21st Century Liability
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{{Infobox album
| name = 21st Century Liability
| type = studio
| artist = Yungblud
| cover = 21st Century Liability (Artwork).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2018|07|06|df=y}}
| recorded = 2017–2018
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 35:34
| label = {{hlist|Locomotion|Geffen|Interscope}}
| producer = {{hlist|Matt Schwartz|Patrick Russel|Sluggo|Martin Terefe}}
| prev_title = Yungblud
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Yungblud (Unplugged)
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Yungblud studio album
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| title = 21st Century Liability
| year = 2018
| next_title = Weird!
| next_year = 2020
}}
{{Singles
| name =
| type = studio
| single1 = 21st Century Liability
| single1date = 4 May 2018
| single2 = Psychotic Kids
| single2date = 25 May 2018
| single3 = California
| single3date = 15 June 2018
| single4 = Medication
| single4date = 3 July 2018
| single5 = Kill Somebody
| single5date = 23 October 2018
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = The Independent
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/bodega-endless-scrolls-tom-grennan-lighting-matches-new-album-reviews-a8431086.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704182731/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/bodega-endless-scrolls-tom-grennan-lighting-matches-new-album-reviews-a8431086.html |archive-date=2018-07-04 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Album reviews: Bodega's Endless Scroll, Tom Grennan's Lighting Matches and more|author=Joe Goggins|website=Independent.co.uk |date=4 July 2018}}
|rev2 = Kerrang!
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}
|rev3 = Musikexpress
|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|6}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musikexpress.de/reviews/yungblud-21st-century-liability/|title=Review: Yungblud – 21st Century Liability|author=André Bosse|language=German|date=5 July 2018}}
}}
21st Century Liability is the debut studio album by English singer Yungblud. It was released on 6 July 2018 via Locomotion Recordings, Geffen Records and Interscope Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/yungblud-has-released-his-debut-album-21st-century-liability-check-it-out|title=Yungblud has released his debut album, '21st Century Liability' – check it out|work=Read Dork|author=Sam Taylor|date=6 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.beat.com.au/music/yungblud-drops-debut-album-21st-century-liability|title=Yungblud drops debut album '21st Century Liability'|work=Beat|date=5 July 2018|access-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706034210/http://www.beat.com.au/music/yungblud-drops-debut-album-21st-century-liability|archive-date=6 July 2018|url-status=dead}} It features the singles "21st Century Liability", "Psychotic Kids", "California", "Medication", and "Kill Somebody". In 2019, the track "Polygraph Eyes" was voted into Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2018 at No. 99.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/18/ |title=Home | Hottest 100 2018 | triple J |website=www.abc.net.au |date= 11 November 2018|access-date=27 January 2019}}
Singles
The title track was the first single released from the LP. It was made available on 4 May 2018 and was described by Yungblud himself as "a song for misunderstood youth growing up in a world of anxiety, confusion and fear."{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/first-spin:-yungblud-21st-century-liability/9726848|title=First Spin: Yungblud's '21st Century Liability' is a filthy, bratty stomper|work=Triple J|author=Al Newstead|date=4 May 2018}} "Psychotic Kids", the next single, was released on 25 May 2018.{{cite web|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2018/5/25/yungblud-announces-debut-album-21st-century-liability-listen.html|title=Yungblud announces debut album, "21st Century Liability"; listen to new track now|work=ABC News Radio|date=25 May 2018|access-date=26 July 2018|archive-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714142337/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2018/5/25/yungblud-announces-debut-album-21st-century-liability-listen.html|url-status=dead}} Its official music video, directed by Adam Powell, was released on 11 June 2018.{{cite web|url=https://dontboreus.thebrag.com/yungblud-releases-gruesome-video-for-psychotic-kids/|title=Yungblud releases gruesome video for Psychotic Kids|author=Geordie Gray|date=12 June 2018|access-date=26 July 2018|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109021652/https://dontboreus.thebrag.com/yungblud-releases-gruesome-video-for-psychotic-kids/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/yungblud-shares-video-psychotic-kids-today/|title=Yungblud Shares Video For "Psychotic Kids" Today|work=Universal Music Canada|access-date=25 July 2018|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726135111/http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/yungblud-shares-video-psychotic-kids-today/|url-status=dead}} On 15 June 2018 the LP was made available for pre-order and the track "California" was released the same day as an instant grat.{{cite web|url=http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/72053/|title=UK Recording Artist Yungblud Releases New Song "California" Today|work=Universal Music Canada|access-date=26 July 2018|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726165942/http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/72053/|url-status=dead}} "Medication" was premiered on 3 July 2018 on Zane Lowe's Apple Music radio show as the day's "World Record".