Yungblud & Songwriting: The Politics & The Freakshow
It appears that the up and coming Yungblud has notched yet another impressive collaboration. The rising star has previously worked in league with Halsey, Machine Gun Kelly, Imagine Dragons and more. And this time around, he’s working with fellow rockers, Bring Me the Horizon.
Both acts just dropped a track titled, ‘Obey’. And much like the sinister undertone of the title, the song too dabbles with some pretty dark themes. Oh and the visualizer? It picks up on the good ol’ cliche of a monster stomping through a city. Interestingly enough, this content proves to be right up Yungblud’s alley as the star often chooses topics that are all sorts of bizarre but still urge you to contemplate. They take twists and turns down strange roads, ripe with political sentiment and open to all the anxieties of the youth. And that’s what makes his music stand apart.
So, in light of this brand new release, we’ve decided to give you a taste of Yungblud’s wackier side and strong political ideologies. And we’re doing this by shining the light on some of his most brilliant bits of songwriting. So, sit back because this is going to be one hell of a thrill ride!
Photo Credits: Yungblud Official Instagram
1. ‘I was born in a messed up century
My favorite flavored sweets are raspberry amphetamines
I brush my teeth with bleach
‘Cause I ain’t got time for cavities’
– “Parents”
2. ‘I see pictures in my head
A world where the suffering’s dead
And they can’t fight or unjustly arrest
Anybody for the color of their body
Psychotic kids, they don’t know what they want’
– “Psychotic Kids”
3. ‘They made me meditate
To analyze my mental state
They looked inside my brain
It turns out I’m not okay’
– “Machine Gun”
4. ‘I admit I’ve never been broke but I have been broken
Shout inside, she’ll switch you for a token of kindness
This one’s for you King Charles, you mess with the people
Took the taxes to fund the evil, sound familiar?’
– “King Charles”
5. ‘You look like a twisted Robin Hood
Do you take from the rich and the poor and us?
Wearin’ diamond shoes when you walk your pubs
In a time you curate where there ain’t no love’
– “Lemonade”
6. ‘I’m just a messed up kid
With sewn up lips
I can’t take this shit
I need to exist
B-burn me down till we’re nothin’ but enemies’
– “Casual Sabotage”
7. ‘Doctor, doctor, give me a remedy
To a red button doomsday melody
Tick-tick, boom! And it’s fatal
Doctor, doctor, consent happily
Take out my brain and my sanity’
– “Doctor Doctor”
8. ‘They’re gonna lock me in a closet, but I’m coming out
Singing fuck all the opression and the self doubt
Im gonna bite all of your fingers, put them in my mouth’
– “Strawberry Lipstick”
9. ‘In a place where they fail to inspire
I’m drinking the bleach so that I feel the fire
Inside is a riot but I’m in too deep’
– “21st Century Liability”
10. ‘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’
– “Hope for the Underrated Youth”
By: Nina Karun
