Weird!

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## Studio Albums Chronology

**Weird!** *(stylised in lowercase)* is the sophomore album from YUNGBLUD. After having a few announced release dates, and being pushed back each time, it was confirmed to be coming on 13th November 2020. However, it was pushed back a final time as the process of making physical copies of the album would take longer than normal due to the global pandemic; he announced through social media that the album would instead be released on **4th December 2020**. It was released through the labels as previous: Locomotion and Interscope.. It includes the singles *"weird!"*, *"strawberry lipstick"*, *"god save me but don't drown me out"*, *"cotton candy"* and *"mars"*, and is available on all platforms.

On 11 December 2020, *weird!* became his first UK Number 1 album, through the UK Official Charts. The album became BRIT ceritifed Silver on 12th March 2021, and certified Gold on 1st April 2022.

## Background

On 2 December 2019, he shared on social media that he was going *"a little mia"* to work on his sophomore album. On 3 December, Schwartz posted photos of himself and Harrison on his Instagram, with the caption stating that they were working on the second studio album in Spain. The next day, he clarified that he wasn't taking time off, just taking time to finish the second album. He then teased a poem—which turned out to be lyrics to *"Weird!"*—called "A Weird Time of Life" on 9 December. Throughout the process of making the album, he would occasionally tweet out pieces of poems that seem to be lyrics to songs. In May 2020, during an NME Interview he was asked about the album and he told them: *"The album is done and we’re going to start rolling it out. [Weird!] is the first chess move of that era. There’s a lot of diversity on [the album] – it’s like an episode of Skins in an album. Since the beginning of time, humans have been so complex and like 15 different personalities at once – but we’re the first generation to accept it and know that it’s alright to be who you are."*

During his second YUNGBLUD Show livestream, he announced that a single called *"Weird!"* would come out on 22 April, thinking that it could help fans cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Although he had previously teased it as "A Weird Time of Life", in the poem and in a tweet after posting the poem , he ultimately changed it, before it's release, to "Weird!". He tweeted out a link to pre-save the song, after the YUNGBLUD show ended. On 22 April, he shared the release of *"Weird!"* on Twitter, welcoming his fans to the new era.

On 20 October 2020, YUNGBLUD was featured on a Podcast called *After School Radio with Mark Hoppus* hosted by Mark Hoppus-a member of the band *blink-182*-in it he mentioned that the album was mainly produced in Los Angeles.

## Singles

     "Weird!" was the first single, released 22 April 2020. During his second YUNGBLUD Show livestream, he announced that a single called *"weird!"* would come out on 22 April, thinking that it could help fans cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Although he had previously teased it as "A Weird Time of Life", in the poem and in a tweet after posting the poem , he ultimately changed it, before it's release, to *"weird!"*. He tweeted out a link to pre-save the song on streaming services after the YUNGBLUD show ended. On 22 April, he shared the release of *"weird!"* on Twitter, welcoming his fans to the new era. *"weird!"* was co-written with Mati Schwartz and produced by Chris Greatti, Schwartz, Harrison and Zakk Cervini.
Without announcing that a music video was coming, a week later he shared the release of the music video on Twitter after it was released. Later on he did a bunch of interviews to promote the song and said that he wrote the song after performing at Brixton Academy *(21 November 2019)*. He stated that things were happening to him that had consumed him and made him depressed while things were going great for him as he was getting bigger as an artist. Speaking to NME, he stated:

