think I'm Okay" with Machine Gun Kelly, before releasing another EP, The Underrated Youth. His second album, Weird!, was released in late 2020 and peaked at the top of the UK Albums Chart and reached number 75 on the US Billboard 200, followed up by his third album, YUNGBLUD (not to be confused with his earlier EP of the same title) in 2022. This album became his second number 1 album in the UK. He has received criticism for his persona, which is often mistaken for punk (although he does not consider himself to be one), as well as some of his behaviour during stage performances. He sees himself and his fans as forming a subculture-like societal movement, and has a personal philosophy based mainly around love and self-expression.
Discography:
Extended Plays
- YUNGBLUD (2018)
- The Underrated Youth (2019)
- HI! NICE TO MEET YA! (2021)
Albums
- 21st Century Liability (2018)
- Weird! (2020)
- YUNGBLUD (2022)
Tropes
- The Cameo: "Acting Like That" features a cameo appearance from makeup influencer Abby Roberts.
- Cover Version: "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" (with Halsey) and "cardigan" (which he mashed up with "I'm With You").
- He also joined Machine Gun Kelly for some of Kelly's "Lockdown Sessions" during the COVID-19 Pandemic lockdown, in which they covered "What I Got" and "Champagne Supernova".
- I Just Want to Have Friends: Has mentioned several times in interviews that this was one of his key motivations for pursuing a music career in the first place.
- Intercourse with You: "Cotton Candy" and its music video.
- Rap Rock: Some of his work, such as "Parents", features rapping over rock instrumentation.
- Real Men Wear Pink: Frequently wears dresses, skirts, nail polish, eye make-up and lipstick.
- He also forms a literal example of this trope, as he is well-known for always wearing pink socks.
- He even has a song which is partly about how he likes to wear these things - "The Boy in the Black Dress".
- Sampling: "Tissues" is based around an interpolation of "Close to Me" by The Cure.
- Zombie Apocalypse: The music video for "Acting Like That" takes place during one.
