The track dropped 30 May, marking the latest release of Yungblud’s upcoming album ‘Idols’. The video stars Florence Pugh as a healthcare worker pushed to her limits, overwhelmed by her workload despite keeping a brave face as she helps her patients. Yungblud says that the track is about battling self-esteem and body-confidence issues, inspired by his grandmother’s experiences dealing with a serious injury.

He shares in a statement: “The song was written initially about my grandmother going through serious injury and trauma, leading her to become a different person to who she was before.

“It’s about the feeling of deterioration and ugliness; shutting out the world and the people we love out of the fear of becoming a burden or an embarrassment.

“We all want someone or something to comfort us no matter how we are right now or who we become in the future. But it’s f*cking scary.”

Pugh shares her admiration for Yungblud in an Instagram post, telling her fans: “I believe in everything @yungblud stands for and am absolutely inspired by how he uses his art and his voice. Being a part of his music video for ‘Zombie’ feels surreal to me.”

She adds: “I haven’t known him for long but I’m just so proud of this beautiful British talent. Thank you for having me on your journey and thank you for making this love letter to nurses all around. What a privilege it is to make epic things, with epic people for great reasons.”

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In an interview with Rolling Stone, Yungblud reciprocates the sentiment, expressing his respect for Pugh, and how he’d always envisioned her taking the lead role in the video: “Florence Pugh, in my opinion, is one of the most exciting British artists in a long time. I think she has this individuality that is not adherent to anyone else. She is completely legit and individual within her own style in her own time.”

He adds: “The song is so deep, so emotional, but so fundamentally British. I was like mind blown watching her on set. And she’s just a legend. You can tell, man. She’s just sat in a pub on a Sunday with a pint of Guinness, just talking sh*t.”

The rock musician is no stranger to a pub. In April, to celebrate the release of ‘Lovesick Lullaby’, another track from ‘Idols’, Yungblud worked behind the bar at his favourite London pub, the Hawley Arms in Camden. He’d helped out behind the bar as far back as 2019. More recently, on 31 May, both he and Florence Pugh were spotted serving pints in a London pub to celebrate the release of ‘Zombie’, this time at The Devonshire in Piccadilly. The stars were seen trying their best to pour a perfect pint of Guinness, with Pugh receiving cheers from customers after a successful attempt.

@londonbeautifullife YUNGBLUD and Florence Pugh pouring pints of Guiness. @yungblud @Universal Music @JayjayPRuk #London #LDN #LondonBeautifulLife #GlobalBeautifulLife #YUNGBLUD #FlorencePugh #Soho #Universal #UniversalMusic #Guiness ♬ original sound – London Beautiful Life

Yungblud’s fourth album ‘Idols’ is set to release on 20 June. The tracklist goes as follows:

YUNGBLUD – IDOLS

1. Hello Heaven, Hello
2. Idols Pt. 1
3. Lovesick Lullaby
4. Zombie
5. The Greatest Parade
6. Change
7. Monday Murder
8. Ghosts
9. Fire
10. War
11. Idols Pt. 2
12. Supermoon

You can pre-order ‘Idols’ here.

Florence Pugh spoke about the writing process for the two songs saying, “I wrote these songs for my character Allison in the movie to perform, but also as a way to process and digest her mindset and her low headspace.” She continued, ‘‘It was unbelievably helpful and hard; I wanted a song to reflect the self-hatred she had for herself in a way that the audience can truly understand.”

In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Florence Pugh discussed writing the music for the soundtrack saying, “I wrote one song when I read the script, just to process how this person could feel this, how you’d feel, what you would think about yourself. I think it was just so important that those songs were a discovery for her. They were something that she could finally admit to herself when she was in rehab, so everything about that was just so sweet and tender.”

She continued “I was able to record them away from the character and not on a squeaky piano in a rehab centre and not playing Allison, which was also great. So I feel like I’ve been able to write them for her and then perform them as her, and then perform them as me, which is rare.”

The score for the film was written by Bryce Dessner, who is a member of rock band The National and is well known for writing scores to films, such as C’mon C’mon and The Revenant. The soundtrack also features music from The Velvet Underground and Fenne Lily.

A Good Person was written and directed by Florence Pugh’s ex-partner Zach Braff and co-stars Morgan Freeman. Florence Pugh is also credited as a producer for the film. Pugh recently starred in the film, Dont Worry Darling, alongside British pop icon Harry Styles. The film gained a lot of attention and the two were highly praised for their performances in the film. Florence Pugh is set to star in some of Hollywood’s high profile film projects over the next year, including Marvel’s Thunderbolt, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and the sequel to the remake of Dune.

A Good Person was released in cinemas on March 24 and will be available to watch on Sky Cinema from April 28.