Yungblud - Biography

Who is Yungblud?

Yungblud, born Dominic Richard Harrison and stylized as YUNGBLUD, is a professional singer, songwriter, actor and an English national. As of early 2020 he has released two EPs- Yungblud, The Underrated Youth and debut album 21st Century Liability.

Yungblud – Age, Parents, Siblings

Yungblud’s birth took place on 5 August 1997 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. He was born as Dominic Richard Harrison to mother Samantha Harrison and father Justin Harrison. 

young Yungblud (Image: Instagram)

He is not the only child of his parents and has two siblings – younger sisters Jemima Harrison and Isabella Harrison.

Education, Ethnicity, Mental Health

For education Yungblud he attended Arts Educational Schools, London but dropped out at age 16. His is of English ethnicity. 

In the February 2020 interview with Evening Standard, he admitted that he had attempted suicide twice. The further revealed that the attempts were fueled after his mother almost lost her life in a car accident, his fast rise to fame and “very public” relationship as well as breakup with American singer Halsey.

Yungblud – Girlfriend, Relationship

Yungblud was in a relationship with American singer Halsey. It was in late 2018 when she “slid into his DMs”. The pair soon started dating and went public with their relationship in early 2019. Yungblud and his girlfriend (now ex) frequently featured each other on their romantic posts as well as collaborated in the song 11 Minutes.

Yungblud, Halsey in 2019 (Image: Teen Vogue)

However, after months of dating, they broke up in September 2019. The breakup went public after fans noticed that Halsey had moved on with actor Evan Peters. Currently, Harrison is believed to be a single man.

Yungblud – Net Worth, Salary

His net worth is estimated to be around $500 thousand while the figure on his annual salary is not shared with the public.

Yungblud – Career

Early Days, Films

Like his grandfather Rick Harrison, who performed with T. Rex in the 1970s, Yungblud also took to music. He began learning to play guitar, piano, and drums from a young age. He started writing music at age 11, which he played to his mother. He played in a band when he was 12 and performed on stage.

As an actor, he has had guest appearances in an episode of Emmerdale (2015) and six episodes of The Lodge (2016).

Singles, Albums, EPs

Harrison released his debut single King Charles on 7 April 2017 followed by singles I Love You Will You Marry Me, Tin Pan Boy. Finally on 13 January 2018, he released his debut EP YUNGBLUD, which also contained previously released singles.

Since then Yungblud released a studio album 21st Century Liability (released 6 July 2018) and two EPs Yungblud (Unplugged) (released 10 August 2018), The Underrated Youth (released 18 October 2019). His live album Yungblud (Live in Atlanta) was released on 21 March 2019.

Yungblud (Image: StubHub)

Collab

Over the years Yungblud has worked with Charlotte Lawrence, Travis Barker, Blackbear, Dan Reynolds.

Yungblud – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media handles including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Yungblud is followed by millions of followers. He also has an official website yungbludofficial.com while his self-titled YouTube channel has 1.33M subscribers.