Yungblud on his love-hate relationship with social media: “It’s damaged me more than anything in my life”
nme.comYungblud has opened up about his love-hate relationship with social media, saying “it’s damaged me more than anything in my life.”In a new interview with MusicWeek, Yungblud spoke about the pressure of social media on artists, particularly seeing opinions from people “in real time” on a mass scale.He explained: “It’s hard being on the internet, and the craziest thing about being ‘successful’ – whatever that means now – is that you have opinion[s] in real time.“He continued: “Can you imagine if Pink Floyd had that while putting ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon out?’ They probably wouldn’t have fucking done it.
They didn’t have the whole world on their phone going, ‘You’re sick, you’re shit, you’re fake, you’re a liar, you’re dope, I hate you, I love you, my sister loves you, blah, blah, blah.’“People love you or hate you, and it’s really hard to deal with because you become fucking ketchup.
It’s like, ‘You fucking love ketchup on your bacon sarnie or you fucking hate it.’ Once I’d into my head, it was like, ‘This is just the way it’s meant to be.’”He went on to say that his own relationship with social media is complex, admitting that he “wouldn’t have made it without it” but that he also struggles with the “savage” comments he can sometimes receive.He explained: “I wouldn’t have made it without it.
Everyone in a position of power turned their nose up at me, and all that mattered was the people and me being able to have a platform.
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