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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Florence Pugh and Yungblud leave onlookers baffled as they pour pints at pub
Hollywood actress Florence Pugh spent her Friday night pouring pints of Guinness in a very popular London pub alongside Yungblud Marvel star Florence Pugh delighted London pub-goers with an unexpected shift behind the bar at The Devonshire in Piccadilly on Friday. The 29-year-old actress was spotted pouring pints and mingling with customers as part of a surprise appearance tied to the release of Yungblud's new music video for his single Zombie. Dressed down and playful, Pugh received cheers after nailing the pour on a pint of Guinness, proudly asking: 'Whose is this?' Her next attempt didn't go quite as smoothly however after serving up a frothy glass, she laughed and admitted: 'I'm sorry.' In another clip, she jokes her first effort was 'a bit lumpy' while being coached by bar staff. Her appearance comes on the same day Zombie dropped - a raw, emotional track from Yungblud's upcoming album Idols, out June 20. Pugh stars in the video as a grief-stricken, emotionally exhausted health worker, donning angel wings in a symbolic portrayal of inner collapse. 'The song was written initially about my grandmother going through serious injury and trauma, leading her to become a different person to who she was before,' Yungblud, real name Dominic Harrison, explained. 'It's about the feeling of deterioration and ugliness… shutting out the world and the people we love out of fear of becoming a burden or an embarrassment. It's f****** scary.' Pugh, known for her powerful roles in Little Women, Don't Worry Darling, Dune: Part Two, and most recently Marvel's Thunderbolts, brings her signature emotional depth to the role. She previously appeared in Rachel Chinouriri's Never Need Me video, showing an ongoing interest in music collaborations. Yungblud, 27, is no stranger to public antics. Earlier this year, he pulled a similar stunt by serving drinks at the Hawley Arms in Camden. With two UK No. 1 albums (Weird! and his self-titled record) and a recent 'Disruptor of the Year' award from the Northern Music Awards under his belt, the artist continues to blend music with rebellion and raw emotion. It comes after the singer told The Mirror that he's coming out fighting with his new music. He's confronted his demons, taken up boxing and is battling against toxic masculinity. And what he delivers with album Idols really packs a punch. 'I really had to face myself… figure it out and face it,' he tells. And Yungblud reckons he has really grown in the process. 'I would use food and alcohol to distract myself and push things down,' he says. 'The album is a mirror to that. I have singing lessons. I don't drink as much and I've been getting better at sleeping. I've been getting better at being able to navigate this whole thing better – that's been epic.' Having previously opened up about his battle with body dysmorphia, the Doncaster rocker –told how he has now 'cut out people that were not good' for him, and that posing topless for his album promo is a 'kickback against those people'. He's not shying away from hard topics to climb the charts either. He says: 'Me and my friends were talking about sexuality. It was what young people were talking about but it wasn't being represented in music at all. It was kind of like, 'Oh, don't sing about that. It's too political to go on Radio One.' 'I was like, 'This is what people want to hear, this is what I want to say, this is what I want to sing about'.'
Daily Mirror
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Yungblud delights fan, 4, as they recreate scene from Lovesick Lullaby music video
The world-famous singer-songwriter, whose real name is Dominic Richard Harrison, showed up at Tottenham Court Road to recreate a scene from his recent video with fans Singer Yungblud recreated a scene from his new video for latest track Lovesick Lullaby, with the help of what could be his youngest fan. The star enlisted the help of four-year-old Hope and her family to reenact the clip in a heartwarming video. The 27-year-old Doncaster native is set to take over the National Bowl in Milton Keynes in June for the first of four massive summer gigs. But the world-famous artist stunned fans when he showed up at Tottenham Court Rd this afternoon, inviting them to act out one of the scenes from his latest video where he's sat on a couch. Hope's mother, from Portsmouth, explained: "I'm a huge fan of Yungblud's music. I play it so much around the house that the kids have gotten into it too!" She added: "Hope's favourite song is 'Anarchist'!" Yungblud's latest release saw him visit various iconic spots in London for the video, including Primrose Hill, Regents Park and Camden's infamous boozer the Hawley Arms. The track is the first released after the "industry disruptor dropped his first single for a year, Hello Heaven, Hello. The video for the single was shot in Bulgaria, and featured the star riding a stallion through a winter scene. As fans waited for the video to become available, the YouTube page was flooded with comments of excitement from his adoring fan base. User Kate Angel wrote: "Woman in Rock Music Here! Excited for your new phase Yungblud! Thank you for inspiring me Dom. Much Love!" referring to the songwriter's real name, Dominic Richard Harrison. Another fan added that they couldn't "believe in 3 hours we'll be listening to the song!!!!" Many more posted about how they were counting down the minutes in the comment section. Yungblud's last music video idea came from a New Year's Eve party at a friends where he was looking through his host's record collection at 2am. The singer became transfixed on the iconic Led Zeppelin song, The Song Remains the Same. The video for the 1973 track shows Led Zep's lead singer Robert Plant riding a horse through a stunning landscape. The singer evidently took inspiration and included a striking clip of him on snow-laden mountains with a huge black stallion behind him. His red lips, eyeliner and tattoos stood out against the white background. The Lowlife singer recalled a conversation with his video director where he described his vision for the piece. He said: "I wanna be on a horse in the Bulgarian mountains, then I wanna grow wings and fly off it, then I wanna flashback, rewind time and end up on a hillside with a cross". Yungblood was then asked about the practicalities of his idea, with the director asking him: "Do you know how to ride a horse?" The answer was 'no', with Yungblud then going on to have a week's worth of lessons where he was stood in a minus 14 degree blizzard on the mountains of Bulgaria. He said he was introduced to Harry the Horse, adding that the animal was "beautiful to ride. It was epic." The star has performed alongside the likes of Avril Lavigne and Halsey, who he dated for a year from the end of 2018.
