Superdry had the pleasure of meeting bohemian electro gent Youngr. With one of this summer's road trip anthems, and a globetrotting array of festival dates under his name, this is a man to watch, and one you may even end up bumping into!

What's Youngr's sound?
Best way to describe would be a tasty balance of dance and pop.

Drive is an instantly catchy electro pop Summer smash - what's the story of this song?
I was driving home one night at around 2am, and a bassline popped into my head, so I grabbed my phone and recorded it, then a melody popped out… so I emailed it to myself when I got home and made the whole song that night…finished at 4am! The lyrics were co-written with some good friends, and are about wanting to just jump in your car and go for a drive with someone you love! We sugar coated it into a love story though, because who doesn't like a cheeky love story!?

What things are you forever young at heart for?Rusk biscuits.

Who did you aspire to be when you were young (final pun we promise!)Stephen Hendry the snooker player. No joke!

We're loving your globe-trotting tour diaries on YouTube. Are you an undercover Vlogger, and what's the selling charm of your videos?The selling charm is honestly the amazing places I'm lucky enough to go to…it's just natural excitement coming through. The fact that I'm actually in all these places just gets me giddy, and I guess that's what comes through.

Best place you've visited and why?India…I just love the energy there and the culture is SO old. The people are so humble and nice, and the food is incredible. It's just an amazing place.

Wildest place you've visited and why?Bangkok… for all the reasons you're probably thinking.

Place you'll never visit again and why?There's nowhere I wouldn't go back to so far.

You're got a cracking sense of humour on stage. Tell us your best joke!
This is a strange one and only works if you say it out loud… so… say the whole line with a LISP - 'how do you sink the unsinkable? …'

'with an Iceberg'

GET IT???!?!?!?

Youngr's essential checklist for the greatest summer?

  1. Play a little harder
  2. Do burning man in Nevada
  3. Get lost in the Sahara
  4. Party on an island
  5. Max out my visa

We recently invited you to the Superdry UK Flagship (and enjoyed having you for that matter!) What did you make of the threads you picked out, and where are you going to be wearing them?I love the threads. I just wore my new joggers on the 12-hour flight to Peru. I wore the denim jacket to a Notion Magazine launch last week, and had my new parrot swim shorts on in the Peruvian ocean 2 days ago! Love them!

Youngr's new single Drive is out now. Stream it HERE!
Follow Youngr on Instagram @youngr_music

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