Yungblud shares an emotional response to accusations that he is an “industry plant”
Yungblud’s rise through the music industry has been voracious and undeniable, but even as he’s helming his own festivals and reaching Billboard #1s, he is still struggling with mental health.
On June 27, during his headlining set of BLUDFEST, his personally curated festival in Czechia, he shared some words about what he’s been going through: “Lately I have felt so disconnected from everything. I have been trying my best to wake up every day. I have felt in pain a lot, and I don’t know why, for a long time. But every time I find your faces, every time I find your eyes, every time I look at you, I know I belong somewhere.”
Yungblud, real name Dominic Richard Harrison, posted a video saying this at the festival along with some writings that went into the accusations that he is an “industry plant,” or rather, an artist who purports independent success while having considerable industry support from major labels, marketing agencies, and the like.
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“The amount of hate and disbelief around me from strangers on the internet or bitter musicians really weighs on my heart,” Harrison writes. “All I’ve been trying to do for the past 10 years is spread love, build something I believe in and unify people in a safe space.”
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Blunt Magazine examined the accusations that Harrison is an industry plant, concluding they were not true:
“Yungblud is not an industry plant. He has had real industry backing, including label support and experienced management, but having a team is not the same thing as hidden manufacture,” article author Joel King writes. “The public record shows years of releases, touring, fan-building, alternative scenes and visible development before the Ozzy, Grammy and BLUDFEST moments made him unavoidable.”
“In the past 10 years I’ve been on a million different journeys, tried a million different sounds trying to figure out who I am or what I can mean to the world every day whilst the world shouts back,” Harrison writes in another portion of his post.
In the wake of his confession, many big artists have come to Harrison’s defence. Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian specifically praised Harrison’s performance at Back to the Beginning, Ozzy Osbourne’s final performance. Many haters used that booking as an example of Harrison being an industry plant.
“I stood side stage at BTTB and watched you breathe rarified air the way you elevated ‘Changes,’” Ian says. “You’ve earned it all, Dom. Cheers, brother.”
Titanic hip-hop/R&B vocalist SZA chimed in as well with a brief comment on the post: “Rooting for you.”
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