Less than a year after the first part of his ‘Idols’ anthology came out, UK solo artist Yungblud has announced the second part will be dropping this Friday, the 20th of February.
Dominic Harrison was born in Doncaster in South Yorkshire in 1997, having made brief TV acting appearances in shows like Emmerdale, before launching his music career under the moniker Yungblud in 2017. On his journey, he’s had to overcome allegations of being a music industry plant owing to his meteoric rise from nowhere as a solo rock artist. After debut album ‘21st Century Liability’ in 2018 and breakout EP ‘The Underrated Youth’ in 2019, his last 4 major releases have all been number ones on the Official UK Album Chart, starting with ‘Weird’ in 2020, and ‘Yungblud’ in 2022. Last year saw him release the first chapter of ‘Idols’, as well as hitting the top spot with legendary US rock band Aerosmith on their ‘One More Time’ collaboration EP.
At last year’s “Back To The Beginning” Black Sabbath farewell concert, he at least temporarily stole the show with a stunning performance of Sabbath’s hit ‘Changes’ alongside Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, Sleep Token drummer II, Anthrax bassist Frank Bello, and former Ozzy Osbourne keyboard player Adam Wakeman. On the 1st of February this year, they were recognised with the Grammy award for Best Rock Performance.
‘Idols’ was announced as a double album before the first part’s release in June 2025, following several single releases. Opening track ‘Hello Heaven, Hello’ dropped as the first single, a bold move considering its 9 minute runtime. However it proved to be an engaging promo for the album – an ever-shifting theatrical piece of rock and roll opera in the same vein as Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, and certainly more ambitious than the average teen-heartthrob singer would dream of. Later single ‘Zombie’ also made waves with its strained emotional sound and moving NHS-inspired music video starring Oscar-nominated actress Florence Pugh.
Build-up for the second half of ‘Idols’ began with the January release of a new take on ‘Zombie’, recorded with The Smashing Pumpkins. Following a chance encounter backstage at “Back To The Beginning”, their frontman Billy Corgan agreed to work on the single. Earlier this afternoon, Yungblud took to social media to announce that the album would be arriving far sooner than anyone anticipated – in two days time. In the post as well as announcing its release date on Friday the 20th of February, he also showed off the physical presses and the full track list for the complete ‘Idols’ compilation. In addition to the new version of ‘Zombie’, there are six new singles to round the package off. The full track-listing is:
Hello Heaven, Hello
Idols Pt. 1
Lovesick Lullaby
Zombie
The Greatest Parade
Change
Monday Murder
Ghosts
Fire
War
Idols Pt. 2
Supermoon
I Need You (To Make The World Seem Fine)
The Postman
Zombie (feat. The Smashing Pumpkins)
Time
War Pt. II
Blueberry Hill
Suburban Requiem
‘Idols II’ is available to pre-save and pre-order through this link. His “Yungblud Idols World Tour” in support of it starts in the UK this April, stopping in Sheffield, Liverpool, Belfast, Dublin, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Birmingham, London and Manchester. Dates and tickets are available here.
