Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware - S10 Ep 10: Yungblud

Episode Date: November 18, 2020

(Warning, I think this guest swears more than me) Before we entered Lockdown 2.0, we had the pleasure of high tea’ing with a young gentleman by the name of Yungblud at mum's.  Whilst sipping on champagne and eating sausage rolls, Dominic talks all about Hobnobs, Yorkshire tea & his mum’s Doncaster cake shop ‘Jaffa & Cakes’, named after the family sausage dog.He tells us about his rockstar lifestyle; hanging out in 'Hollyweird', nights out with Brooklyn Beckham, elephant tattoos & just wanting a pint of lager at Noma, the best restaurant in the world.What a charmer! Yungblud's new album, WEIRD is out Dec 4th, you can pre-order it now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to Table Manners. I'm Jessie Ware and I'm sitting with my mum, Lenny. Hi darling. Hi mum. We haven't said this for a while so I just wanted to explain what this podcast is about. It's a podcast where we cook for the guest and we talk over food and sometimes wine about food, family and wherever the conversation may lead. I feel like we're potentially going to have a few new listeners today. So hello to the Black Heart Club. You'll find out a little bit more when we have this guest on. But hello to some new listeners that I feel like may not have known about this podcast until we had this guest on today.

How are you, Mum? I'm okay. What's going on? I've had my day off today. So I've been for a massage with manon i've made sausage rolls i've made sandwiches they're not just sausage rolls they're the toft sausage rolls with melted cheese what sausage meat i used it cumberland this time and then mustard and you put fennel seeds on top and they are stupendous. Yeah.

Do not leave them here. And then I've made an olive oil cake from the Topath cookbook. And I've realised that my sage mini oven has its limits. Perhaps it isn't the best at baking. Jessie, I think it looks beautiful. Yeah, but I had to cook it for like 15 minutes longer than the recipe because it was gooey in the middle. Does it have anything on top or you just serve it like a... Just have icing sugar.

So it's an olive oil cake and it's got a bit of orange zest and orange juice in it. So it's quite kind of... I've got fresh cream if you want with it. No, we don't need bloody fresh cream, Mum. It's really good with coffee or tea. So like morning or evening. So that's what we've got. I've got a free house.

Okay, so who's going to eat all the cake and about 20,000 sausage rolls? Well, hopefully our guest that's coming on, Youngblood. I hope he's got a good appetite. He's young. He's young and he's... Probably hungry. He was born in 1996. Is he our youngest ever?

He's 24. We've got a 90s kid on our hands. But yeah, Youngblood is this kind of phenomenon that is... His name is Dominic. He's a 90s baby. And he has kind of protest songs and has a huge following.

I mean, diehard fans. And he's got a new song called Cotton Candy where he gets a very fantastic snog that's continuous in the video. And he's got a new song called Cotton Candy where he gets a very fantastic snog that's continuous in the video. And there's lots of other people having a fabulous time. All I can say is I hope he likes a bit of old blood. I hope he likes it. And a sausage roll.

And a sausage roll. Young blood coming up on Table Manners. up on Table Manners. Hi Dom. Hiya, how are ya? Oh my god, you are, you are a star. I feel like I'm in the presence of a star. Really? Yes. Oh, that's mental. You're like, you've got it, baby. Don't tell me that. No, but it you are i think the youngest person we've ever had on this really yeah i mean you were born in 96 i was 97 actually 97 97 yeah shit i remember the year as well so you're young blood i'm old blood i mean i'm into that i'm into that i love it your mother's probably younger than jesse my mom's my mom is all right my mom. My mum's 50 this year. Oh, crikey.

I'm not 50. You're not yet. But how's things? Good, man. It's all a bit weird, isn't it? Yeah. It's all a bit bizarre. Yeah.

But I don't know. I'm happy. I literally got home two months ago, so I'm happy to be back in the UK. Where have you been? I was in Los Angeles. I was in Hollywood. Do you not like it? I hate it.

I love Los Angeles. I was in Hollywood. Do you not like it? I hate it. I love Los Angeles. I just, I don't know why. I'm just so British. Like, I love Hobnobs and Yorkshire tea. I mean, the tea is shit. It's so shit. Jesse's not made that brew long enough. Sorry.

No, I'm actually into it, man. I kind of like it. It's better. At least it's an English teabag. Yeah. Well, I mean, probably not. But like, typical British person. You don't get, I like Yorkshire. You don't get Yorkshire tea. No, it's an English tea bag. Yeah. Well, I mean, probably not, but like typical British person. I like Yorkshire.

You don't get Yorkshire tea. No, it's too strong for me. That's English breakfast. But Lipton, that's the shit. The Lipton shit. The Lipton shit. So where were you living in LA? I was living in Venice Beach.

Oh, it's gorgeous. I mean, it was gorgeous, but that's the thing about it. I like cold and wet and cigs and pints and like you can't get that tea do you know i mean you just can't get out there and it was like it's all right but it's like i just find people a bit full of shit out there i'm kind of like tell the truth till it gets me in trouble do you know i mean like most of the time it's like oh shit should i send that do you know i mean if someone's like do you like me jump i'm like

not really do you know i mean i'll someone's like do you like me jumper I'm like not really do you know what I mean I'll say it in like the nicest way possible I'm going to get those balloons mum has just said so we've got some balloons in the house Dom

yeah we're actually going to do some laughing gas now we said we were going to give you a sausage roll but actually we're going to get the canisters out

I'm actually down come to Jessie Ware's house we're going to get high yeah well anyway for people that can't see um young blood he has a skull jumper on it's really nice and my mum i don't know why you've got these but mum's got balloons there you go you're sorted was it for halloween mum there you go you're sorted

you know what i love it i'm gonna can i nick somebody's support for halloween thank you so much man so so I mean food tell me growing up in Doncaster yeah what's like a memorable meal from your childhood

bangers and mash always like stews like my mum would make like me to be honest my mum like runs a cake shop

she's got a little cake shop you're kidding no I promise you Jesse oh shit and my cake's sorry in the middle I'm definitely getting the cream of the month I saw that man she's probably listening now but my cake's sorry in the middle I'm definitely getting the cake

I saw that man she's probably listening now but my sister's is all the work to be honest my sister's the like the cake maker my mum's gonna kill herself

how many brothers and sisters I got two younger sisters two little two girls so they're born in like 2000 yeah Izzy's 13 and Jem's 22

so Jem's a year younger than me and Izzy's 13 I think that I think that like one night on the red wine to be honest do you know what i mean i mean i think they're like my mum was like i want to have a baby my dad's like what and then she came out and she's like she's definitely the favorite kid is she absolutely really she's the middle one oh no she's the youngest she's like the youngest is the favorite complete like oh fancy light. Oh, fancy that. Yeah, that's like Dr. Alex too. Oh, Dr. Alex.

