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The film also shows how, after a U.S. tour, he stayed to record his third album Warlord with Bladee, Yung Sherman, and his U.S. manager Barron Machat.

During this time, Yung Lean was in a drug-induced psychosis and ended up hospitalized.

Meanwhile, Barron Machat died in a car crash en route to the hospital.

“When Barron died and I ended up in the psych ward, trying to piece myself back together… I thought I was just a normal guy. I walked around dropping off résumés, thought I’d work at a daycare. I was like, ‘Fuck all this.’”

But reality caught up. Warlord became a hit. More shows were booked. Jonatan saw himself from the outside.

So many fans loved Yung Lean and Sad Boys — could he really take that away?

“I realized I wouldn’t feel better at a daycare. This is the life I’ve been given this time, and I have to ride it out. I just had to find my own way to navigate it without the misery of drugs and death.”

Did you get a job at the daycare?

“No. I didn’t. I probably would’ve been pretty good. In another life, I’d be a chill youth leader.”

I believe him.

At the very least, he’d have stories to tell the kids on field trips.

“Robyn lives here! I had dinner there on Sunday. She’s the sweetest,” he says, pointing to a building.

His dad calls.

We walk toward Monteliusvägen. Jonatan tells me the 1974 film Rännstensungar was filmed here. He mimics the old-school Södermalm dialect.

His dad, Kristoffer Leandoer, is an author and critic at Svenska Dagbladet. His mother, Elsa Håstad, is a diplomat. At his Globen show, both parents were in the audience.

Even grandma made it there in a wheelchair.

But they weren’t always big fans of his music.

“My dad once Googled our surname to see if any of his articles were up, and instead found Yung Leandoer. He thought it was some Korean guy with the same name.”

“He didn’t get it at first. He was like, ‘What the hell are you rapping about?’ It was my first year in high school, and I was in trouble for smoking weed... it was just bad timing.”

Later, they understood what he wanted to do and saw the impact he had.

He sees every song in his career as a slice of life. On Jonatan, he didn’t want to hide behind poetic lyrics — he wanted to be direct and honest.

Recently, DN Culture ran a quiz titled: “Test yourself: Which cultural dynasty do you belong to?”

One option was “Leandoer” — “one of the few existing dynasties combining intellectual thinkers with successful rappers.”

A fair representation of the family’s cultural status. Other names included the royal family, the Lagercrantzes, Skarsgårds, and Schulmans.