Yungblud tells us about BLUDFEST 2 and “fucking bonkers” new double album: “This is the master plan”

nme.com:

Yungblud has spoken to NME about the second edition of BLUDFEST for 2025, and ambitious plans for his incoming “fucking bonkers” double album.

Check out our full interview below.Returning to The National Bowl in Milton Keynes on Saturday June 21, the genre-defying festival – which is curated and headlined by Yungblud (real name Dominic Harrison) – announced its line-up last week and features the likes of Chase Atlantic, Denzel Curry and Blackbear alongside recent NME Cover stars Rachel Chinouriri and Peach PRC.This comes after the hugely successful debut edition of BLUDFEST, which took place this summer (August 11), where the Doncaster punk star was joined by the likes of Lil Yachty, Soft Play and Nessa Barrett.

Punk legends The Damned performed in the ‘Icon Slot’, which Yungblud revealed will be announced “very soon” for 2025.A post shared by YUNGBLUD (@yungblud)Alongside two stages, this year’s BLUDFEST played host to a pop-up version of iconic Camden pub The Hawley Arms, free photobooths and the ‘Make A Friend’ tent, realising Yungblud’s ambition to make this an annual celebration of community, diversity and lifestyle that seeks to “break free from traditional boundaries in music.”“That day heavily impacted my life as a person, and where I want to go next, artistically,” Harrison told NME, revealing he still hasn’t come down from the gravity of the festival. “The fact that everyone came together, out of the sole reason of believing in something mutual – and it became so much fucking bigger than us – blew my mind.”“The most beautiful thing about Yungblud is the community itself,” he continued. “BLUDFEST is a movement – I think it’s the first generational movement in a long fucking time.