Yeah, exactly. It doesn't matter, I'm a pop star. You don't need to say anything. Dr. Alex. You can't trump that. Exactly. He's a doctor, you know, Alex. Alex is a doctor.

I had to put it in, but usually it's my mum. She goes, my son. And she kind of does it like she's apologising for you because you're not a doctor. You're not quite a doctor. It's like you are not because you're not a doctor. You're not quite a doctor. It's like, you are not as good as my little boy. Or people will say, your daughter's an actress. Oh, your other daughter's a singer.

And I say, yeah. I say it asked me about my son. Anyway, so the middle one works in the cake shop. Yeah, Gem's like a crazy cook and it's mad like I think she like kind of learnt from me mum and me nan like

they're just the best so what were your birthday cakes like if your mum had a cake shop did she have a cake shop then yeah pretty mental no she got it like me mum had a bad car accident

a couple years ago actually which was a bit which was so sad like she nearly like we nearly lost to be honest but she used insurance money to kind of she always had a dream of having a cake shop so she was like do nearly lost to be honest but she used insurance money to kind of she always had a dream of having a cake shop so she was like that's something positive that's

what i'm saying like that like proper northern woman broke her back in like like two places had a mad operation seven months later she's like running around in a cake shop and so rock and roll more of a punk than me what's it called the, the cake shop? Jaffa and Cakes. Jaffa and Cakes. Because she's got a little sausage dog that's orange and black called Jaffa Cake. So she's like Jaffa and Cakes.

I love it. Because dogs always in shop. You know what I mean? Dogs just running around. Does she serve a cup of tea as well? She serves everything like a cup of tea. Sandwiches. Sandwiches, sausage rolls.

She makes good sausage rolls. Oh God, darling. Why have we done high tea then? Sorry, I'm too loud. Everyone used to say to me in school, everyone always used to say to me in school, energy, not volume. Energy, not volume.

Do you know what I mean? Every single person who's ever met me, Dom, we just want energy, not volume. I'm always like, all right. So were you very clever at school? I was, to be honest, I was good at what I wanted to be good at. Alright,

so what you good at? I was good at, I loved history. I loved history. Hated maths. Got suspended for mooning my maths teacher. What did you do?

Pulled a moon at my maths teacher. Love that. Yeah. Why? Because you hated maths. But why? Because you got

the question wrong. No, it was just like, I don't know man, I think to be honest, like in school, everyone knew. I always loved performing. Do you know what No, it was just like, I don't know, man. I think, to be honest, like in school, everyone knew. I always loved performing. Do you know what I mean?

I was like, I would, half the time I wouldn't even go to maths. I'd be skiving in the music centre. I remember all my mates were like, yo, I dated Moonie Miss Amel. And I was like, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. I'm not doing that. I'm not doing that. Go on, go on, Dom. Go on, Dom.

Go on, Dom. I'm like, I'm not doing it, man. I'm just not going to do it. They're like, go on, go on, go on Dom go on Dom go on Dom I'm like I'm not doing it man I'm just not gonna do it like go on go on go on go on go on I was like all right then bang pulled my bum out and pressed it against the glass and get suspended oh dude like you should have seen like walked in like it two classes later two hours later the deputy's head walks in he's like you know exactly who you are get out of this classroom now and I'm like oh this is this is bad bad like it's kind of a bad and then there's like a bad exactly who you are get out of this classroom now and i'm like oh this is this is bad bad like it's kind of a bad and then there's like a bad bad i'm like all right cool i'm probably gonna get expelled and i'm not gonna be able to become a doctor so i mean so like mom's

not gonna be everyone's gonna want to see your bum yeah exactly and that's what i'm saying have you showed your bum ever to anyone else since? In public. In public. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I mean, I learned that lesson very much, very quickly, to be honest. The deputy pulls me into his office and he's suspending me, but he's laughing. He's like, can't hold his humour.

And so he's like, we're going to have to... Who's calling? That's my mum. Oh, answer. Oh, say hi. Who's cool, mate? That's my mum. Oh, answer! Oh, say hi.

Your fans are devoted beyond, right? They are the other best. All it was about for me was kind of building a culture. Because, like, in Donny, it was great, but a lot of people didn't get me. Do you know what I mean? I was always, like, wearing... Like, I wanted to wear makeup and I wanted to kind of wear skirts and was always very loud and very opinionated and people loathe people

being free you know i mean especially in a place like that where it's like we're setting our ways we know what we want we like everything's been done a certain way if anyone tries to disrupt the status quo you're gonna kind of get your ass smacked you know i mean your mom and dad didn't mind you no my dad sold guitars for a living okay so he was pretty yeah my dad saw it all i mean and then my mom literally would paint my nails and straighten me out and she's just mental you know i mean so she loved it but then i was like i just want to build a culture i can't exist in this world and and it made me, like, kind of hate myself, and kind of be like, I'm just such a weirdo, you know what I mean, why am I different, and I was like, if I can't belong in this world,

so I'm going to build a world I can belong in for myself, and if there's anyone out there like me, I don't want them to feel like this, so I want them to be able to exist in a place that is accepting no matter what color you are what sexuality you are what size shape you are whatever you want to wear whatever you want to look like whatever you want to say and basically i just started putting out music with that message and i was just like is there anyone out there like me and like fuck me man There were a lot of them. Yeah, like millions. And it's like, it's literally like, I always kind of, it's like me having a conversation with 3 million kids.

