Yungblud addresses BludFest criticisms: “Music should be accessible to everyone”

nme.com:

Yungblud has defended his new festival, BludFest, from people who have questioned the intent behind the event.The Doncaster artist announced the event with a free show in Camden Market on Monday (March 18), confirming that it will be headed to Milton Keynes Bowl on Sunday 11 August – featuring a headline set from Yungblud alongside a line-up featuring recent collaborator Lil Yachty, as well as Soft Play, Nessa Barrett, The Damned, Lola Young, Jazmin Bean and many more to be announced.

Notably, tickets will be priced at £49.50.Now, in a video posted to his social media, Yungblud responded to the criticisms of a TikTok user named James who questioned how true the artist’s intent was when he announced the ticket price for BludFest and declared, “Fuck the corporate bullshit!”“Every now and then this narrative rears its head on the internet that kind of depicts that I’ve had everything given to me, I do nothing at all and I’m this completely massive industry plant who had everything given to him,” Yungblud began.“That is crazy to me because that is not the case.

Everything I do, every idea I have, is literally probably run from a kitchen table with these four people,” he continued, moving his phone camera to show four others sitting in the room alongside him. “We just figure out if we can make it happen.”Yungblud first addressed criticisms over the “overall authenticity” of the idea and how he can be critical of corporations when the festival is being promoted by a large company like AEG.“Point 1 – you’re saying that me saying ‘Fuck the corporate bullshit’ when my festival’s being promoted by AEG is slightly hypocritical.