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British rocker YUNGBLUD explains why British food isn't actually bad, calls Florence Pugh "one of the most exciting British artists," and spills new details about his upcoming studio album 'IDOLS.'  0:30 — British food 2:31 — Music  4:25 — Florence Pugh  5:39 — War Movies 6:38 — Tattoos  8:07 — Summer vacation

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00:00We didn't really want to adhere to, like, oh, these...

00:04Fucking police, man.

00:05Trying to find me, aren't they?

00:07I'm telling you.

00:08I've done some naughty shit this week in New York.

00:10Anyway, sorry.

00:11Sorry, you can fucking say that.

00:14Nothing illegal.

00:15Just naughty.

00:17Hello, Rolling Stone. How's it going?

00:19I'm Youngblood and this is my recommendations.

00:30I'm sick of the fucking myth that British food is shit.

00:35Especially America's emeralds are like, hey, British food.

00:37It's amazing.

00:38You've got to think the size of England is like the size of New York.

00:41So, like, it's all locally sourced food.

00:44I would definitely go for a Sunday roast.

00:46It's like Thanksgiving every Sunday.

00:48Because it just hits the spot.

00:50You get beef, horseradish, gravy, carrots.

00:53Sorry to the vegans, but, like, duck fat potatoes, rock salt on them,

00:57gravy, red cabbage if you're posh.

01:00Nice pint.

01:01It'll sort you out.

01:02Especially when it's cold and raining.

01:04Warm you up.

01:05Look at them.

01:06Look at them.

01:07Look at the birds.

01:08Look at the roasties.

01:09Oh, classic.

01:10Mmm.

01:11There are some viral videos going around.

01:13Go on then.

01:19They've all been getting a bit fucking naughty.

01:21Everyone's like, let's do a shot.

01:23I've had, like, half a bottle of whiskey in 20 minutes.

01:26Everyone's like, let's do a shot.

01:27And I can't say no, can I?

01:28So the more drunk I get, the more naughty I get.

01:31It started because I was a little bit lonely in London.

01:35And my favorite pub is about a five minutes walk from my house,

01:38called the All The Arms in Camden.

01:40Everyone's like, yo, you should work a shift to celebrate the song.

01:44Of course the corporate bollocks has got to get involved

01:47and take a wholesome moment and make it fucking promotion.

01:50I did it, like, two nights later.

01:52And we went down and we just had a party in London.

01:55And it's just been giving me a little bit of life and a bit of energy

01:57and a bit of reality.

01:58She does feed me the lime.

01:59She was like, can I feed you the lime?

02:01I was like, all right.

02:02People have been pretty inappropriate.

02:04I'm not going to lie to you.

02:05Like, can I order you?

02:06I'm like, that is not original.

02:07No, you fucking can't.

02:08You can have a drink.

02:09Everyone started putting 20s in me little fucking waistband as well.

02:12I'm like, I'm not, you know what I'm saying?

02:14I'm not going to take my clothes off.

02:16Maybe if my fucking music's, like, just shite,

02:19I'll have to take my clothes off for it, not just bartend.

02:23Nightmare.

02:24He's like, you're a fucking nightmare.

02:26I run my mouth too much in interviews.

02:28I love it.

02:32All-time greats.

02:33Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pot, Sex Pistols, Lady Gaga, Nine Inch Nails,

02:39Depeche Mode, Ozzy Osbourne.

02:41I've never got to see him play live, but I will soon.

02:44He's doing their last Sabbath gig.

02:46Gave me this necklace, actually.

02:48I wear it every day, because he was in my music video

02:51and he ran me over with a car.

02:53The fuck was that?

02:54Just some fucking poser.

02:56I'd run him over again then.

02:58And he gave me this, and he was just, I hope it brings you luck.

03:00He's definitely brought me, he's given me something.

03:03Tetanus.

03:04No, I'm joking.

03:06I just would love to be a fly on the wall every time Gaga walks into a team

03:11and goes, right, this is what we're doing next.

03:13She's just herself, isn't she?

03:15You know what I mean?

03:16She's mad.

03:17She has a beautiful mind and a limitless imagination, you can tell.

03:22I've been on a little bit of an old-school kick,

03:25a little bit of country music, old-school Merle Haggard, Hank Williams.

03:29I like this new song, Moody, by Royal Otis.

03:32I've been listening to a lot of albums, start to finish.

03:35You know, I really wanted Idols.

03:38Our new album, we wanted to do something without form

03:41that would have a through line through it.

03:42An attempt to make something classic and timeless.

03:45You know, we wanted to instrumentally not use anything

03:49that would be adherent to a period.

03:51You know what I mean?

03:52I think we were listening to a lot of Pink Floyd,

03:53we were listening to a lot of Rumors, a lot of Led Zeppelin.

03:55I wanted to build a world that would allow you to go on an adventure

04:00that would question the fundamentals of humanity.

04:03Time, change, life, death, and comprehending mortality.

04:09All I want to do is make people feel something.

04:12I really didn't care about, like, bangers or making something catchy or instant.

04:18I actually think this is my least instant album.

04:20You know, I feel like people on day one might be like,

04:22what the fuck has he done here?

04:27Florence Pugh, in my opinion, is one of the most exciting British artists in a long time, I think.

04:33She has this individuality that is not adherent to anyone else.

04:37Like, she is completely legit and individual within her own style in her own time.

04:44When I wrote the song Zombie, I knew I had to have a really important British artist in the video

04:52because the song is so deep, so emotional, but so fundamentally English.

04:57You know, I was, like, mind blown watching her on set.

04:59And she's just a legend.