It's like the music's second. It's just about talking. And it's always like plays in my head. Once you get into the music industry, like Epline, once you kind of get like a label and start to get big or whatever everyone's always talking about like hits and whatever and it was like i never really cared about that like like it's great that the songs do well and it streams it's like i just wanted to play stadiums you just want to play stadiums yeah but i mean that's just like that would kind of require a hit right i mean well, or not, I don't know. When I look at it, I want to build my career like the Stone Roses did.

The Stone Roses did two nights at Spy Cat because it was a culture. You know what I mean? It's like, I don't know. You know what I mean? At Marilyn Manson, did he ever have a number one hit? No, but he had number one albums and he had a culture and he plays the biggest shows ever. Do you know what I mean?

I think like, it would be great. Like, trust me, it'd be like, sick, cool, I got an it song,

but it's like, I don't really think about that when I write. I just want to tell the truth. You know what I mean? Has it been quite a weight, having this kind of responsibility of being this messenger for this youth, and kind of,

or, I mean, have you ever got yourself into trouble? Oh, yeah. Because I can imagine all these people are watching, waiting on every word. Completely. It's like a proper conversation.

It's literally like I'm having Christmas dinner with three million people. You know what I mean? So it's like, because that boundary, like there is no boundaries in my fan base. There's literally not. It's not like, cool, I had a great show. I'm going to get me Mercedes fucking Viana with a bottle of champagne you know i mean it's like

after every show up no matter now we're like moving into like arenas and i'm like i'm gonna be outside the show as i was at 100 seat and i'm figuring that out like putting a platform in the car park and going to meet everyone afterwards do you know what i mean that's what it's about i kind of like that more than being on stage it's about connecting complete it's about connecting person by person that's what i said at the beginning like i was at this music industry event in la obviously and this guy like i think this music industry person comes up to me he's like got a bit of fucking canapé on his shirt you know i mean and then and he's like what's the formula man oh i'm like i'm like what he's like i mean come on what's the formula like it's all a load of bollocks and i'm just like tell the truth speak to someone person

by person do you know i mean it's like it's kind of because they the thing i think you're very unique aren't you and you're like but you are I mean there is only one young blood right but yeah it's mad but it's this thing and the industry want

what you've got completely and they want to take it and be able to apply it to someone else no exactly but it is hilarious that it starts off

as no one in the like when we started out no one gave a shit no one even writes something bad about us i wish someone would like this is the shittest thing i've ever heard i wish people would be like this is the worst it just didn't bother this didn't bother there was like just like a b-rate artsy monkeys i was like okay i understand your point slightly but but just listen to what i have to say and you might learn something. And then it just started working in like the most odd places.

Like I remember going to the Netherlands and there were like 200 kids at a show lined up, camped out as the would do now. I was like, wow. How long ago was that? Probably three years ago, two and a half years ago.

And when your, your first record came out when uh 2018 2018 yeah so you're just 20 just turned 20 yeah yeah so just let me i just got to catch up a little bit so you get excluded from school you're a bit of a bad boy but you entertain everybody a lovable road that was it man i was like out like i mean if i wanted to get an a i kind of you brought i could i mean it's like did you get gcse yeah i did yeah i got an a star in english literature i didn't even read the book do you know i mean wow do you know i mean one of those people that wing it. Because I was just blagging it. I was just forming fucking opinions about like... You must have known a little bit.

I can't even remember. Which was the book? No, I knew a little bit. What was the book? It was important to be earnest. Do you know what I mean? I remember and I formulated some answer that Jack and Algernon were secretly in a gay relationship.

Well, I think that was yeah i know but like you can potentially take that but then i ran with it for a whole essay and it must have been like oh wow this must have been blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah do you know what i mean and i mean if i wanted to do it whereas i turned up to my physics gcse hi do you know what i mean i like smoked a spliff in the park with my mate before. How did that work out for you? Not really got a D. Do you know what I mean, though?

It's just, like, if I was into it, like, or drama, I'd just be studying and studying and studying, or music. I knew every single piece of music back to front and play it backwards. Did you leave school at 16? I left school to come to London. When? At 16. some music back to front and play it back did you leave school at 16 i left school to come to to london when 16 i don't know what year but i was 16 if i'm 23 now that is five years ago seven years ago seven years ago well in math yeah that's what i'm saying yeah seven years ago so who did you live with i live with a lady called marge right excited that it was cheap was 70 quid a week for an house share and i met my

best mate there james and we are chalk and cheese like i don't talk about this very often this is a funny story so i moved out of london right i mean like hounslow and i'm like thinking big city so well that's what i'm saying it's actually not london it's middlesex but all right it was saying you know i mean potato potato and um i go into the house and i'm like i meet my friend and my mate i'm like hello mate how are you pretending to be liam gallagher he's like hello i'm nice to meet you i'm james from portsmouth and i like he's like the polar opposite to me tourette's ocd like folds his socks kind of shit i mean i'm like socks under my bed was he there because he was like he was in london as well we're gonna go i was going to do it i was gonna

go to art school okay so you're on a mission to arts educational school in shizzing right oh yeah that's what i'm doing so were you gonna be doing like performing i was just i was like i was gonna do drama i was gonna do music and i i was like god there's so much in there like we're just like plowing through my life i'm kind of looking at like mad and it was weird bro because i was like music i want to do music i want to be in a band but it seems so hard to me so i was like cool i might do theater for a bit and then i did a couple shows i did a show in manchester i did west side story in the director riff in west West Side Story wow now you're talking that's what I'm saying

is that boy? yeah when you're a jet that kind of shit do you know what I mean? and I was like I did that and I met a choreographer

called Drew McConey because I wanted to do it with people that it would be it would be 15 year old young people in West Side Story it wouldn't be 25 year olds

playing 15 year olds they did it as real young people which was sick and the choreographers like listen I can point a word art said because I think you should train now so all right cool let's try it be sick got in met James completely chalk and cheese he'd be like hello how are you like I'm the best kid in the world he's still my best mate so I can take the piss out of him like that he He's like, oh, I'll be back by seven. And I've not been home in three days. And Marge is ringing me mum like,

he's been out. Well, she wasn't from Doncaster, so she was from the north. But she looked like Cher, to be honest. It's kind of cool. She's quite spooky. She made so much lasagna. Fuck me.

