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\n\tYungblud<\/a> is teaming up with the Smashing Pumpkins<\/a> for a darker reimagining of his song \u201cZombie.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tOn Thursday (Jan. 1), the 28-year-old British singer announced that the collaboration and its accompanying music video will drop on Friday (Jan. 2).<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cZombie with The Smashing Pumpkins out worldwide midnight,\u201d Yungblud captioned an Instagram<\/a> photo of himself alongside Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan<\/a>. \u201cMusic video out tomorrow. Happy new year.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe post includes black-and-white photos of Yungblud (real name: Dominic Harrison) with the other Pumpkins members, as well as a snapshot of him rocking out with Corgan \u2014 likely a still from the forthcoming music video. Yungblud also teased a snippet of the collaboration on his Instagram Stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cZombie,\u201d which is nominated for best rock song at the 2026 Grammy Awards, appears on Yungblud\u2019s fourth studio album, Idols, also nominated for best rock album.<\/p>\n \n\tYungblud shared the story behind the collaboration in an interview with Loudwire<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWhen I was making \u2018Zombie,\u2019 I was really channeling Siamese Dream<\/em>,\u201d he told the publication. \u201cIt was really the sadness and the melancholic emotion mixed with the aggression of Billy\u2019s f\u2014king guitars \u2026 Billy, as a songwriter, was really at the forefront of my inspiration when I was making this album. When \u2018Zombie\u2019 came along, I knew I wanted to do a new version if it.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe rocker explained that the original version of \u201cZombie\u201d was heavier, but he adjusted it because he worried it might sound too much like the Pumpkins. While he\u2019s happy with the album version, he always imagined another take.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI called Billy and I was like, \u2018Billy, please help me scratch this itch. I want this record to dig in harder,’\u201d Yungblud said. \u201cThere still needs to be an almost Jekyll and Hyde element, there needs to be the version that\u2019s full of light and full of life and optimism, but then there needs to be this dark version that is pessimistic and a little bit bitter and a bit aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWithin 10 days of the conversation, Yungblud flew to Chicago, the Pumpkins\u2019 hometown, to record the song and its music video.<\/p>\n \n\tThis isn\u2019t Yungblud\u2019s first collaboration with a famous rock band. In September, he released \u201cMy Only Angel\u201d with Aerosmith, which debuted at No. 1<\/a> on Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. The track was part of a five-song collaborative EP, One More Time<\/em>, released in late November.<\/p>\n \n\tYungblud released Idols<\/em> in June, which topped the U.K. Albums Chart and reached No. 15 on Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart.<\/p>\n \n\tCheck out Yungblud\u2019s Instagram post about the collaboration here.<\/p>\n