Yungblud has shared a brand new documentary exploring the making of the music video for his music, “Zombie.” The observe seems on his fourth studio album, Idols, which he launched on June twentieth.
The music video, which premiered on Could thirtieth, is described as a “love letter to nurses,” and stars Florence Pugh as a hardworking healthcare employee navigating a late-night shift. As Yungblud particulars within the documentary (the newest episode of Vevo’s Footnotes collection), he reached out to Florence Pugh on Instagram to ask if she’d be all for collaborating on a video, sharing: “I’m a really big fan of her work. It was amazing to hear that she’s a fan of mine.”
“I always try to align myself and my career with people that inspire me,” Pugh added. “Dom inspires me but in an even more important way because his soul and authenticity is so electric and full of love. It made me leap at the opportunity of collaborating.”
Based on Yungblud, “Zombie” attracts inspiration from his grandmother’s dying attributable to dependancy, and explores “the reluctance of asking for help out of fear that we may be seen as a burden.” Yungblud says he wished to focus on healthcare employees attributable to their dedication to folks combating every kind of illnesses.
To organize the video, he and director Charlie Sarsfield spoke to a number of nurses about their experiences within the subject—the music itself took almost 5 years to finish, with Yungblud recording the guitar half six separate instances. In the end, the music laid the groundwork for what would grow to be Idols. The album’s different singles embrace “Lovesick Lullaby” and “Hello Heaven, Hello.”
“Me and my producer set a challenge: What would it be like if we eradicated any external inspiration and just picked up two guitars, turned off the computers and wrote about what was in my heart?” Yungblud recalled.
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