She made a lasagna every two days. And I was skint, so I lived on lasagna. Did you like it? Do you eat it a lot now? Fuck no, I didn't like it. It's like scarred me for life. I'm sorry, Marge, no offence.

But it scarred me for fucking life because it was like so gloopy. And it was fine, but it was like the gloopiest lasagna you've ever had. It's like, I could feel it through my arteries. And I would live off it because I'd spend all my money on beer. Like, do you know what I mean?

You love beer. We never got any beer in the church. No, it's all right. It's all right. But I'd be like, do you know what I mean? Doing what I was doing. I was like at my mate's party or whatever. And it was just funny because me and James were quite good influencers on each other

because he would straighten me out a bit. So if we had like lines to learn, he'd make sure I learned my lines. And I'd just be like, come on, man. You've been sat in your room for three days we're gonna do something naughty now do you know i mean like let's go to the park and ask someone to get us some beer in the shop or whatever i don't know and then yeah it was it was great where does james live now he lives in chiswick still and he's vibing and what's he moved from hounslow to chiswick he's like he's an actor but he's having a hard time right now. Oh, shame.

Yeah, exactly. There's no jobs right now. So he's good, though, man. He's teaching a lot, and he's inspiring, and he's cool. Was Doncaster ready for you? I don't know. I mean, do you know what's interesting? I'm playing my first show

in Doncaster next year. I was going to ask that. And I've avoided it for as long as I could. Why? Because... I bet it's the biggest crowd. Yeah,

that's what I'm saying. A lot goes on in Doncaster. Dude, that's... I mean, it's going to be the biggest crowd. My mum's going to have a guest list like 700. Tell me about it.

It's a nightmare. Isn't it a nightmare? It's mental. Do you crowd surf? Oh, yeah. I do it all. I've had so much... You've never done that, it all I've had so much I've had so much nicked off me

in the thing really because to grab it but not intentionally oh take those balloons next time stick them on weirdest

yeah dude like weirdest thing was when we were in Warsaw in Poland they broke the barrier they're amazing they're the best

Poland is that one of your biggest places yeah dude great and the way the craziest thing was milan milan was mad right song two right song two in milan just warming up yeah just on like gone on madness massive show and i see this little italian man walk to the side of the stage i'm like why is it i'm like i'm like you don't look like you're in my fan base like you know i mean like bald and you know i mean little mustache i'm like why is he coming on stage all right and he comes on stage he's like there's been 75 casualties and it's song two and i'm like because i'm like it's not

your fault but i'm saying it's hilarious and it's like you have to calm them down and he's song two and I'm like because I'm like it's not your fault but I'm saying it's hilarious and it's like you have to calm them down and he's like shouting and I'm like I'm like I'm hearing screams from the front from the most

incredible Italian crowd ever because Italian crowds are just like I've never played the best like I cry every time because they just sing

and it's just like what the like do you know what I mean what the fuck and basically I had to calm them down because with my and it's just like, what the, like, do you know what I mean? What the fuck? And basically I had to calm them down because with my crowds, it's like, it's usually like younger girls and boys at the front who've been queuing outside for games.

So what's your average age of kids? I don't know. It's kind of weird. Like I'm very much growing up with them. Like they're just like my family, man. It's like, it kind of starts with 15 to 18 year olds at the front. And then there's the kids beating the shit out of each other behind them. And then it goes all the way back to like 60.

Do they throw beer? Oh, no, they're just laughing. It's like the best crowd in the world. Like everyone's just like. Do they have older people? Oh, completely. Would I be the oldest there? Oh, no, but there's literally a nan.

There's like, there's one nan. Everyone calls her nan. Like the Noah for all the world. Like she's on the front row every time it's a nan in the from the uk no stop i swear to god everyone calls a nan and everyone's like man's here my family fan base call them the black arts club themselves the black arts clubs the tattoos on my fingers that they get we'll go into that in a second um i know so much man and that's just how much of a family we are i mean it's like everyone just knows each other from different continents everyone's best friends from different continents people getting like engaged and married have you ever shagged a

fan no absolutely not jessica that is that is the thing. Jessica. Well, if you're lonely on tour and you've got this big old family, it's weird. It's weird. It's not like that. It's very odd. Do you know what I mean? It's like,

people do ask me that a lot. I just, I don't know. Do you know what I mean? Darling, do they all look like you? Everyone's got, it's like a uniform, man.

Like, I, I, So they've all got basically so they're we call it the cause themselves a black arts club and i got i was out in la when i had like i don't know 7 000 followers on instagram like just been signed or something maybe more i don't know um and i was out with brooklyn beckham and anwar hadid for some reason as you do as you do that's what i'm saying i i like i i had a mate who'd introduce me to brooklyn and brooklyn's like is he lovely he's the best like he's just yeah he's very charming and like he's just like british and like we're just like talking about ribena and football. You know what I mean? In LA. Excuse me, what's your team?

Ooh, Doncaster Rovers. I know. Yeah. No, no, no. It's fine. I know. What's your team? Man U.

Is it? Yeah. But I mean. I come from Manchester. But I have something to say. It was like, I have a bit of a connection with Leeds United as well. It's my granddad's side. So we're probably going to fight in a minute, aren't we?

Yeah. You're a white rose. I'm a red rose. Yeah. It's all right. We got the best hot pot. But anyway. Have you ever heard of Yorkshire hot pot?

No, I've heard of Lancashire hot pot. I mean, fair enough. Oh, wow. My mum's hot pot's really good. It's a hot pot off. Yeah, it's a hot pot off. But I remember getting these tattoos on my fingers. One of them's broken.

So it's the Black Hearts, not Black Art. No it's the Black Hearts Club. It's not Black Hearts. No, it's the Black Hearts. It's Doncaster Arts. Arts, Arts Club. Black Arts Club. And I remember getting these tattoos on my fingers and like one of them's broken and one of them's full. And I was just starting to get this community, no matter how small it was, like it was tiny

back then. So everyone's got those tattoos. But yeah, so this one represents like me when I was growing up and like completely isolated, feeling like an alien. And I'm left-handed and I got the full heart on my left hand by writing. I connected to him and I had a conversation with him. So I got them, posted them online. I wake up the next day, 10 kids have got them. Parents pissed off with young blood.

