Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
2 January 2026
Credit: Tom Pallant
After his Ozzy celebration with Aerosmith a couple of months ago,
flamboyant English star YUNGBLUD dropped a collaborative track
today with those other heavy rock kingpins The Smashing Pumpkins.
Together, they come up with a remarkable rendition of Yungblud‘s
emotional power ballad ZOMBIE from last year’s album Idols.
British indies PALE WAVES are making, eh, waves since 2014, mostly in their home country with darkwavish pop tunes. So far, they released 4 albums, with last year’s Smitten as the most recent.
Last weekend they took the stage at the Reading Leeds Festival. As many acts do at festivals, they also did a cover. Their version ofThe Cranberries‘s classic anthem Zombie (more than 1,5 billion streams on Spotify) is copied/pasted, but it works, so does the crowd think.
Artist: YUNGBLUD Who: English singer-songwriter celeb born, named Dominic Richard Harrison 27 years ago.
He released his debut EP in 2018. From there on it he headed to stardom in a straight line.
Press info: Having sold out tours and headlined festivals around the globe, including
his own music festival, Yungblud releases his highly anticipated fourth album, Idols.
With #1 albums in seven countries and a reputation for defying convention, Yungblud describes Idols as “a project with no limitations.”
Kerrang says: “It’s a go-getter of a record that pays homage to the greats whilst still feeling brand new. Yungblud’s outlandishness makes him a hard pill to swallow for some, but his guts, drive, and devotion to his craft cannot be denied.”
TUTV: His best. Whether he unleashes uptempo, slow tempo or mid-tempo tunes
on your speakers, Yungblud scores. Half the album are singles worthy tracks. Wowzers.
His passionate, dynamic and vitalized performances, juiced with some drama, bombast and lost of rhapsody lift this new record to hit status. Ladies and gents we have a pop-ular winner.