> *"The past 18 months were so weird for me, I nearly lost my Mum in a car accident. I was in a relationship and got my heart broken. We blew up and got famous really quickly. I suffered from depression and thought about suicide again. It felt like I was walking down the pavement but I felt like I was going to fall down the cracks. It’s just been a dark, twisted, mental time. I thought that it was going to swallow me whole and I’d never be seen again – but I came out the other side of it."*
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     "Strawberry Lipstick" was the second single, released 16 July 2020. On 6 July 2020—the two year anniversary of *21st Century Liability* being released—fans explored their respective cities and found a poster giving hints about a new YUNGBLUD era, confused and excited they all took to social media to see if other fans understood what was going on. The posters depicted Harrison in true 70's punk style; outfit and hairstyle wise. The words *“Suck On My Strawberry Lipstick”* were written—almost like a scratch—in pink in capital letters. The posters could be found in places such as *Ireland*, *Sydney*, *France*, *Chile*, England (*London, Burham, Camden*) *Brazil*, United States (*Pittsburgh, Florida, Dallas*) *Italy*, *Polska*, *Pilsen* etc.. Harrison himself had not announced or talked about the existence of the posters before-hand so fans were surprised and confused about them. Hours later, he took to his Instagram to share a pre-recorded video of him burning the strait jacket from the album cover for *21st Century Liability*. In the video he was dressed in a similar style to the poster wearing the British flag to replace the costume; keeping the hairstyle. On 7 July 2020, Harrison took to his socials to share the cover art and date for a new single called *"strawberry lipstick"*. The song was then released on 16 July 2020.

     "God Save Me, But Don't Drown Me Out" was the third single, released 17 September 2020. On 15 September 2020, YUNGBLUD shared a video to his socials, the video involved him dressed up in different outfits doing different things, implying that he is multifaceted.. Two days later, 17 September 2020, he took to social media to announce the name, track list and the artwork of his upcoming second album.. *"god save me but don't drown me out"* was released on streaming platforms on 17 September 2020, a day later, Harrison took to Instagram to explain the song. Harrison later went live on Instagram to talk to fans and film himself signing physical copies of the album, whilst doing so he–presumably accidentally–hinted at a music video coming out the following week for the song. Later on Dom took to his Instagram story to explain why the video felt like his most important music video to make. The music video was then released 24 September 2020.

     "Cotton Candy" was the fourth single, released 9 October 2020. On 1 March 2020, YUNGBLUD took to his Instagram story, to tells fans that he *"jus (sic) wrote a song about sex"*. Almost 6 months later, on 24 September 2020, he announced the title of the album and the track list and artwork for the album. *"cotton candy"* was seen as the second song on the album.

During a live stream, a fan asked him what song he was most nervous for fans to hear and he told them that he was most nervous for *"cotton candy"* because fans haven't heard him like this before. He began dropping hints that there was a song coming that is *heavily* about sex. On 6 October 2020, he announced that *"cotton candy"* was going to be the fourth single. He shared a photo of himself sitting down naked to Instagram and Twitter to start off promoting the song, the caption stated that sex isn't a sin and asked fans if they were ready for the single. He did an Instagram live-stream to celebrate the release of the song a few minutes before it was released, where he hung out with his friends, drank champagne and talked to a few fans.

The music video was released 15 October 2020, it was filmed in Kiev, Ukraine, filming started 1 October. The music video was directed by Tanu Muino, a Ukraine music video director and editor.

     "Mars" was the fifth single, released 27 November 2020. On 25 November 2020, YUNGBLUD announced the fifth single, "*mars*". The song was inspired by a transgender girl's story, she met YUNGBLUD on the 2018 Vans Warped Tour and told him that her parents weren’t accepting of her gender, but with the impact and support of the community, her parents started to accept her as their daughter.

In an interview at Paaspop YUNGBLUD was asked what his favorite fan moment was, he answered: *“ I remember on Vans Warped Tour, it was kinda crazy, I remember this one girl came up to me and she said that she had sex change, she was formerly a boy and that my music helped her get through that and feel that her identity—it was okay to be herself. And that was fucking crazy for me, and I can tell you that there’s a song on the new album, about her, and how inspiring it was to kind of help someone like that, it’s fucking crazy that our community helped someone feel like they could be themselves and take a huge step and achieve their goal of wanting to be themself. ”* The release date and music video were announced through social media on 25 November 2020, just two days prior to its release.