Yeah, 20 kids have got them. Parents pissed off with young blood. Yeah, 20 kids have got them. And now apparently there's tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of black girls. Have you got other tattoos? What, an elephant on my arse? Shut up. Swear to God. So if he moons again...

No, we do not, thank you very much. It's all right, man. I'll shut up. I need to see it, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I promise you. Jessica! I don't really... I don't wear underwear to be honest.

Why don't you wear underwear? Isn't it going to hurt your willy with those jeans? No, I don you. Jessica! I don't really... I don't wear underwear to me, I don't know. Why don't you wear underwear? Isn't it going to hurt your willy with those jeans? No, I don't. I can't look. Oh, it's a little one. It's a little one. That's what I'm saying. Christ.

I don't know why you're cracking up. But I don't want the Beckhams to have a bad influence on you. What, with tattoos? You know their record with tattoos. You'll have it up to here, buddy. It's so funny. I kind of like... Dude, I'm such a little shit

because I'm like, if people expect something of me, I won't do it. Do you know what I mean? So it's like, everyone always expects me to be covered in tats. I'm just not going to do it.

No. But you're quite pretty, actually. I hate to say it. Thanks. But you are quite lovely and you've got gorgeous eyes. My green eyes. Have you seen those eyes?

Yeah, you're very handsome. You're beautiful, yeah. I feel like this is verging on kind of... I feel like we're like Galena and Jeffrey. I'm the man on the front row. I'm into it. Should we have a sausage roll?

We've got, yes, their sausage rolls and do you want some champagne? I'll have a bit of champagne, yeah, wow. Do you want another cup of tea? I'll have a champagne. Wow, man, what's on them? So they are, I had them in Lincolnshire so they're like they've got cheese in them and mustard and they're fucking delicious. I love that they look fucking awesome. They're tuft sausage rolls. Thank you so much. What a... What an insane spread.

So, okay, so what do you cook? Do you cook? Do you know what? I'm actually surprisingly good. I make a banging Sunday roast. Oh, do you? But I can do a Sunday dinner, and it's the hardest thing to cook. We'll come back for Sunday. We need Sunday dinner. It's the hardest thing to make.

It's like so much stuff to, like, stress out on. Because you have to juggle. If you're making a Sunday dinner You've got to be able to like juggle Because it's like all about the last five minutes Making sure everything's hot And everything's together And everything's like good Because you know what I mean

You don't want cold roast potatoes With like cold chicken You've got to make sure everything's like Out at the same time Gravy's good Ready to rock and roll. What's your secret? If I'm cooking, man, like, it's so un-LFL.

I put, like, so much fat and cream and, like, salt in it. Do you know what I mean? So it's just, like... Because my mum always said that, man. Do you know what I mean? She would always just overdo it. Indulge. And it was insane.

You know what I mean? Everyone comes around, like, wow. And then, like, my roast potatoes are insane. Because I get, like, beef dripping and that. You know what I mean? Everyone comes around like, wow. And then, like, my roast potatoes are insane. Because I get, like, beef dripping and that. You know what I mean? What's your key to good roast potatoes? So, obviously, you boil your potatoes until they're, like, a little bit soft. Make sure the outsides are soft.

As if, like, Youngwood Cooking Channel. No one knows this about me. World exclusive, girls. Until they're soft. Drain the water. Smash one knows this about me. World exclusive, girls. Until they're soft. Drain the water. Smash the fuck out of them. Just bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Little bit of flour.

I usually put like garlic salt. Oh, you put flour on them? I put flour on them, garlic salt and onion salt on them. That is a good idea. Then I get a massive baking, like a deep baking tray. Loads of beef dripping in it it's gotta be like smoky

like if you put your finger on it like you cook your finger do you know what I mean like you pour your potatoes in cover it in that

put them in take it out baste it a bit more turn them around keep putting them in but the more smashed you can get them on the outside

it makes it like go like crispy who did we talk to about who put semolina on them did Dawn french yes dawn french semolina yeah just like just brings a little crunch wow yeah i'm into it i'll try it next time so okay so that's what you'd cook roast young globe roast and where do you like to go out in london where's a good place where's like a young bird special food place? Where do we go for food? There's loads of food. Are you bothered

about food? I love food. Okay. No, I do love food. I'm just trying to think now. I don't know if you ever stop to eat though. I don't stop to eat. I always eat out. I literally always eat out. What did you eat last night? What did I eat last night? What day is it? What even day is it? It's Friday. What did I do last night? Oh, I had

a burger last night. It was good. No, I do last night? Oh, I had a burger last night. It was good. No, I had burger and wings from Wingman's. It was great. Where's Wingman's? It's the thing on delivery. You can get it. I promise.

It's like oriental wings. It's like, fuck. And I love Chinese food. I love a Chinese takeaway. Oh, can't beat a Chinese takeaway. I haven't had a Chinese takeaway in so long. That's the thing about it is, right, that Chinese takeaway is just not good here in London.

Like, when you go home, it's... Have you been to Chinatown? Yeah, I've been to Chinatown. It's all right, but, like, not... So, Doncaster does a better Chinese takeaway. I swear to God, yeah. So, what are you ordering in Doncaster? The thing about it...

Do you have Chinese curry in Doncaster? Do you know we love Chinese curry? Yeah. The thing about it is, right, it's like it's your Chinese. You know what I mean? When you have your own Chinese, nothing beats it. They could be serving anything, but it's like just your Chinese. But I do like a little pasta joint.

And so, have you been to Lena's stores? Yes, I like Lena. It's so cute. But it was kind of funny. I went to like, I had a bit of a breakdown. So I went to Lake Como for a couple of days. And then like you come, I went. How gorgeous is that? Mad an house and it's so funny because all we met like i took my

mates out and everyone's like dressed in thing i don't change i mean like fucking leopard print and like spikes in lake como like we're driving on a boat and this guy's looking at me like he would just crawl out of satan's bum hole and got on my belt? You know what I mean? But it's great. It's expensive. Then I came back and every Italian food I fucking ate, I was like, it's just shite. You're like eating Italian food in London,

you're like, oh God, this is so good. Then you go to Lake Como and you come back, you're like, fuck me, you're imposters. We went to this restaurant on the last night and I was like, wow, this is great. I didn't even count. They did this black garlic risotto. And I've never put anything that good in my mouth. Really?

