Yungblud has opened up about his mental health, telling fans he “had a breakdown” after coming off stage at his own festival.
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Sharing an emotional on-stage clip on TikTok, the British musician wrote: “Recently, I’ve been really struggling… I’m not gonna lie to you, when I got off this stage I felt elated but 20 minutes later when I was in the shower on my own I had a breakdown.”
He reflected on the relentless pace of life as an artist and the toll of online hate, saying all he’d tried to do for the past 10 years was “spread love, build something I believe in and unify people in a safe space”.
Warning. Truth incoming. Please read the full caption. Honestly, I’ve been debating whether or not I should post this clip because I don’t want it to feel disingenuous like I’m doing it for a reason like clicks or personal game but at the end of the day this is what happened and it’s genuine so I thought fuck it. To be truthful. Recently, I’ve been really struggling and this moment is a byproduct of my body releasing the wave of emotion that has hit me in the past year that I’ve been unable to process. I’m not gonna lie to you when I got off this stage I felt elated but 20 minutes later when I was in the shower on my own I had a breakdown. Being an artist in this day and age is so strange because everything moves so quickly. You never get to sit in what happens for more than a couple hours therefore you fail to navigate or process anything you feel both good or bad at all. 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 everyday whilst the world shouts back. The amount of hate and disbelief around me from strangers on the Internet or bitter musicians really weighs on my heart as 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. I should really say nothing about this because it would makes me seem cooler and like it isn’t affecting me but deep down but I don’t think that’s who I am or why we all connect to each other. I read an article the yesterday morning that felt validating to me. It’s strange because the press don’t usually like to compliment me. Writers and influencers get more clicks out of negativity around me. I don’t complain about it because I think that’s just the space that I take up for them, that’s the kind of artist I am and that’s the way of the world. (Continued in the comments…)
“Being an artist in this day and age is so strange because everything moves so quickly,” he wrote. “You never get to sit in what happens for more than a couple hours therefore you fail to navigate or process anything you feel both good or bad at all.”
He went on: “I should really say nothing about this because it would make me seem cooler and like it isn’t affecting me but deep down I don’t think that’s who I am or why we all connect to each other.”
The singer shared how “grateful” he was for his fans, adding: “We’ve been moving so fast that I haven’t really been able to process anything at all but in this moment my emotions got the better of me.”
Yungblud added that he now plans to take time out to focus on himself: “I know I need to do a bit of work on myself to process everything I’m feeling and attain the strength I need to keep going.”
He finished: “What an honour it is to spend this life with you.”
