The YUNGBLUD Podcast

YUNGBLUD photographed by Tom Pallant

### Topics

Sexuality • Gender • Mental Health • Identity • Financial • Relationships • Sex • Disabilities • Music

### Platform(s)

BBC Sounds *(originally)*
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Anchor

**The YUNGBLUD Podcast** is a podcast by YUNGBLUD. It is produced and run by the BBC, on their platform. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, YUNGBLUD himself has altered between at-home Zoom calls with fans and friends and in-office Zoom calls based on travel permissions. The podcast was announced on 29 September 2020, via Twitter. and during his interview with Clara Amfo after performing his second BBC Live Lounge performance.

The podcast deals with themes of sexual and explicit natures. It deals with topics such as *Sexuality*, *Gender*, *Mental Health*, *Identity*, *Financial*, *Relationships*, *Sex*, *Disabilities* and *Music*. At the start, the BBC allowed fans to send in voice notes of personal things and topics they wanted to discuss on the podcast and fans would be randomly selected to be guests on the podcasts aside YUNGBLUD's own friends.

The theme song that plays in the background, while the subjects the episode will be about are summarised, are cut up interpolations of *"King Charles"* *(both the instrumental and vocals)*.

## About

Each week on Thursday, he’ll chat to one fan to discuss topics and issues affecting young people today, whether it be gender, sexuality, identity, money worries, friendships, style or mental health. YUNGBLUD stated *"I am so excited to be able to have one-on-one conversations with young people about what is going on in the world right now, and hear it from their perspective. I’m so sick and tired of talking about things from my perspective! I can’t wait to hear what they’ve got to say, and what we’ve got to say together"*

As well as his fans, YUNGBLUD has enlisted his friends on the podcast: Anaïs Gallagher, Adam Warrington, Jack Saunders, and KSI have all had episodes on the podcast.

On 3 December 2020, the BBC launched the podcast on other platforms as there was a wide request for the podcast to be available outside of the UK and BBC Sounds, they launched the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The YUNGBLUD Podcast is commissioned by Jason Phipps and Dylan Haskins for BBC Sounds, and is produced by BBC Audio Radio 1. The YUNGBLUD Podcast was recorded for BBC Sounds at Eastcote Studios in London, England.

## Achievements

* On 13 February 2021, it was announced by Music Week that The YUNGBLUD Podcast pulled in the biggest amount of young listeners for 2020, despite only premiering in October of 2020.
* The YUNGBLUD Podcast was nominated in the 'Best Wellness Podcast', 'Spotlight Award' and 'Listener's Choice' categories for the British Podcast Awards 2021. The podcast was placed in Silver position under 'Spotlight Award'
* The YUNGBLUD Podcast was nominated in the 'Best New Show' category for the ARIAS (Audio & Radio Industry Awards) 2021, the podcast won in the respective category.

## Press

*Only a few articles, before the premiere, have been selected.*

* **“LISTEN: The First Episode Of The YUNGBLUD Podcast”** — Rocksound *(22 October 2020)*
* **“Yungblud announces new BBC Sounds podcast”** — NME *(29 September 2020)*
* **“YUNGBLUD to host own BBC Radio 1 podcast series”** — BBC *(29 September 2020)*
* **“Yungblud Details New BBC Sounds Podcast”** — udiscovermusic *(29 September 2020)*
* **“YUNGBLUD To Host His Own BBC Radio 1 Podcast Series”** — Kerrang! *(29 September 2020)*
* **“BBC Radio 1 partners with YUNGBLUD for podcast series”** — On The Radio *(29 September 2020)*
* **“YUNGBLUD Announced A Tour & Podcast Just For You! — The Honey Pop”** — The Honey Pop *(1 October 2020)*
* **“Yungblud: 'Where I was from it was such a strange thing to be open about your sexuality'”** — musicnews *(22 October 2020)*

## References

1. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "THE YB PODCAST IS COMIN! this is YOUR time to talk. im gonna speak to one of YOU every episode. i wanna year YOUR opinions on the world and what you may be going through. go to @BBCSounds website no matter who or where you are in the world to apply 🖤🖤🖤 bbc.co.uk/send/u58626181" Posted 29 September 2020. Archived
2. ↑ BBC — "BBC Radio 1 - The Radio 1 Interview, Yungblud". Published 29 September 2020. Archived
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 BBC — "YUNGBLUD to host own BBC Radio 1 podcast series". Published 29 September 2020. Archived
4. ↑ Eastcote Studios (@eastcotestudios) on Instagram — "Congratulations to @yungblud for winning Best New Show at the Arias last night! “The Yungblud Podcast” was recorded for @bbcsounds right here in our snazzy new podcast studio." Posted 27 May 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
5. ↑ Music Week — "Yungblud's podcast pulls in biggest share of younger listeners on BBC Sounds" (13 February 2021) Archive
6. ↑ YUNGBLUD's on mars on Twitter: "wow." (12 February 2021) Archive
7. ↑ British Podcast Awards — "Nominations 2020 — British Podcast Awards". Retrieved 15 March 2022. Archived
8. ↑ British Podcast Awards — "2021 Winners — British Podcast Awards". Retrieved 15 March 2022. Archived
9. ↑ Music Week — "ARIAS 2021 audio & radio nominees: Yungblud, Jordan & Perri, George The Poet, Clara Amfo, Lauren Laverne & more". Published 21 April 2021. Written by Andre Paine. Retrieved 15 March 2022. Archived
10. ↑ Music Week — "Yungblud, Greg James, Jamz Supernova and George The Poet win at 2021 ARIAS". Published 26 May 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022. Archived