Yungblud has branded his Grammy Awards nomination “tragic”.
The 28-year-old singer has been shortlisted for Best Rock Performance for his rendition of Changes at Black Sabbath’s farewell concert and he admitted he has mixed feelings about the recognition because he “can’t share it” with his late idol Ozzy Osbourne, who died just weeks after his final gig in July.
He told the Q podcast: “I don’t know how I feel about it.
“As a singer, to be Grammy nominated for a live performance where you can’t go into a studio and over dub it or make it perfect, it’s a moment that’s gone and you can’t share it with the person you were singing it to.
“It is an honour, but it’s also tragic.”
The Hello Heaven, Hello singer is set to head out on tour for most of next year but is concerned he needs some time to “process” both Ozzy’s death and his own sudden success.
He said: “I really need to unpack what’s happened.
“January 1 we go to Australia and the world tour continues — we’re booking dates until 2028 now and I’ve got to make another album in the middle of it.
“I want to do it justice, and I really want to take the time to feel this and look at it, and I’m not going to feel anything at all if you don’t process things, you become numb.
I really want to be present and thankful to the universe and to my idols, and most importantly to my community, who have stuck by me and to look them in the eye and be there for the next 20 years.”
Yungblud still feels emotional about Ozzy’s death because of the part the rocker has played in his higher profile.
He said: “You get given an opportunity by your hero to show the world what you can do, you finally get to know your hero on a human level and then he dies.
“Honestly, it makes me emotional as I’m trying to unpack this trip that I’ve been on as I’ve loved this icon my whole life.
“It’s probably the biggest moment of my career that the world has maybe taken notice of me for the first time.
“I get to know him and try to make him understand how thankful I am to him, not only for my life and my personality, but the opportunity he has given me, then he dies.”