King Charles

* Single
* EP

"**King Charles**", released 7 April 2017, is the first song on YUNGBLUD's debut EP *YUNGBLUD*, as well as the EP's first single.

## Background

YUNGBLUD teased the release of *"King Charles"* on 4 April 2017, through his Twitter, he tweeted out a video of a static TV on standby and captioned it "17.04.17 #KingCharles", hinting at something to do with his first single. On 5 April, he then tweeted out a video teaser for King Charles, in the teaser the words "King Charles", "Coming", "07.04.17" appeared, announcing that the single was coming on 7 April 2017. On 11 April 2017, he posted a video himself listening to *"King Charles"* be played on BBC Radio 1 from the night before to Facebook, and thanked Huw Stephens for playing the track on BBC Radio 1 the next night. On On 1 May 2017, a lyric video for the song was made available to watch on his Facebook page, which he stated he had a lot of fun making. On 11 June 2017, he announced that a music video for *"King Charles"* was coming on 13 June through his social media The music video was then released on 13 June, to YouTube. Tenement TV branded *"King Charles"*, *"a protest song for the disenfranchised working classes"*.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

Stop being a twatty, brap

Happy, be fucking happy

[Verse 1]

And I'll admit I've never been broke but I have been broken

Shout in silence, while searching for a token

Out of kindness

This one's for you King Charles, you mess with the people

Took the taxes to fund the evil

Sound familiar?

The mindless divide us, but when we need guidance, you give us the silence

It's spineless and blindless, we will bite back, not sit here smiling

While they used to attack the student loans and the first time homes, it's time to know

That at the moment, they're neglecting the young, and it's really scary being under 21

[Chorus]

Honey, we want your money

Get out your wallet and give us your

Money and you might as well

Throw in your soul

[Interlude]

Sorry, mate

Eh, we're taking your car, brap

[Verse 2]

I see you just royal pretending, too sober to spend us

You talk about lease but then no one surrenders

From a cynical man, with no fucking plan

When it all goes wrong, there'll be no confession

Only a digression, a concession, a society's aggression

We'll create a phenomenal compression, on the heads of the youth

What do we do?

Say what do we do, man, what do we do?

What do we do, man, what do we do?

[Chorus]

Honey, we want your money

Get out your wallet and give us your

Money and you might as well

Give us your soul

[Bridge]

Mister, we're taking your car now, sir

We're taking your car now, sir

We're just taking your car now, sir

We're just taking your car now, sir

[Chorus]

Honey, we want your money

Get out your wallet and give us your

Money and you might as well

Throw in your soul, brap

Honey, we want your money

Get out your wallet and give us your

Money and you might as well

Throw in your soul

## Trivia

* Interpolations of the song are used as the theme song introduction for The YUNGBLUD Podcast, both instrumental and vocals.

## Credits

*\*Credits obtained from TIDAL.*

* Dominic Harrison — composer, lyricist
* Mati Schwartz — producer, composer, lyricist, mixer

## Buy/Stream

* YouTube (Music Video)
* Facebook (Lyric Video)
* SoundCloud
* Apple Music
* Deezer
* Tidal
* Google Play
* Spotify

## References

1. ↑ YUNGBLUD on Twitter: "17.04.17 #KingCharles" (4 April 2017)
2. ↑ YUNGBLUD on Twitter: "KING CHARLES" (5 April 2017)
3. ↑ Facebook — "Watch | Facebook" - YUNGBLUD celebrating King Charles on BBC Radio 1 (11 April 2017)
4. ↑ YUNGBLUD on Twitter: "Massive love to @huwstephens for spinning "King Charles" on his show on @BBCR1 last night" (11 April 2017)
5. ↑ Facebook — "Watch | Facebook" (Lyric Video for King Charles) (1 May 2017)
6. ↑ YUNGBLUD on Twitter: "We've had A LOT of fun putting the lyric video for King Charles together Check it out!!" (1 May 2017)
7. ↑ Facebook — "Watch | Facebook" (Annoucement for King Charles Music Video) (11 June 2017)
8. ↑ YouTube — "YUNGBLUD - King Charles" (13 June 2017)
9. ↑ Tenement TV — "YUNGBLUD ‘KING CHARLES’" (15 June 2017)
10. ↑ TIDAL — "Credits / YUNGBLUD / YUNGBLUD — TIDAL".