Never. Not even, don't even come close. And I have kissed many people. So, okay, so we ask everybody what their last supper would be darling could we have a little more champagne oh sorry i love it i love me and darman i love it kind of suffering here yeah it's got to keep keep me lit tell me secrets so tight so i want to know last supper what's it going to be starter main pudding and drink of choice last supper all right for a starter i love spanish food what i have prone prone pill pill you ever had that mad yeah on it on it like but the shittest

one you can get like on a beach bar like on like granny's in the kitchen and it looks like you're gonna get salmonella but you're not you know i mean you're just like nice bread to dip in yeah proper nice bread to dip in and just like just pint of lager i mean so oh man i need to tell you my story in a minute i've finished this this is the funniest fucking story ever tell us now all right fuck it i'll do my last supper in a minute right so my tour manager right jess she's a she i don't she's an incredible australian woman like with the biggest like heart but i don't know how she puts up with us like we are little shits absolute little shits on on tour so for it like bless her shout out jess she you know i mean she's like probably

listening to this embarrassed as hell because she hates any attention she's like don't take fire as me ever we were in denmark and had a couple days off and you know noma it's like the best restaurant in the world right did you get a did a place there? I mean, it's a huge waiting list. Listen, so I was like, it's her birthday. She really wants to go to this nice restaurant called Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark. It's the best restaurant in the world. Chef's table, stuff, something on it.

It's phenomenal. All that shit. So I was like, all right, cool. So I get a table, right? And I'm Northern as fuck, right? And it's going to be 700 quid as fuck right and it's gonna be 700 quid ahead and i'm gonna take four of us and i'm gonna pay for it for a birthday i'm like fucking okay all right yeah i mean like fucking 20 you know i mean whatever 2800 quid for a table i'm

like fuck yeah i'm gonna go i'm gonna have the best steak in my life and it's gonna be great i'm saying to you listen this is why this story's really funny so i get there there, and I'm like, cool, I'm going to have a fucking great steak. I've been on tour for so long. I'm going to have steak and chips, and they're going to give me whatever I fucking want, and lychee martinis on tap till the fucking end of time. It's going to be wicked. But as I say, so we pull up, right? We get into the site.

I'm like, all right, cool. I thought we were going to a restaurant. It's like six greenhouses, but all right. Have you seen that film, Midsommar? Yes. Do you know what I mean? So I'm walking up, and it's like... They're all quite smiley. greenhouses but all right have you seen that film midsummer yes i mean so i'm walking up it's like you're quite yeah smiling everyone's like very viking and very like hello sir welcome to

noma where your pleasures will be i don't know and i'm like all right nice like i'm dry in norfolk i'm like all right nice to meet you great so walk into noma and i'm just like cool this is a bit weird in it and everyone's like i'm so excited i'm like same i can't wait to have this steak and chips and it's gonna be fucking great and it's like would you like this drink of the river to cleanse your palate i'm like i'm like i'll have a yeah i'll have a taste of that it's pretty fucking weird too like and you kind of i haven't stopped staring at me for two minutes you know i mean i'm like stop looking at me i want to like chill so they take us to our table and in Noma, it's like you have your own little living room

and there's a fire and I'm like, okay, cool. All right, sick. We're going to sit down and it's going to be great. So the waitress comes and is like, again, welcome to Noma. And it's like some fucking, like I've gone to live with Hare Krishnas in Thailand or something. You know what I mean?

And I'm like, fucking great. And it's like, okay, can I have a pint of lager and a steak and chips, please? And she's like, bring the drinks out. And she starts pouring me this drink. And I'm like, sorry, can I have a pint of lager? And she's like, we don't do lager, sir. I'm like, okay, right. Do you have any beer or anything?

She's like, no, sir. I'm like, all right. You're in Denmark like beer or anything it's like no sir i'm like all right yeah i mean but that's fine i'm just like i know i mean no they should have beer right i have a beer and i'm like and i'm like do you have do you have like anything like job glass of prosecco no sir do you have a gin and tonic no sir i'm like what do you have it's like well we have the fruits of the forest like Like, shit. She's pouring me, and I'm drinking this raspberry elderflower and fucking foxtail fucking drink. Was it alcohol? Yeah, it was alcoholic, right?

And I'm drinking it, and I'm like, okay, cool. But it's not what you wanted. No, it's not what I'm saying to you. It's like, it's not what I wanted. So it's like, all right, cool. And I'm like, where's the menus? And Jessie's laughing at me because she's just brought fucking Devo meets Liam Gallagher

into a fucking scandinavian seance you know i mean and everyone's like bringing in the light and blessing the forest and it's game season right it's game season and everyone's laughing at me and tom my photographer is quite a foodie and and a bit pretentious i love him he's pretentious cunt then there's ed who works at my label who was somehow out in denmark i don't know why and then just next to me you wanted to go to know i know i knew you were paying so i'm saying so it's like we're in no man we're eating and it's like the first dish comes out and i'm like i'm like just turning hysterical like where's the fucking menus like

where's the menus i'm not i'm i'm like really and i'm anxious because everyone's like there's a person in the corner of the room looking straight forward like not even like vibing just like holding a connection holding a bottle of water and looking straight forward i'm like it literally looks like a prosthetic doll like standing there it's a bit midsummer very midsummer it's like when the when am i gonna get my bollocks cut off you know i mean in front of me and then i'm sat there and the food comes out and the first thing comes out and it's like an acorn on a plate right and it's like i'm looking at this acorn i'm like all right cool like everyone's like weird it must be just like some hippie shit before they bring out like the menu dinner maybe me dinner yeah me big nice steak i mean know what i mean my big nice