{{cite web|url=http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/uk-recording-artist-yungblud-releases-21st-century-liability-this-friday-july-6/|title=UK Recording Artist Yungblud Releases 21st Century Liability This Friday, July 6|work=Universal Music Canada|access-date=26 July 2018|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170013/http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/uk-recording-artist-yungblud-releases-21st-century-liability-this-friday-july-6/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.046e8ac0-7ed4-11e8-9384-e85293b3b3b1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726135353/https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.046e8ac0-7ed4-11e8-9384-e85293b3b3b1|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 July 2018|title=Listen to "World Record: YUNGBLUD – "Medication"" posted by Zane Lowe|work=Apple Music|date=3 July 2018}} A music video for the track, also directed by Powell, was premiered via Billboard on 17 July 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8465808/yungblud-medication-video-premiere|title=YUNGBLUD Goes on a Bizarre Trip Thanks to 'Medication' in New Video: Premiere|author=Taylor Weatherby|magazine=Billboard |date=17 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.artistdirect.com/yungblud/news/yungblud-shares-video-for-medication/115717|title=Yungblud Shares Video For "Medication"|work=Artistdirect|date=17 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.onestowatch.com/blog/yungbluds-video-for-medication-will-leave-you|title=YUNGBLUD's Video for "Medication" Will Leave You Saying "What the F**k"|work=Ones to Watch|publisher=Live Nation|author=Maxamillion Polo|date=17 July 2018}}
Track listing
Credits taken from Qobuz and Apple Music.{{cite web|url=https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/21st-century-liability-yungblud/faazz076llycc|title=21st Century Liability – YUNGBLUD – Download and listen to the album|work=Qobuz}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 21st Century Liability {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 35:34
| title1 = Eulogy
| length1 = 0:30
| writer1 = {{hlist|Dominic Harrison|Martin Terefe}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Terefe}}
| title2 = Die for the Hype
| length2 = 3:08
| writer2 = {{hlist|Harrison|Dave Katz|Terefe|Patrick Nissley}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Terefe|Sluggo|Patrick Russel}}
| title3 = Doctor Doctor
| length3 = 3:11
| writer3 = {{hlist|Harrison|Katz|Terefe|Nissley}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Terefe|Sluggo|Russel}}
| title4 = Medication
| length4 = 3:11
| writer4 = {{hlist|Harrison|Katz|Nissley}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Sluggo|Russel|Schwartz|Terefe}}
| title5 = Machine Gun (F**k the NRA)
| length5 = 3:13
| writer5 = {{hlist|Harrison|Matt Schwartz}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Schwartz}}
| title6 = Psychotic Kids
| length6 = 2:47
| writer6 = {{hlist|Harrison|Schwartz}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Schwartz}}
| title7 = Anarchist
| length7 = 2:47
| writer7 = {{hlist|Harrison|Schwartz}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Schwartz}}
| title8 = I Love You, Will You Marry Me
| length8 = 2:57
| writer8 = {{hlist|Harrison|Schwartz}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Schwartz}}
| title9 = Polygraph Eyes
| length9 = 3:43
| writer9 = {{hlist|Harrison|Schwartz}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Schwartz}}
| title10 = Kill Somebody
| length10 = 3:07
| writer10 = {{hlist|Harrison|Schwartz|Terefe}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Schwartz | Terefe}}
| title11 = California
| length11 = 3:51
| writer11 = {{hlist|Harrison|Schwartz}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Terefe}}
| title12 = 21st Century Liability
| length12 = 3:09
| writer12 = {{hlist|Harrison|Schwartz|Terefe}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Schwartz|Terefe}}
}}
Personnel
- Dominic Harrison – co-writing, vocals, guitar, bass guitar, electronics {{small|(all tracks)}}
- Matt Schwartz – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, programming, mixing {{small|(4–12)}}
- Martin Terefe – guitar, bass guitar, keyboard
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/7/aria-chart-watch-481/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #481|publisher=auspOp|date=14 July 2018|accessdate=14 July 2018|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116052907/https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/7/aria-chart-watch-481/|url-status=dead}}
| 97 |
| {{album chart|Flanders|59|artist=Yungblud|album=21st Century Liability|rowheader=true|accessdate=31 August 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|168|artist=Yungblud|album=21st Century Liability|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 July 2018}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2019&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2019|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=27 June 2020}}
| 186 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Yungblud|title=21st Century Liability|award=Gold|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|id=16765-5411-2|access-date=26 November 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of release dates, showing region, versions, formats, labels, and references |
| scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="3"| Various
| 6 July 2018 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | rowspan="3"| {{hlist|Locomotion|Geffen|Interscope}} |align="center"|{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/21st-century-liability/1398157582|title=21st Century Liability by YUNGBLUD|date=6 July 2018 |publisher=iTunes Store (United States)|access-date=25 July 2018}} |
| 13 July 2018
| CD |align="center"|{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/21st-Century-Liability-YUNGBLUD/dp/B07DG56L21|title=21st Century Liability by YUNGBLUD|publisher=Amazon (United Kingdom)|accessdate=26 July 2018}} |
| 7 September 2018
| Vinyl |