''Weird!'' is the second studio album by English singer Yungblud, released on 4 December 2020 by Locomotion and

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. Originally scheduled for 13 November 2020, the album's release was delayed due to the

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. It is Yungblud's first album since ''

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'' (2018). The album was supported by six singles: "Weird!", "Strawberry Lipstick", "God Save Me, but Don't Drown Me Out", "

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", "Mars" and "

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", and contains collaborations with

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and

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. ''Weird!'' debuted at number 1 on the

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selling 39,000 units in its first week.

Background

On 2 December 2019, Yungblud shared on social media that he was going "a little mia" to work on his second record. The next day, he clarified that he was not taking time off, just taking time to finish the second album. 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. 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 he 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." The cover is made to imitate the film poster for ''

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''.

Track listing

Note * All track titles are stylized in

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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) *

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– 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) *

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– programming (7) * Tom Pallant – background vocals (9, 11) * Matt Schwartz – keyboards, programming (9); bass guitar, guitar, programming (13) *

– vocals (11) * Dan Reynolds – vocals (15)

Technical

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– mastering (1, 3, 5–14) *

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– mastering (2) * Neal Avron – mixing (1, 2, 4–11, 13, 14),

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(1, 2, 5–11, 13, 14) * Serban Ghenea – mixing (3) *

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– 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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