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Weird!

2020 album by Yungblud

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ103770505 ↗
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Weird! is the second studio album by English singer Yungblud, released on 4 December 2020 by Locomotion and Interscope Records. Originally scheduled for 13 November 2020, the album's release was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is Yungblud's first album since 21st Century Liability (2018). The album was supported by six singles: "Weird!", "Strawberry Lipstick", "God Save Me, but Don't Drown Me Out", "Cotton Candy", "Mars" and "Acting Like That". The album also contains collaborations with Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker.

Weird! debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart selling 39,000 units in its first week.

Background

On 2 December 2019, Yungblud shared on social media that he was going "a little mia" to work on his second record. The next day, he clarified that he was not taking time off, just taking time to finish the second album.

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The public source identifies “Weird!” as 2020 album by Yungblud. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Weird, album and Yungblud.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020, 2018, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2020-12-04. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Weird, album and Yungblud providing the first useful test.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q103770505. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2020, 2018 and 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from “Weird!” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.