In this week’s episode of “You Should Know,” Billboard is getting to know Yungblud, as he reveals where his stage name came from, recalls the time he was starstruck meeting Dave Grohl, and explains what influenced his Halsey and Travis Barker collaboration “11 Minutes.”
Yungblud, who grew up in Doncaster, England, tells Billboard that he began making music when he was 11 years old.
As for why he decided to go by the name of Yungblud, the singer shares that he didn’t think that his real name (Dominic Harrison) suited the type of music he was writing, calling it “a bit polite.” Being the youngest person on his management roster, his manager constantly referred to him as “young blood,” so he decided to go with that.