Hope For the Underrated Youth

* Single
* EP
* Album

"**Hope For the Underrated Youth**" *(stylised in lowercase)*, released 29 July 2019, is the fifth song on YUNGBLUD's third EP *the underrated youth* and the seventeenth song on the Japanese version of the second studio album *weird!*, as well as the EP's second single.

## Background

Leading up to the release of the song, he announced on 25 July that he had a "surprise" in London on a boat at the River Thames, and linked fans to a website to sign up to be on it. On 27 July, he got his fans on the boat, performed for them and then projected the words "There's Hope For the Underrated Youth" (stylised in upper case) onto the side of Houses of Parliament, which he later shared an image of on his social media. He announced on 28 July 2019 that the song would premiere the next day, on BBC Radio 1 during Annie Mac's Future Sounds as Annie Mac's Hottest Record in the World. On 24 September 2019, the official music video, directed by Andrew Sandler, premiered on his YouTube channel.

On Twitter, he stated the song is about freedom and hope for the youth. In a press statement, he said: *"It’s the first song that’s not been about me and my own experiences, it is partly but it’s about the people I’ve met and the things I hear. Every day, like, you wake up in a world that tries to put you, in a lane, it kinda tells you what to think, how to dress, how to look, how to think. The common denominator in the peple (sic) I meet, especially young people, is the constant optimism and fire and sense of equality that we want to achieve in the world and in the future, you know, and that’s what this song is about. This song is for us, sinners. The people that look at us for wanting to blur the lines of old division. This song is about the future being bright because we’re in it."* He later stated in a game of Fan vs Artist with a fan that he wrote the song in Halloween 2018, however the video has since been made private.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If I left today, would you wait for me

Or would you throw us all away like the magazines say?

Should I go right away? Cut all of my hair off

And change my second name from a juvenile state?

[Pre-Chorus]

And just take my heart out, that'll make it better

I won't be sorry, better late than never

Just take my heart out, that'll make it better

Hidin' all my feelings, but I know that I'm not dreaming

[Chorus]

'Cause there's hope for the underrated youth

And I'm so far from telling you the truth

'Cause you keep on pulling me down, pulling me down, pulling me down

Yeah, there's hope for the underrated youth

[Verse 2]

Every day is an episode, I pick and mix my self-control

My head won't let me go, like if I died, you'd never know

I made friends with the dark parts that are inside of my mind

I tie them up till they come up, spiking juvenile rhymes

And my eyes are about to blow, but that's all part of this freak show

My personality got fucked up by the Adderall

Got called an alien for bein' myself

I ain't got the patience to be someone else

[Pre-Chorus]

So just take my heart out, that'll make it better

I won't be sorry, better late than never

Just take my heart out, that'll make it better

Hidin' all my feelings, but I know that I'm not dreaming

[Chorus]

'Cause there's hope for the underrated youth

And I'm so far from telling you the truth

'Cause you keep on pulling me down, pulling me down, pulling me down

Yeah, there's hope for the underrated youth

[Bridge]

If I die, would you cry?

Or would you come and bury me alive?

If I die, would you cry?

Or would you come and bury me alive?

If I die, would you cry?

Or would you come and bury me alive?

If I die, would you cry?

Would you come and bury me alive?

(Would you come and bury me alive?)

[Chorus]

There's hope for the underrated youth

I'm so far from telling you the truth

Yeah, there's hope for the underrated youth

And I'm so far from telling you the truth

You keep on pulling me down, pulling me down, pulling me down

Yeah, there's hope for the underrated youth

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

## Trivia

* To promote the release of the song, YUNGBLUD and his team invited fans to a boat party in London, United Kingdom, which turned into revealing a projection of the words "THERE'S HOPE FOR THE UNDERRATED YOUTH" onto the parliament buildings in London, UK, in 2019 to promote the release of "Hope For the Underrated Youth".

## Buy/Stream

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

## Gallery

A projection on the parliament building in London, UKCover art for the song as a singleCover art on the EP

## References

1. ↑ Rocksound Magazine — "YUNGBLUD teases special surprise gig on a boat in the River Thames". Published 25 July 2019.
2. ↑ Rocksound Magazine — "YUNGBLUD staged a political statement on London's River Thames to unveil his new single". Published 29 July 2019.
3. ↑ Celeb Mix — "YUNGBLUD releases ‘Hope for the Underrated Youth’". Published 30 July 2019.
4. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "this song is about freedom of speech. this song is about freedom of expression. there is hope for this “underrated youth” and i believe the future looks bright because we are in it. H4TUY out now 🖤" Posted 29 July 2019.
5. ↑ PM Sudio — "YUNGBLUD Shares VEVO Lift Live Sessions Videos". Published 22 December 2019.
6. ↑ YouTube (NPO 3FM) — "YUNGBLUD: Fan vs. Artist". Published November 2019.
7. ↑ Drimble — "YUNGBLUD: "I´m so bad at this game!"". Published 10 November 2019.
8. ↑ Metro — "Yungblud puts on fan boat party and projects message onto Parliament - Metro News". Published 29 July 2019. Written by Kim Novak. Retrieved 16 June 2022. Archived