dinner that i'm paying 700 quid for and they do the acorn i'm like okay right i'll nibble on this acorn and and everyone's just laughing what's the acorn in anything no it's just a fucking acorn i don't know like i mean it's an acorn you could eat that's what i'm saying like you can and it's like glazed in fucking like what's kind of molasses made from like Jesus Christ. You know what I mean? And Jess is like wanting to come to Noma, but she's regretting it already. Because you're... No, no, she's not regretting it because of me,

because now I find out that she is unadventurous with food. So I'm like, okay, fine, all right, fucking hell, you don't want to eat your acorn. That's a 70 quid acorn that you just, just turned away. Like, I've turned mine away. And I'm sat down,

it's like, cool, cool. Is there any menus coming out? It's like, the chef has decided what you're eating tonight, sir. And I'm like, as I say, like, I don't like being told

what to do. How intimidating. No, it's very intimidating. See, I love that. I hate it. I'm definitely with you. definitely yeah and i'm just like all right cool like it's like just is there gonna be any like meat and shit like oh yes sir yes we do we use every part of our animals and i get it because it's like good and it's good and

sorry to sorry to any of the vegan fans out there so i mean um but this was just noma and then they bring out duck's brain and no they didn't in front of me like no duck duck like gland from the brain and i'm like and i'm like like looking at the waitress like i'm like helpless like i'm like imagine me walking through the desert for seven days without water and i see you and i'm like do you have any water i'm like do you have any fucking thing normal for me? Do you have anything possibly normal? And then the main event comes out and it's

like, our good old friend Donald Duck. But this time it's the face of the duck. Like the face, right? And I'm sat there and Donald Duck is looking at me in the face going, don't eat me don't eat me because my child is across you've been on the disney channel yeah that's what i'm saying to you right so i'm looking at fucking donald duck right now and then i'm like

okay why is there ducks like i'm not gonna eat a beak it's not even cooked and then one of the midsummer characters walks around the corner and lifts up the duck's head oh my god this is like indiana temple of fucking doom shit right and people pay 700 quid each for this right Midsommar characters walked around the corner and lifts up the duck's head. Oh my God, this is like Indiana Temple of Doom. This is like Indiana Temple of fucking Doom shit, right? Yes.

And people pay 700 quid each for this, right? I would not do that. That's what I'm saying. So it's like lifted off, lifted off, and it's like inside the head is duck's heart,

ta-ta. Right? And Jess is laughing now because she's not eating anything either. She's like not eating absolutely nothing. I would actually vomit.

That's what I'm saying. Tom, my pretentious photographer, is fucking eating everyone's fucking food. And I'm like, I hope you're not getting a fucking birthday present this year. And it was small portions. Small portions, right? And then like after that, we have a palate cleanser and it's peppermint ice cream. And I was like, fuck yeah. All right.

I'm into this. Best peppermint ice cream in my life. And in theory, I paid two and a half grand for peppermint ice cream. And I was like, fuck yeah, all right, I'm into this. Best peppermint ice cream in my life. And in theory, I paid two and a half grand for peppermint ice cream and then went for a Chinese afterwards. I had someone call, I was like, it's 11pm, I need you to find me a Chinese takeaway. And I'm pretty placid, but I was pissed off.

You know what I mean? I was like... I hate pretension. It was, I mean, and it was fine. I'm sorry, Jessie. Look, I'm so desperate to go this is the best entertainment

do you know what not in a bad way not in a bad way right like with it yeah great if you're into that shit but I'm from like I'm from Donny man

you know what I mean I just wanted a pint of lager and some steaks if I go to a nice restaurant do you know what I mean if you go to Chilton Firehouse on a Friday night I'm like

I'll have the cheapest lager you got do you know what I mean let's just see Chiltern Firehouse on a Friday night I'm like I'll have the cheapest lard you've got do you know what I mean I just see who I am and I love good food and I love it but yeah I just like good like you know what I mean you don't like all the

bells and whistles do you want to get your cake I'm really worried about the cake I'm into the cake okay so just so I explain to you Dom I don't have a kitchen

at the moment so I have this really mini oven that it can roast a chicken and it can bake a cake but the moment, so I have this really mini oven. It can roast a chicken, and it can bake a cake, but the timings are a bit off, so fuck knows if it's worked. But I mean, it's sweet. But yeah, that's what I'm saying.

I don't mind. It's all right, because if this cake's shy, on the next podcast, if someone else I do, I'll be telling the... I'll be telling the Noma story. Are you?

No, you can't do that. I won't, I won't, I won't. Because I feel we've connected. Yeah. I'm going to get those tattoos No, you can't do that. I won't, I won't, I won't. Because I feel we've connected. Yeah. I'm going to get those tattoos. Oh, brother, flat out. Black arts. I'm into your black arts, man.

Black arts club, nan too. Okay, so we're back to the main. Yeah. The main of your last supper. Sorry about the lumps. Sorry, yeah. So in hindsight, the main of your last supper? Sorry about the lumps. Sorry, yeah. So in hindsight, the main of my last supper in a duck, in Donald Duck, with a tartare, it's

probably steak and chips. Okay. But like good steak and chips. How do you do it? Well done, rare? Yeah, I like ribeye. I had Kobe once, which was insane. You know what I mean? And then just ribeye steak. Usually, if I can get a Wagyu, be proper bougie, I'll do that. You know what I mean? Cook medium. And then bougie. Bougie's like kind of like... It's like when you want to go to Nobu for your birthday.

Yeah, if you want to splash out. You know what I mean? Like, you know, when you have like, you know what I mean? Like nice things. Okay, so pudding. What's pudding? What pudding? Probably banoffee pie nice things. Okay, so pudding. What's pudding? What pudding?

Probably banoffee pie. Ooh. Banoffee pie to the moon. Right, here we go. Ready? Yeah. It's all right. It's good.

It's soft in the middle. I'm into it. Yeah. Absolutely into it. It's an olive oil cake. I forgot to tell you I'm allergic to olives. What? I'm joking. Fish will cope with so pudding

banoffee pie does your mum make a banoffee pie me mum makes a good banoffee pie my ex-girlfriend made a great banoffee pie who's your ex-girlfriend

she's a pop star who yeah she makes a great banoffee pie does she she makes an insane banoffee pie this is lovely like not even not even capping to you like she like she's a good banoffee pie. Does she? She makes an insane banoffee pie. This is lovely.

