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Florence Pugh Stars as an Angel-Winged Doctor in Yungblud's 'Zombie' Music Video: Watch
Florence Pugh stars as an angel-winged doctor in Yungblud's "Zombie" music video
The poignant video features Pugh working through her shift and maintaining her composure, but breaking down over the emotional job
"Zombie" is part of Yungblud's forthcoming album IdolsFlorence Pugh's latest acting gig is alongside Yungblud.
In the "Abyss" singer's new music video released on Friday, May 30, for his song "Zombie" directed by Charlie Sarsfield and produced by Untold Studios, the Oscar-nominated actress stars as a doctor in a hospital ward, juggling patients at work.
Though she powers through her shift and responsibilities through her shift, when she's off the clock, Pugh's character breaks down. Perhaps the most poignant image in the music video is when Pugh, 29, wears a set of angel wings when she is alone, crying, over the emotional weight of her job.
"Oh, I know that I can't live without you/But this world will keep turning if you do," Yungblud, 27, sings in the chorus. "Would you even want me looking like a zombie?/Would you even want me, want me, want me?"
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Yungblud, whose real name is Dominic Richard Harrison, revealed that the song has a personal connection to a family member. "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," the singer said in a press release.
"It's about the feeling of deterioration and ugliness; shutting out the world and the people we love out of the fear of becoming a burden or an embarrassment."
He added, 'We all want someone or something to comfort us no matter how we are right now or who we become in the future. But it's f---ing scary."
The Thunderbolts* actress shared the music video on her Instagram Stories, expressing her gratitude to the musician. "@yungblud thank you for having me on your journey," she began.
"I will always be grateful for this moment and forever impressed by what you do and why you do it. Well done babe x."
The song "Zombie" is part of his forthcoming album Idols, which he announced in May. Yungblud called it a "love letter to self-reclamation … to rock music" and to life in all it's f---ing madness," per Billboard.
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"We turn to others for an identity before turning to ourselves. Self-belief, self-reclamation, self-evolution and change."
Adding: "As we grow up, we lose our belief in magic and mystery. We begin to rationalize everything; our cage walls build up. We compare ourselves to 15 different people before we've even had our breakfast."
Following Idols' release, Yungblud embarks on a North American tour to promote the album.
He kicks the trek off at the Hollywood Palladium in Cali. on Aug. 23 and makes stops in cities including Dallas, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia before wrapping up at Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on Sept. 21.
Idols will be available to stream June 20
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