Ultimate Icon Recovery: Yungblud Goes to Whole Foods in Malibu. Drives There in 2026 Can-Am Defender Max Side-By-Side

Yungblud pulled out of a festival 10 days ago to work on his mental health. Now he’s in Malibu, carrying his own Whole Foods bag to a Can-Am Defender.

This is the first time Yungblud has been seen in public since he canceled his set at Canada’s Cowboys Music Festival to focus on his well-being.

The musician, whose real name is Dominic Harrison, was photographed walking out of a Whole Foods in Malibu with a large brown paper grocery bag under his arm. He had said he was taking time off at home in the UK, so the California sighting suggests he’s moved his recovery stateside.

Yungblud carrying a Whole Foods bag next to a Can-Am Defender vehicle in Malibu, wearing Chrome Hearts slippers and cropped sweatpants
Yungblud — in Chrome Hearts slippers and cropped sweats — loads a Whole Foods bag into a Can-Am Defender and flashes a thumbs-up in Malibu on July 19, 2026. Photo by BACKGRID.

He announced the festival cancellation 10 days ago. “To all my family in Canada I apologize for not being there with you all this weekend, I’m currently in a place where I’m working on myself and taking time off at home in the UK,” he wrote.

He also shared a raw Instagram post alongside a clip of himself tearing up on stage, describing how he’d felt disconnected from everything and in pain a lot without knowing why.

Yungblud carrying a Whole Foods grocery bag next to a Can-Am Defender vehicle in Malibu
Yungblud, in Chrome Hearts slippers and cropped sweats, carries a Whole Foods bag to a Can-Am Defender in Malibu on July 19, 2026. Photo by BACKGRID.

For the grocery run he kept the rock-star wardrobe intact: black slip-on slippers, dark cropped sweatpants with lettering down one leg, a cropped top over a long-sleeve layer that exposed a tattoo on his hip, black rectangular sunglasses and a small hoop earring.

YUNGBLUD in black outfit and sunglasses takes a selfie with Riawna Capri in a green sequined jacket at a Janie's Fund event backdrop.
YUNGBLUD and Riawna Capri snap a goofy selfie together at Steven Tyler’s 7th Annual Jam for Janie Grammy Awards Viewing Party at the Hollywood Palladium on February 1, 2026. Photo by Jesse Grant / Getty Images.

And the ride is the best part. No luxury SUV, just a 2026 Can-Am Defender Max, an actual off-road side-by-side built for trails and job sites, parked outside the organic grocery store. Probably illegal to drive in LA; but who cares, super cool.

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