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“It’s just about showing the world that I’m not Simon”: Omar Rudberg on life after ‘Young Royals’

By Clare McInerney

Swedish-Venezuelan actor and singer Omar Rudberg photographed straight out of the shower in Joshua Tree. Cotton tank top. Chimi. Photo: Joel Hördegård

Omar Rudberg doesn’t get a lot of downtime. In the year since we bid a tearful farewell to Young Royals, the Swedish-Venezuelan star has been busy carving out a space all of his own, while resisting any kind of label (except, of course, his record label). We join Rudberg in his Stockholm studio, between legs of his first solo global tour, to hear about how he’s trying to balance big moves towards global domination with moments of rest and self-care.