05:01You can tell, man, she's just sat in a pub on a Sunday with a pint of Guinness, talking shit.

05:06And this song is about losing my grandparents.

05:09My grandmother died of alcoholism and she was the most epic, effervescent woman.

05:16Like, she taught me how to wear leopard print and that, you know what I mean?

05:19To watch her kind of fade was really hard for me and my family

05:23because she was such a main character within it.

05:26And I wrote this song about kind of not being able to comprehend losing someone, you know?

05:32Fucking hell, that's me grandma.

05:36She's fucking spooky bitch, my grandma. I love her.

05:41I really like war movies.

05:42Like, I ain't chilling.

05:43I ain't sitting in me fucking tour bus watching Notting Hill.

05:46I'm watching, like, Saving Private Ryan at 10 in the morning.

05:49Like, ah, my fucking leg.

05:51I think I can put it back in.

05:53Ah!

05:54Anything Ridley Scott.

05:55Guy Ritchie.

05:56So I like Lord of the Rings and fantasy shit.

05:59Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter.

06:02Shame the writer's a twat.

06:05It's fucking true though, innit?

06:06I don't know why.

06:07It's just my thing.

06:08It's like me and my dad's thing.

06:09I like anything World War II.

06:11I would love to be in a war movie.

06:13If there's any casting directors out there, please hit me up.

06:16Do you know what I want to be in?

06:17DC movie.

06:18I want to play, like, the Riddler.

06:20Please, DC.

06:21Give me a fucking shot.

06:26You know what I'm saying?

06:27Something shit like that.

06:28This chair's wild.

06:30You gotta get a new fucking chair.

06:32Rolling Stone, man.

06:33You fucking loaded magazine and you give me this shit.

06:35Times are hard at Rolling Stone.

06:41I really like getting tattooed.

06:42It was a dream that Mark Mahoney did all my tattoos.

06:45Like, calling the godfather of tattooing.

06:47Real artist, you know what I mean?

06:48I love this one.

06:49He did no stencil on this.

06:51I like my tramp stamp.

06:53Even though it looks like it says weed, it doesn't.

06:55It says weep with a P.

06:57Don't forget to live.

06:58About being present in life.

06:59Not letting things pass you by.

07:01You know, I think we can get so distracted.

07:03Like, you wake up, you turn your phone on,

07:04you compare yourself to 15 different people before breakfast.

07:07You forget to live.

07:09What's the recovery like?

07:11Pull me second skin off after about six hours.

07:13Get in the shower and I go...

07:16And I wash it.

07:17And then I put cream on.

07:18Don't put scented cream on, no.

07:20Or don't put...

07:21What's the, um...

07:22What's the bollocks one?

07:23Aquaphor, don't do that.

07:24Make your ink drop out.

07:25I put a vino on it.

07:27A little bit of Aquaphor's alright, but not too much

07:29because I think it'll make your ink fall out.

07:31That's what I've heard anyway.

07:32From the pros.

07:34So if you're all coming after me in the comments section,

07:36it's not my fault.

07:38I got my first tattoo.

07:39It's an elephant on my arse.

07:41And it's 16.

07:42And then I got these fingers tattoos in LA.

07:45I think I was about 17.

07:47And my fan base call themselves a black arts club.

07:49And I got these on my fingers and posted it on the internet.

07:52I think there's probably like half a million black art tattoos now,

07:55which is sick.

07:56The world was telling me what I am.

07:58What I couldn't be or what I should be.

08:00It was so frustrating.

08:01The most beautiful thing about a tattoo is you get to completely reinvent yourself.

08:08Summer vacation.

08:11Do you know what I like?

08:12I like the Bahamas.

08:13It's a place called Harbour Island.

08:14Don't put on shoes for a week.

08:16I try to chill, but then everyone I'm with is just like,

08:20yo, will you just calm down?

08:22Because I'm like fidgeting.

08:23I want to go somewhere all the time.

08:25I like the Amalfi Coast in Italy.

08:27Good food on the Amalfi Coast.

08:29Fucking tomatoes are like the size of pumpkins.

08:32And then I'm like, yo, ciao, Italia.

08:34Is that a fucking pumpkin?

08:35No, it is a tomato.

08:37Are you crazy?

08:38Are you English crazy?

08:39I ain't taking a vacation in a while.

08:41I want one now, but like, I've just started an album campaign, so I'm fucked.

08:45I think that last vacation I had, I was in Marbella.

08:48And I wish I'd chilled more.

08:50It was a little bit more of a party time.

08:52I am on vacation.

08:53I'm in New York.

08:54I'm not from here.

08:56New York has been a cruel mistress.

08:58Everyone's been dragging me out because everyone's here.

09:00I'm into New York.

09:01I could move here.

09:02It's effervescent and energetic, I think.

09:05Like, it's not sad even when it's raining.

09:07London can get a bit sad, a bit mopey.

09:10But New York, it's raining and everyone's like, let's fucking have it.

09:15Do you know what I love about New York is they're honest.

09:17Someone will just come up to me and like, I like your outfit.

09:19Someone will come up to me like, you look, I could swat today.

09:21And I like that you can get a good slice of pizza any time of day.

09:24Scars Pizza, actually.

09:25You've been to Scars Pizza?

09:27Yeah, yeah, you're nodding, aren't you?

09:29My fucking grandmother, do you hear that?

09:31This is going to be fun to cut around.

09:33Please make it a fun cut.

09:34Fucking legends, man.

09:36I fucking enjoyed that.

09:40And I love sick lullaby.

09:44Love sick lullaby.

09:47Love sick lullaby.

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