Yungblud Photograph by Tom Pallant Yungblud has always been unapologetically himself, but over the last year, the 28-year-old musician has fully formed into the British rockstar he's longed to be. It's a Tuesday morning in November and Yungblud, born Dominic Harrison, is early to this Zoom conversation, strumming on a guitar as he waits. It's a rare moment of rest for a performer who doesn't, by his own admission, know how to not give everything 100 percent. Yungblud's spent much of this last year touring, and he'll spend much of 2026 doing the same. He released a full-length album, Idols, in June and recently teamed up with Aerosmith for a joint EP, One More Time, that was released in November. In between tours and album releases, Yungblud put on his second year of Bludfest, a U.K. music festival aimed at being accessible and inclusive for all fans. Related Stories Music Craig Kallman to Leave Atlantic Records For New Role As Chief Music Officer at Warner Music (Exclusive) News Diddy's Mom Joins His Lawyers, Biggie Smalls' Estate to Blast "Lies" in Docuseries The grueling schedule is impressive but presumably takes a toll on any performer. Days before this conversation, Yungblud announced to his fans on social media that he was canceling a handful of shows that remained in 2025 at the suggestion of his doctor. The rocker assures that overall he's doing OK. Idols has been a career-defining moment for the Doncaster, U.K., native - one of several throughout 2025. The album brought him two Grammy nominations in the best rock album and best rock song categories. His third Grammy nomination came from a moment that very well might've changed the course of his career: his live performance of Black Sabbath's "Changes" at the Back to the Beginning benefit concert, honoring the late Ozzy Osbourne and serving as his last show. "That was probably the moment - I think it was bubbling - but I think the world started paying attention after that," Yungblud tells The Hollywood Reporter. The live performance, recorded for the upcoming concert film, Back To The Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow, earned Yungblud and his fellow collaborators a nomination for best rock performance. It's a special nomination for many reasons; first, due to the fact that a live recording was nominated, and second, due to Yungblud's own personal relationship with his late idol, with whom he'd grown close with in recent years. Below, the British rocker speaks with THR about finally making the album he wanted to make with Idols, wrapping his head around scoring three Grammy nominations and how he's feeling after his health-related show cancellations. How's everything going right now? How are you feeling? I'm good. I mean, I'm just kind of sat here comprehending the fucking year. At the start of this year, I was filming a [music] video in the Bulgarian snow for "Hello Heaven, [Hello]," and now I'm sat here. It's been the craziest year of my life, so I think I'm just trying to catch it all. It's been wild to end the year with what looks like two No. 1 albums in the U.K. My first number one in America, three Grammy nominations and 400,000 tickets sold has just been like, whoa. I'm pretty shocked. What's the emotion going through your head when you find out you're nominated for a Grammy? What does it mean to get this recognition? What's cool about the Grammys is [it's] from your peers. I think in the past, the internet or music critics have had a lot to say about me. But when you get, I don't know, recognized or even noticed by your peers - the people who write music, produce music, play music - that's a cool thing. Any musician starts as a fan first, don't we? When you're a fan of other people's work, it's cool. This year, a lot of my heroes have kind of hit me up [told me they] really loved what [I] did. This album, it feels so beautiful [to have it be] to be recognized in that way because I really took a risk on it. In what way? At the end of my last record, I was really unhappy because I felt like I'd not completed what I set out to do. As a result of that, I really went away and wanted to make a piece of music and a body of work that would be such an adventure and would be so off the wall and so against the rules of modern music. I just wanted to take a risk, even if it was the end of my career. It's so funny, isn't it? When music is a roulette table, when it's red or black, and you don't know and you're nervous and you're scared, I really think you've made something great. I think that's how rock music's supposed to be made. It's been amazing to arrive at this destination at the end of the biggest risk of my life. I can't believe it. I had an idea, that I thought would be great, and to see people respond to it is really cool. Yungblud performs at 'A New York Evening With Yungblud' at National Sawdust on Sept. 15, 2025, in New York City. Rob Kim/Getty Images for The Recording Academy You've spoken in the past about how you felt you had to infuse a lot of