For those who missed the show, the video is available now on the EMA YouTube channel, and has already brought in 33,000 views. For the first song, ‘Cotton Candy’, Yungblud flew over the stage at London’s Roundhouse dressed as Cupid, and proceeded to sing while floating across the stage. Transitioning into the second song ‘Strawberry Lipstick’, the artist joined his band on the ground to play a rock number in contrast to his introductory pop track.

Not only did he give this captivating show, but Yungblud was also awarded the prize for Best Push. Other wins included Little Mix for Best Pop Artist, Coldplay for Best Rock Band, and David Guetta for Best Electronic Artist, while BTS took home the awards for Best Song, Best Group, Biggest Fans, and Best Virtual Live.

Elated at his win, Yungblud posted to his Twitter to celebrate with fans, saying: “**WE** won a fookin ema!!! this is about us, always will be. i love u all with every part of me. thank u so much to every single one of you that voted everyday. rock n roll ain’t dead … it’s very much alive and ready to smash the fuckin house up!”

**WE** won a fookin ema!!! this is about us, always will be. i love u all with every part of me. thank u so much to every single one of you that voted everyday. rock n roll ain’t dead … it’s very much alive and ready to smash the fuckin house up! pic.twitter.com/EWWQFoDpa4

— YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) November 8, 2020

Due 4th December, the new album from the singer was delayed slightly, but will make it to release soon. Titled ‘Weird’, the record is his sophomore LP after 2018’s ’21st Century Liability’. Yungblud will tour next year in autumn, as well as holding a virtual tour this December.

Speaking to MTV, Dominic Harrison, as his real name is, recalled how he went to a Green Day gig at the age of 13 and how he got so inspired by it that two years later, he wrote some lyrics of his own. He wrote the chorus to “Strawberry Lipstick” together with The Strypes’ guitarist Josh McClorey.

“I was just like, ‘I’m gonna make a song and a video that I’ve always wanted to make’”, Yungblud said. “That was the 13-year-old Dom, looking at Billie Joe Armstrong play ‘Bullet In A Bible’ at Milton Keynes.” And 13-year-old-Dom was so inspired by Billie Joe Armstrong that he“want my hair spiked, I wanna look like something out of DragonForce, I wanna put a Union Jack on, and I just wanna rock’n’roll.”

Remembering how Yungblud and McClorey started writing on “Strawberry Lipstick” at the young age of 15, Dom said: “That chorus was written when we were so young. We stayed up all night on a songwriting retreat and were keeping all the old boys up. They were knocking on the door like, ‘Go to sleep!’. We were just screaming [the chorus] at them.”

Back in July, Yungblud took to his social media platforms to tease the new single to his fans, without actually revealing what all the strawberries that he posted were about, which drove his fans crazy. Luckily for them, he announced the single a day later. He described the track as “just a song about liberation and energy”, with a clear message: “I just want to send all of my love and energy to everyone. I want people to put it on if they are feeling down.”