insiderblm“I’m from Doncaster, and I went to Mars last night.”
Yungblud was a little surprised when his manager called him to say NASA had been in touch.
“What, are you leaving me to become an astronaut?” the singer asked. “And he’s like: ‘No, you idiot, it’s about you.”
NASA were ringing to say they wanted to play Yungblud’s song, a cover of David Bowie’s Life On Mars, as NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars.
The one-tonne robot touched down on the red planet on Thursday.
The singer told Radio 1 Newsbeat that having his music involved made him “a little bit emotional”.
“It’s one thing being asked to cover one of your idol’s most influential songs – on Earth. But to do it in partnership with a landing on a different planet is just mad.
“If someone told you you were going to do that… when I was younger I would never expect that.”
NASA’s YouTube channel live-streamed the journey to the planet, and once the robot successfully landed, the song began to play.
Yungblud said it’s a “real privilege” to be part of something “so much bigger than the world”.
‘I felt like I belonged on a different planet’
Being involved in the Mars journey was particularly special for Yungblud, who says he has always been interested in space.
He said: “To be honest, all my life I have felt a bit like an alien. Not a lot of people got me, and it got me down when I was younger.
“I found Bowie and I found Lady Gaga, and I found Oasis. I found these world-builders, and they literally helped me through. I felt like I belonged on a different planet.”
He says he was “honoured” to be part of something that’s “not really been done yet”.