     "Acting Like That" was the sixth and final single, released 2 December 2020. In December 2019, YUNGBLUD, Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker's first single *(I Think I'm OKAY)* was certified Gold in the United States, to celebrate they decided to have a party at The Roxy Theatre. They invited fans and played an unreleased song, it was posted to social media by a fan who went to the party and recorded the song. Upon hearing it fans collectively decided the placeholder name to be "acting like that". In November 2020, Travis Barker posted to his story a picture of a whiteboard with the original track list of Tickets To My Downfall (Machine Gun Kelly's sixth studio album), fans noticed it included "acting like that" with YUNGBLUD as a feature. When the album was released, the song did not appear on it. A month later, the song was released as a surprise single due to go on the digital version of YUNGBLUD's album with YUNGBLUD as the main artist, and Machine Gun Kelly as the feature. It did not mkae it onto the physical production of the album due to CD and Vinyl production already starting.

## Track Listing

All tracks are stylised in lowercase, as is reflected here.

### Notes

#### For the digital edition of the album

* *"Acting Like That"* was added on last minute as it was not planned to be on the album, and didn't make it to being recorded onto physical copies, it only appears on the digital versions: YouTube, Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music etc...
* *"Parents"* was later added after release to the digital version seemingly due to labels wanting more streams for it.

## Charts

* #1 - Official Charts Company (United Kingdom)
* #6 - ARIA Charts (Australian)
* #10 - Billboard Top Rock Albums (United States)
* #21 - Offizielle Top 100 (German)
* #26 - Ultratop Flanders (Belgian)
* #28 - Official Charts Company (Irish)
* #39 - Ö3 Austria
* #47 - ZPAV (Polish)
* #57 - Album Top 100 (Dutch)
* #75 - Billboard 200 (United States)
* #80 - FIMI (Italian)
* #94 - ČNS IFPI (Czech)

## Certifications

* Gold - BRIT Certified (1st April 2022)
* Silver - BRIT Certified (12th March 2021)

## Gallery

* Promotional/Merch

* CDs, Cassettes & Vinyls
* Clothing
* Misc.
* Artwork

Standard CDDom CDThe Girl CDBoy 2 CDThe Drag CDThe Punk CDBoy 1 CDThe Geek CDStandard white cassetteGod Save Me cassette (Boy 2)Cotton Candy cassette (The Drag)Standard white vinylWebstore exclusive transparent "Ice Cream Man" vinylRetail exclusive limited edition black "Night Time" vinyl

Standard artworkStandard artwork back coverIce Cream Man artworkNight Time artworkThe drag version of YUNGBLUDThe nerd version of YUNGBLUDThe girl version of YUNGBLUDThe punk version of YUNGBLUDThe boy version of YUNGBLUD

