Weird!

This article is about the 2020 Yungblud album. For other topics, see weird (disambiguation).

Weird!
Studio album by
Yungblud
Released4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)
Recorded2019–2020
Genre
Length45:01
Label
Producer
Yungblud chronology
A Weird! AF Halloween
(2020) 		Weird!
(2020) 		Yungblud
(2022)
Yungblud studio album chronology
21st Century Liability
(2018) 		Weird!
(2020) 		Yungblud
(2022)
Singles from Weird!
  1. "Weird!"
    Released: 22 April 2020
  2. "Strawberry Lipstick"
    Released: 16 July 2020
  3. "God Save Me, but Don't Drown Me Out"
    Released: 17 September 2020
  4. "Cotton Candy"
    Released: 9 October 2020
  5. "Mars"
    Released: 27 November 2020
  6. "Acting Like That"
    Released: 2 December 2020

Weird! is the second studio album by English singer 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] It is Yungblud's first album since 21st Century Liability (2018). The album was supported by six singles: "Weird!", "Strawberry Lipstick", "God Save Me, but Don't Drown Me Out", "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

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On 2 December 2019, Yungblud shared on social media that he was going "a little mia" to work on his second record.[6] The next day, he clarified that he was not taking time off, just taking time to finish the second album.[7] On 3 December, 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 interview he was asked about the album, replying: "The album is done and we're going to start rolling it out. [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 in an album. Since the beginning of time, humans have been so complex and like 15 different personalities at once – but we're the first generation to accept it and know that it's alright to be who you are."[9] The cover is made to imitate the film poster for This Is England.[10]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?5.9/10[11]
Metacritic66/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
The Arts Desk[14]
Clash7/10[15]
Dork[16]
Evening Standard[17]
The Guardian[18]
The Independent[19]
Kerrang!2/5[20]
NME[21]
Pitchfork5.5/10[22]

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] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 5.9 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Track listing

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Weird! – Physical edition[23]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Teresa"
3:24
2."Cotton Candy"
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Fedi
2:47
3."Strawberry Lipstick"
  • Harrison
  • Joshua McClorey
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
2:43
4."Mars"
3:01
5."Superdeadfriends"
  • Harrison
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
2:20
6."Love Song"
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
4:00
7."God Save Me, but Don't Drown Me Out"
  • Harrison
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
3:37
8."Ice Cream Man"
  • Harrison
  • Schwartz
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Schwartz
3:12
9."Weird!"
  • Harrison
  • Schwartz
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Schwartz
3:03
10."Charity"
  • Harrison
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
3:39
11."It's Quiet in Beverly Hills"
  • Harrison
  • Schwartz
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Schwartz
2:36
12."The Freak Show"
  • Harrison
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Schwartz
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
4:27
Total length:38:49
Weird! – Japanese edition bonus tracks[24][25]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Braindead!"
  • Harrison
  • Schwartz
Schwartz2:43
14."Parents"
  • Harrison
  • Tranter
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
2:51
15."Original Me" (featuring Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons)
  • Harrison
  • Tranter
  • Crossey
  • Richard Koehler
  • Daniel Reynolds
  • Jorgen Odegard
  • Timothy Randolph
  • Odegard
  • Randolph
3:25
16."Casual Sabotage"
  • Harrison
  • Schwartz
Schwartz3:08
17."Hope for the Underrated Youth"
  • Harrison
  • Danny Snodgrass Jr.
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Schwartz
  • Michael Rennie
  • Adam Warrington
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
4:00
18."Waiting on the Weekend"
  • Harrison
  • Shane Gilliver
  • Crossey
Crossey2:32
Total length:58:28
Weird! – Digital edition[26][27]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Teresa"
  • Harrison
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Fedi
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
3:24
2."Parents"
  • Harrison
  • Tranter
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Jonas Jeberg
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
2:51
3."Cotton Candy"
  • Harrison
  • Michaels
  • Tranter
  • Greatti
  • Fedi
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Fedi
2:47
4."Strawberry Lipstick"
  • Harrison
  • McClorey
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
2:43
5."Mars"
  • Harrison
  • Schwartz
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Fedi
  • Crossey
3:01
6."Superdeadfriends"
  • Harrison
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
2:20
7."Love Song"
  • Harrison
  • Jackson
  • Tranter
  • Greatti
  • Crossey
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
4:00
8."God Save Me, but Don't Drown Me Out"
  • Harrison
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
3:37
9."Ice Cream Man"
  • Harrison
  • Schwartz
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Schwartz
3:12
10."Weird!"
  • Harrison
  • Schwartz
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Schwartz
3:03
11."Charity"
  • Harrison
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
3:39
12."Acting Like That" (featuring Machine Gun Kelly)
Barker3:11
13."It's Quiet in Beverly Hills"
  • Harrison
  • Schwartz
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Schwartz
2:36
14."The Freak Show"
  • Harrison
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Schwartz
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
4:27
Total length:44:51

Note

Personnel

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Musicians

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Chart performance for Weird!
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[28] 6
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[29] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[30] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[31] 118
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[32] 94
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[33] 57
French Albums (SNEP)[34] 130
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[35] 21
Irish Albums (OCC)[36] 28
Italian Albums (FIMI)[37] 80
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[38] 47
UK Albums (OCC)[39] 1
US Billboard 200[40] 75
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[41] 10

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[42] Gold 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  7. ^ @yungblud (4 December 2019). "every1 thinks im takin time off ... im writing this fuckin albuuum maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan. kk bye im going back under the rock" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 December 2020 – via Twitter.
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