YUNGBLUD has released a new acoustic version of Zombie

YUNGBLUD has unveiled a brand-new acoustic version of Zombie.

Taken from this year’s Idols album, Dominic Harrison previously said that the stunning track “was written initially about my grandmother going through serious injury and trauma, leading her to become a different person to who she was before.

“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.”

Zombie has been nominated for Best Rock Song at next year’s GRAMMY Awards, with YUNGBLUD also picking up nods for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Album.

And of course, Idols made the official Kerrang! round-up of the 50 best albums of 2025. We said that: “Say what you want about awards shows in 2025, but becoming the only British artist ever to receive three GRAMMY nominations in the rock category has got to count for something. And that wasn’t all YUNGBLUD accomplished with Idols. From hitting the top spot in the charts to selling out a full-on North American tour in one minute, paying tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and most recently collaborating with Aerosmith, he’s had a golden year. It all started with March’s superb nine-minute lead single Hello Heaven, Hello, in which Dominic Harrison unveiled his rock’n’roll era with the introduction, ‘There’s a chance I won’t see you tomorrow / So I will spend today saying “Hello”.’ What an absolute treat it was getting properly acquainted, sir.”

Watch the new Jesse Jo Stark-directed video below:

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