Weird!
2020 studio album by Yungblud
Weird! Released 4 December 2020 (2020-12-04 ) Recorded 2019–2020 Genre
Length 45 :01 Label
Producer
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"Weird!" "Strawberry Lipstick" "God Save Me, but Don't Drown Me Out" "Cotton Candy " "Mars" "Acting Like That "
Weird! Yungblud , released on 4 December 2020 by Locomotion and Interscope Records . Originally scheduled for 13 November 2020, the album's release was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 3] 21st Century Liability Cotton Candy ", "Mars" and "Acting Like That ", and contains collaborations with Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker .
Weird! debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart selling 39,000 units in its first week.[ 4] [ 5]
Background
On 2 December 2019, Yungblud shared on social media that he was going "a little mia" to work on his second record.[ 6] [ 7] Matt Schwartz posted photos of himself and Harrison on his Instagram, with the caption stating that they were working on the second studio album in Spain.[ 8]
Throughout the process of making the album, he would occasionally tweet out pieces of poems that appeared to be lyrics to songs. In May 2020, during an NME Weird! ] is the first chess move of that era. There's a lot of diversity on [the album] – it's like an episode of Skins [ 9] This Is England [ 10]
Critical reception
Weird! received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album has an average score of 66 out of 100, based on eight reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[ 12]
Track listing
Weird! – Physical edition [ 23] Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Teresa" 3:24 2. "Cotton Candy " Yungblud Cervini Greatti Fedi 2:47 3. "Strawberry Lipstick" Harrison Joshua McClorey Cervini Greatti 2:43 4. "Mars" 3:01 5. "Superdeadfriends" 2:20 6. "Love Song" 4:00 7. "God Save Me, but Don't Drown Me Out" 3:37 8. "Ice Cream Man" Yungblud Cervini Greatti Schwartz 3:12 9. "Weird!" Yungblud Cervini Greatti Schwartz 3:03 10. "Charity" 3:39 11. "It's Quiet in Beverly Hills" Yungblud Cervini Greatti Schwartz 2:36 12. "The Freak Show" Harrison Cervini Greatti Schwartz 4:27 Total length: 38:49
Weird! – Japanese edition bonus tracks [ 24] [ 25] Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 13. "Braindead!" Schwartz 2:43 14. "Parents" Harrison Tranter Cervini Greatti 2:51 15. "Original Me" (featuring Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons ) Harrison Tranter Crossey Richard Koehler Daniel Reynolds Jorgen Odegard Timothy Randolph 3:25 16. "Casual Sabotage" Schwartz 3:08 17. "Hope for the Underrated Youth" Harrison Danny Snodgrass Jr. Cervini Greatti Schwartz Michael Rennie Adam Warrington 4:00 18. "Waiting on the Weekend" Harrison Shane Gilliver Crossey Crossey 2:32 Total length: 58:28
Weird! – Digital edition [ 26] [ 27] Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Teresa" Harrison Cervini Greatti Fedi 3:24 2. "Parents" Harrison Tranter Cervini Greatti Jonas Jeberg 2:51 3. "Cotton Candy" Harrison Michaels Tranter Greatti Fedi Yungblud Cervini Greatti Fedi 2:47 4. "Strawberry Lipstick" Harrison McClorey Cervini Greatti 2:43 5. "Mars" Cervini Greatti Fedi Crossey 3:01 6. "Superdeadfriends" 2:20 7. "Love Song" Harrison Jackson Tranter Greatti Crossey 4:00 8. "God Save Me, but Don't Drown Me Out" 3:37 9. "Ice Cream Man" Yungblud Cervini Greatti Schwartz 3:12 10. "Weird!" Yungblud Cervini Greatti Schwartz 3:03 11. "Charity" 3:39 12. "Acting Like That " (featuring Machine Gun Kelly ) Barker 3:11 13. "It's Quiet in Beverly Hills" Yungblud Cervini Greatti Schwartz 2:36 14. "The Freak Show" Harrison Cervini Greatti Schwartz 4:27 Total length: 44:51
Note
Personnel
Musicians
Yungblud – vocals (all tracks), guitar (1–8, 11, 13), bass guitar (1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14), keyboards (5, 9), programming (5), background vocals (7, 9), percussion (7, 9)Chris Greatti - guitar (1–8, 11, 14), bass guitar (1, 3–8, 10, 11, 13, 14), background vocals (3, 8, 9, 12), programming (4, 5), drums (5), keyboards (5, 7, 9), strings (7)
Adam Warrington - guitar (1, 4, 5, 9)
Omer Fedi - bass guitar (1, 5, 6), keyboards (5), programming (5, 7)Zakk Cervini – programming (1–9, 11, 14), drums (4, 5, 7), percussion (4), keyboards (5), vocal programming (12)Michael Rennie - drums (5, 9), percussion (9)
Mike Crossey – keyboards, programming (5)Nick Mira – programming (7)Tom Pallant – background vocals (9, 11)
Matt Schwartz – keyboards, programming (9); bass guitar, guitar, programming (13)Machine Gun Kelly – vocals (12)Dan Reynolds – vocals (15)
Technical
Chris Gehringer – mastering (1, 3, 5–14)Joe LaPorta – mastering (2)Neal Avron – mixing (1, 2, 4–11, 13, 14), engineering (1, 2, 5–11, 13, 14)Serban Ghenea – mixing (3)Adam Hawkins – mixing, engineering (12)John Hanes – engineering (3)
K Thrash – engineering (12)
Matt Malpass – engineering (12)
Shaan Singh – engineering (12)
Zakk Cervini – recording (1, 3, 5–9, 11, 13, 14)
Stevens – recording (5)
Matt Schwartz – recording (9, 13)
Charts
Certifications
References
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