Like, not even capping to you. Like, she, like... She's a good cook. Like, probably one of the best, like, cooks. Why did you finish with them? It was just, like, we're kind of better mates, to be honest. Do you know what I mean? I think it was, like, it was amazing, but, like, things,

do you know what I mean? We just realised we loved each other, but, like, in a different way. Do you know what I mean? Are you going out with anyone else? Not really. Like, at the minute, doing the album, you know what I mean, in COVID times, do you know what I mean? Do you like, are you going out with anyone else? Not really, like at the minute, doing the album, you know what I mean, in COVID times, you know what I mean?

So your drink of choice would be lager, right? Probably a pack of lager, yeah. Which one? I like Camden Hells, I like Fosters. Everyone thinks I'm a like traitor for saying Fosters, but it's what I grew up on. So I'd wait out the shop and be like, hello mate, will you go into the shop and get me a-

Who are your style icons? Oh, style oh style icons good i'm glad you asked um i love to be a gallagher brother i love liam yeah i love i mean both i mean he was like he had incredible style no have you ever met them no actually like i love like i'm obsessed you know i'm really good mates with anais noel's daughter she don't like you you might wink at me. Like, the Daily Mail think we're dating. Every time we see each other, it's like, are they dating? It's like, absolutely not. She's like my sister.

But they were massively inspirational to my life. You know what I mean? Like, built a culture. But then I love, like, Marilyn Manson and David Bowie and Lady Gaga. Vivienne West. Obsessed with Vivienne West. She lives around here, doesn't she? She does. She lives in Clapham, yeah. Clapham all Lady Gaga. Vivienne West, obsessed with Vivienne West. She lives around here, doesn't she? She does. She lives in Clapham, yeah.

Clapham all the time. How do you know this? I'm a fan of Vivienne Westwood. He's a fan, darling. I'm a psycho fan of Vivienne Westwood. You just announced your tour, didn't you? So, yeah, I did. When?

For next fall. And you're doing arenas? Dude, like in some markets, yeah. Muscle tour. Dublin, Dublin, London. Is there a feeling, okay, because everything is going so well, and that thing of...

Do you get worried? But, you know, you sell out everything. The thing about it is... Are you superstitious? Yeah, the thing about it is, it's just like, of course, man, I get, like, scared, and I, like...

Every day, it's always about them. Like, Youngblood ain't me. That's the one thing I want to them. Youngblood ain't me. That's one thing I want to say. Youngblood is us. It's a culture of people who came together because they didn't belong somewhere. So I don't ever get scared that it's going to go away because it's too special.

We connect too much. The stories I've heard and been told just kind of turn my world inside out I mean we're so connected to them but every day I kind of want it to get bigger and reach more people because I know there's a lot of people out there who feel like it's not alright to be who they

are do you know what I mean so it's just like gotta keep pushing that you know what's your karaoke song? oh it's gonna be Bloody Oasis. It's actually controversially Girls and Boys Blur. Oh, I can so imagine you doing that. Yeah. They will never speak to you, those Gallagher boys.

Oh, they're all right. It's all bollocks, isn't it? Is it? Yeah, it's all bollocks. So they like Damon Old? Probably, yeah. Okay. Have you got good table manners?

Yeah, I think so. I mean, I think so. I swear too much. You haven't eaten much. I'm just like... What are you doing this evening? I'm probably going for a pint with my mate, I think. James?

No, his name's Isaac. He's Jewish, actually, from Highgate. Is he? Nice kid, actually. Tell you what, going round to Mrs Grin's for a Friday night dinner. Oh! They're fucking matzo balls and shit. Come on. Bro, I'm mad for it. We did that. Aww. The fucking matzo balls and shit. Come on.

Bro, mad frit. We did that last Friday. Oh, I love it, man. Let me come round for a Friday night dinner. But you came, well, but you can but you came too early, you see. I'm down, innit? It's like what I'm saying. Matzo balls are the best thing on earth. Matzo ball soup. Oh, my mummy. It is bloody, it's frit. We'll give you

our cookbook and it's got the recipe. Oh, I love it man Dom you are a pleasure to be with bro thank you so much I couldn't wait for this that was buzzing cheered us up really cheered us up

like yeah thank you so much for coming over thank you so much I don't need to wish you luck with the tour because you'll sell it out well I mean touch wood

touch wood I just can't wait for Lenny to come to a show to see how it all works to see the black guys get the black arts club out thank you

have a lovely weekend and have a great time at Noma when you go give my regards to Donald Duck I feel like I swooned a bit over young blood, to be honest. Did you, darling? I loved him. What did you love? I thought he was really bright, funny, flirted with you really well. Yeah, he did flirt.

Yeah, and ate the food. We kind of had to remind him to eat. And he told the best story about Noma ever, so, you know. Yeah, he did flirt. Yeah, and ate the food. We kind of had to remind him to eat. And he told the best story about Noma ever, so, you know. Yeah, he did. He was very, very good fun. Yeah. A really interesting young man. I mean, we didn't even talk about the fact that he has his own comic book.

And I think, like... He's kind of multi-talented, isn't he? Yes, and he's kind of using all of that. Positively, to connect. Yeah. With people who are like him that just don't feel they fit in and he's got this podcast that we didn't even talk about um jesse he could talk he can talk yep um but i loved what he had to say to be honest i really

really enjoyed chatting to him and i can't wait to have you at a gig with black oh should we go and get your black arts your black Black Arts. Your Black Arts. I think I'll paint mine on. Maybe he should have on merch. He should have transfer ones, just in case you can't commit yet. Yeah. We'll put them on for the night.

Thank you, Youngblood, Dominic, Dom from Donny. Love that. And thank you to everyone that's been listening. And I feel like we're going to have a lot of new Black Hearts Club people listening. So hello. This is a podcast usually about kind of food and family. And I guess you've got a little bit of that. But hello, you're welcome to go through the rest of them.

We've had nobody quite like Youngblood before. So yeah, have a listen. Have a peruse. And thank you for listening.