Since, releasing his fourth studio album IDOLS, aspiring rock god Yungblud has had a nice streak of wins — naysaying predecessors aside — in the name of rock ‘n’ roll, including an Aerosmith collab and a few Grammy nominations. One of those nominations is Best Rock Song for the ballad “Zombie.” Today, Yungblud breathes new life into the nominated track, while also crossing off another name on his list of idol collabs. He’s released a new version of “Zombie” featuring the Smashing Pumpkins.
In an interview with Loudwire, the British rocker revealed that he was “channeling Siamese Dream” while making “Zombie.” He shared: “It was really the sadness and the melancholic emotion mixed with the aggression of Billy’s fucking guitars … Billy, as a songwriter, was really at the forefront of my inspiration when I was making this album. When ‘Zombie’ came along, I knew I wanted to do a new version if it.”
He added: “I called Billy and I was like, ‘Billy, please help me scratch this itch. I want this record to dig in harder.’ There still needs to be an almost Jekyll and Hyde element, there needs to be the version that’s full of light and full of life and optimism, but then there needs to be this dark version that is pessimistic and a little bit bitter and a bit aggressive.”
Watch below.
