Yungblud has enlisted Florence Pugh for an emotional music video for new single “Zombie.” The emotional ballad will feature on his upcoming fourth studio albums, Idols, out June 20.
Pugh, who current stars in Marvel’s Thunderbolts has form for appearing in music videos. In 2023, she played the leading role in rising British indie star Rachel Chinouriri’s video for her single “Never Need Me.”
The video for “Zombie” shows the toll healthcarers face in their role, and Yungblud (real name: Dominic Harrison) explained the track’s origins in a new statement.
“The song was written initially about my grandmother going through serious injury and trauma, leading her to become a different person to who she was before,” he said. “It’s about the feeling of deterioration and ugliness; shutting out the world and the people we love out of the fear of becoming a burden or an embarrassment.”
The artist added, “We all want someone or something to comfort us no matter how we are right now or who we become in the future. But it’s f—ing scary.”
The song will feature on the British rocker’s upcoming double album Idols, which will be released in two parts. The first half will drop on June 20, a day before his headline set at his own festival Bludfest in Milton Keynes, England. Chase Atlantic, Rachel Chinouriri and Denzel Curry all feature on the lineup.
Harrison kicked off the Idols era back in March with the nine-minute LP opener “Hello Heaven, Hello” showcasing his intent. In an accompanying press release, he said of the song: “It’s a journey of self-reclamation, a goodbye to the past and how you may have known or perceived me before, and a hello to the future and where I’m going. It sets the precedent for what this album is.”
His past two albums under the Yungblud moniker — Weird! (2020) and Yungblud (2022) — both reached No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart.
Watch the Charlie Sarsfield-directed video for “Zombie” below.
