Dominic also addresses self-love on this album. On the ballad “Love Song,” he sings,
“Nobody taught me how to love myself, so how can I love somebody else? There ain’t
no excuses, I swear that I am doing my best.” Coming from a background of domestic
abuse, his idea of love was seeing his parents fighting physically so he wanted no part
of it. But then he met someone who changed his perception and reinvented every
feeling he had ever felt. It didn’t end so well, but it didn’t matter because it reset him.
There’s always pressure for a second album. The first album was so angry, about
people not understanding who he was his whole life. weird! is about those people who
are weird, or different. weird! is an in-your-face explosion of energy, and an album for
the weirdest years of our lives. It’s for those suffering with gender identity, sexuality,
heartbreak, love, and those who feel like they don’t belong. No one can prepare you for
these things, but we can go into it together. And that is exactly what YUNGBLUD is about.
weird! was released December 4th, from Locomotion and Interscope Records.