\n\tYungblud<\/a> went all-in on his fourth studio album, last year\u2019s Idols<\/em>, which featured such big-swing rocking singles as \u201cLovesick Lullaby\u201d and \u201cHello Heaven, Hello\u201d and the churning ballad \u201cZombie\u201d \u2014\u00a0recently revamped with a rocking assist<\/a> from the Smashing Pumpkins.<\/p>\n \n\tBut on an untitled upcoming album he\u2019s working on with in-demand producer Andrew Watt (Ozzy Osbourne, Rolling Stones), the singer told Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> he is trading in the max for the min.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIdols<\/em>\u00a0was extremely maximalist,\u201d he told the magazine.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWhat me and Watt wanna do is extremely minimalist. We really wanna make it sound live, band-y. We might not even record to a click.\u201d Yungblud said he\u2019s been listening to a lot of Jeff Buckley, Chris Cornell and Scott Weiland music, taking inspiration from a quote from David Bowie about looking as his previous album and going in the opposite direction. <\/p>\n \n\tThe first part of the album landed Yungblud a pair of Grammy nominations \u2014\u00a0for best rock album and best rock song (\u201cZombie\u201d) \u2014\u00a0and he said the second part will arrive \u201cimminently\u201d and open with a song called \u201cI Need You to Make the World Seem Fine.\u201d Among the lyrics he shared from the song were: \u201cPictures of idols rise up and fall\/ Wish you knew it all\/ Lift your head from the pillow, you\u2019ve been missing enough\/ Built yourself a wall.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIf you\u2019ve got three minutes and five chords and the f\u2013king truth, what are you gonna do?,\u201d he added. \u201cThe first part is about self-reclamation and flying, learning how to get your wings. The next bit is the real realism \u2014 how do you live in the real world as this person you\u2019ve discovered? It\u2019s a little bit more cynical.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn an interview with NME<\/a><\/em> last summer, Yungblud said teased that part two of Idols<\/em> is \u201cthe dark and downward spiral to the inevitable realization that I\u2019m not going to be here forever \u2013 who do I want to spend my life with? Mortality. Part two plummets you back down to earth, and it\u2019s a little bit more cynical.\u201d <\/p>\n
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