## References

1. ↑ YUNGBLUD on Twitter: “WEIRD! the album will be released on friday 13th of november. embrace the strange. never settle for being anything less than 100% who you are even if that’s 15 different people all at the same time. GO PRE ORDER NOW!!! i love you all so much🖤 #weareweird yungblud.lnk.to/weirdalbum” (24 November 2020)
2. ↑ YUNGBLUD on Twitter: "important announcement!!! please watch. Weird! december 4th. this is our story, and it will be fooking perfect. fuck this virus , i promise im doin everything i can. i love you all so much 🖤🧷🖤" (21 October 2020)
3. ↑ YUNGBLUD on Instagram: "important announcement!!! please watch. Weird! december 4th. this is our story, and it will be fooking perfect. fuck this virus , i promise im doin everything i can. i love you all so much 🖤🧷🖤" (21 October 2020)
4. ↑  iTunes — weird! by YUNGBLUD (24 September 2020)
5. ↑ YUNGBLUD on Twitter: "WE FOOKIN DID IT! WEIRD! is the @officialcharts NUMBER 1 album in the U.K.! this album is our story, our families achievement. to show that im melting this award down and turnin it into 150 safety pins and i am going to send them to you. i love you more than you will ever know!🖤" (11 December 2020)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 BPI — "Award - bpi". Published 1 April 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023. Archived
7. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "gonna go a little mia for a couple days to clear my head n try to finish writing this fookin album. miss u wanna kiss u ... don’t cause too much trouble while im gone" Posted 2 December 2019.
8. ↑ Matt schwartz (@mblackuk) on Instagram — "@yungblud Album 2 “The Spain Sessions” 🤘🤘🤘🖤🖤🖤" Posted 3 December 2019.
9. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "every1 thinks im takin time off ... im writing this fuckin albuuum maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan. kk bye im going back under the rock." Posted 4 December 2019.
10. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "wrote this a couple nights ago. it sums up a lot of shit ive felt this year. can’t fookin wait to put music to it. don’t wreck your brain, it’s gonna be alright were just in a weird time of life" Posted 9 December 2019.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 NME — "Yungblud talks “optimistic” new era for second album: “It’s like an episode of ‘Skins’!”". Published 24 April 2020.
12. ↑ YouTube — "THE YUNGBLUD SHOW LIVE ep.2". Published 16 April 2020.
13. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "it is a fuckin weird time of our lives but i think maybe , just maybe we’re gonna be alright ..." Posted 24 January 2020.
14. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "Weird! a new era. april 22nd. are you ready? https://yungblud.lnk.to/weirdpresave" Posted 16 April 2020.
15. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "welcome to the new fookin era !!!! Weird! out now (link in bio) https://YUNGBLUD.lnk.to/Weird" Posted 22 April 2020.
16. ↑ Apple Podcasts — "Marks Gets Yunger". Published 20 October 2020.
17. ↑ YouTube — "THE YUNGBLUD SHOW LIVE ep.2". Published 16 April 2020.
18. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "it is a fuckin weird time of our lives but i think maybe , just maybe we’re gonna be alright ..." Posted 24 January 2020.
19. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "Weird! a new era. april 22nd. are you ready? https://yungblud.lnk.to/weirdpresave" Posted 16 April 2020.
20. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "welcome to the new fookin era !!!! Weird! out now (link in bio) https://YUNGBLUD.lnk.to/Weird" Posted 22 April 2020.
21. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "WEIRD! video. OUT NOW https://yungblud.lnk.to/WeirdMusicVideo" Posted 27 April 2020.
22. ↑ jane 🧚🏻‍♀️🦇🍓 (@janickanemetu) on Twitter — "@yungblud spotted in pilsen in the czech republic 👀🍓 @YungbludArmy" Posted 6 July 2020.
23. ↑ MISS ANARCHIST🍓 (@hurricaneblud) on Twitter — "GUYS SO I’M ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I JUST SAW THIS ??? PLEASE EXPLAIN @yungblud @YungbludArmy 👀🍓🖤" Posted 6 July 2020.
24. ↑ YUNGBLUD updates (@updatesblud) on Instagram — "IG Stories ・ July 6 #yungblud" Posted 6 July 2020.
25. ↑ YUNGBLUD updates (@updatesblud) on Instagram — "IG Stories ・ July 6 #yungblud" Posted 6 July 2020.
26. ↑ Album Cover — 21st Century Liability
27. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Instagram — "it’s time to step out of the 21st century ... 🖤🍓🖤" Posted 6 July 2020.
28. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "it’s time to step out of the 21st century ... 🖤🍓🖤" Posted 6 July 2020.
29. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Instagram — "strawberry lipstick. out july 16th. it all fookin begins. are you ready? 🖤🍓💄🖤" Posted 7 July 2020.
30. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "strawberry lipstick. out july 16th. it all fookin begins. are you ready? 🖤🍓💄🖤 YUNGBLUD.lnk.to/Strawberry-Lipstick-Presave" Posted 7 July 2020.
31. ↑ Rocksound — "YUNGBLUD HAS ANNOUNCED HIS NEW SINGLE ‘STRAWBERRY LIPSTICK’". Published 7 July 2020.
32. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "what does it mean to be weird!? finally, it all begins thursday. it’s here. ill see you there. u ready? 🖤🧷🖤" Posted 2 October 2020.
33. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Instagram — "what does it mean to be weird!? finally, it all begins thursday. it’s here. ill see you there. are u ready? 🖤🧷🖤" Posted 2 October 2020.
34. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "WEIRD! the album will be released on friday 13th of november. embrace the strange. never settle for being anything less than 100% who you are even if that’s 15 different people all at the same time. GO PRE ORDER NOW!!! i love you all so much🖤 #weareweird yungblud.lnk.to/weirdalbum" Posted 2 October 2020.
35. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Instagram — "WEIRD! the album will be released on friday 13th of november. i cannot wait for you to fall into this world with me. together let’s re define what it means to be “different”. embrace the strange. never settle for being anything less than 100% who you are, even if that’s 15 different people all at the same time. i love each and every one of you for who exactly who you are. you saved my fucking life! what does it mean to be weird? let’s find out. GO PRE ORDER NOW!!! (link in bio) oh ... and btw there’s a song out too 🖤🧷🖤 #weareweird" Posted 2 October 2020.
36. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Instagram — "GOD SAVE ME , BUT DONT DROWN ME OUT IS OUT NOW!!! this is probably the song that safety pins the whole album together. it was the last song i wrote off weird! and it was written at 4 am the night before i delivered the album. i kept everyone in the studio all night, so to the boys im sorry. i felt the emotion coming up my back and was crying my fucking eyes out for the whole vocal take, i think you can fuck in hear it 😭 this song is for anyone laying awake at 4 am wondering why they cant break through wall or why they aren’t good enough. we all get lost, we all find it hard to keep fighting and to be ourselves but we’re gonna get through it together. I WONT LET MY INSECURITIES DEFINE WHO I AM! 🖤🧷🖤" Posted 2 October 2020.
37. ↑ YUNGBLUD updates (@updatesblud) on Instagram — "IG Stories ・ 23rd September 2020" Posted 2 October 2020.
38. ↑ YouTube — "YUNGBLUD - god save me, but don’t drown me out (official video)". Published 2 October 2020.
39. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "WEIRD! the album will be released on friday 13th of november. embrace the strange. never settle for being anything less than 100% who you are even if that’s 15 different people all at the same time. GO PRE ORDER NOW!!! i love you all so much🖤 #weareweird yungblud.lnk.to/weirdalbum" Posted Retrieved 8 October 2020.
40. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "sex ain’t a sin. cotton candy out friday. u ready? 🖤🍒🍬🖤" Posted Retrieved 8 October 2020.
41. ↑ YUNGBLUD updates (@updatesblud) on Instagram — "sex ain’t a sin. cotton candy out friday. u ready? 🖤🍒🍬🖤" Posted Retrieved 8 October 2020.
42. ↑ YUNGBLUD CHILE OFFICIAL (@yungbludoficial.cl) on Instagram — "Dom Ig Live (8/10)" Posted Retrieved 10 October 2020.
43. ↑ YouTube — "YUNGBLUD- cotton candy (Official Music Video)". Published 15 October 2020.
44. ↑ Tanu Muino (@tanumuino) on Instagram — "@yungblud - Cotton Candy is out now! Dom, you are the craziest, sweetest, talented person I know!" Posted 15 October 2020.
45. ↑ YouTube (3FM Gemist) — "YUNGBLUD wrote a track about a fan for next album - Paaspop - 3FM Gemist". Published 22 April 2019.
46. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Instagram — "the most important thing we’ve ever made is out tomorrow. MARS. midnight (local time) 9pm (for pacific). video friday 5pm (gmt). is there any life on mars? 🖤👽🖤" Posted 25 November 2020.
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