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This Manchester-based band is transcending boundaries with its controversial press statements and songs that go way beyond just sex, drugs, and rock & roll.\u00a0 The 1975 have a tendency to pick intense song subjects that reflect struggles present in all of our daily lives, wanting us to know that it\u2019s okay to have the feels about them, nobody is judging you in this music.\u00a0 Here are 10 interesting facts about the band.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy","copy":"

Matty Healy likes to Ignore Boundaries\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Lead singer Matty Healy is one of the most interesting frontmans in popular music, his actions speaking much louder than his colourful tattoos and hairstyles: at a recent show in Dubai, Healy leans forward to kiss a boy in the crowd to violate the country\u2019s current homophobic laws.\u00a0 Message heard, loud and clear!\u00a0 Between kissing boys, girls, and whatever gender you identify with, and most recently speaking out against climate change, The 1975\u2019s music is on a mission to change the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The four band members met in Wilmslow High School, Cheshire<\/span><\/h2>\n

Matty Healy, guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer George Daniel met in Wilmslow High School, Cheshire, where they began playing together as teenagers.\u00a0 The 1975\u2019s music was balladry with electric pop and punk elements, describing messy breakups and teenage angst.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The band started their own label\u00a0 and called it Dirty Hit<\/span><\/h2>\n

Record labels were just not interested in the quartet, as they could not be placed in a standard genre.\u00a0 What do you do when you come up against the word no, you start your own label.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Healy found the name scribbled in a book<\/span><\/h2>\n

When questioned about the band\u2019s peculiar name, Healy says that he had stumbled upon it scribbled within a book at a yard sale. \u00a0 \u201cIt was almost suicidal, and it was dated at the bottom \u20181<\/span>st<\/span> June The 1975\u2019.\u00a0 The use of the word \u2018The\u2019 really stuck with me.\u00a0 It was the perfect band name.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 1975 album is co-produced by Mike Crossey\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

In September 2013 the band released its self-titled debut, co-produced by Mike Crossey who was known for his work with the Arctic Monkeys and Foals.\u00a0 The album received much criticism for its controversial lyrics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chocolate is a euphemism for cannabis<\/span><\/h2>\n

We all know by now that the song \u201cChocolate\u201d is a euphemism for cannabis, the song describing a flee from the police with a stash of \u201cchocolate\u201d in the car.\u00a0 Healy said the song portrayed classic \u201csmall town boredom\u201d, the video of which featured the band riding around in a vintage 1975 Ford Consol.\u00a0 Popular in ski resorts throughout Canada, this song became an immediate epic track.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"video","video_platform":"youtube","video":"CHk5SWVO4p8","facebook_video":"","video_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy","copy":"

Pop Singer Halsey claimed The 1975 as one of her main influences<\/span><\/h2>\n

Pop icon Halsey started dating Matty Healy in 2014 after seeing him in a 1975 concert.\u00a0 In the year prior, the singer claimed Matty & Co. to be one of her main influences.\u00a0 \u201c\u2026he\u2019s been influential to me just because of his lack of care.\u201d\u00a0 It has even been suspected that Halsey\u2019s Room 93 EP is about Healy and named after a hotel room that they once occupied together.\u00a0 \u201cColours\u201d, a single featured on the EP, is also said to be about Healy, although Halsey still has yet to confirm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Matty Healy almost gave \u2018The Sound\u2019 single to One Direction<\/span><\/h2>\n

In 2016 The 1975 released its second album (deep breath!): I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It<\/span>.\u00a0 \u201c<\/span>The Sound\u201d ended up being its hit single from this album, a personal record at this stage in the band\u2019s career.\u00a0 Would you believe, Matty Healy says that he almost gave this song away to One Direction! \u00a0 \u201cThe Sound\u201d was performed live at The Brits in 2017, but to the surprise of television audiences everywhere, The 1975 featured quotes of hateful critiques of the band\u2019s music flash across television screens!\u00a0 Well played, lads, we see who had the last laugh there.\u00a0 The song is now a testament of a band who stayed true to its music, having a laugh while doing so.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"video","video_platform":"youtube","video":"FSnAllHtG70","facebook_video":"","video_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy","copy":"

In 2017 The 1975 were the Headline act at the Latitude Festival<\/span><\/h2>\n

In 2017 The 1975 was granted the festival headline slot at this iconic and annual summertime English festival.\u00a0 Bare-chested with his tattoos on show, painted eyes and messy hair Matty took to the stage by storm.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re the 1975 and we\u2019re headlining Latitude\u2026This is crazy!\u201d said the singer three songs in.\u00a0 Whilst sipping from a pint of coke and lighting numerous cigarettes, Healy told fans that this was an iconic night for the band.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Clips of Greta Thunberg featured in their Electric Picnic for 2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWe\u2019re the greatest rock band in the world and we\u2019re not even a rock band!\u201d Matty Healy tells the Electric Picnic crowds, as he strutted around that Saturday evening\u2019s mainstage.\u00a0 Opening with what was at the time their latest single, \u201cPeople\u201d, the band implored its young fans to \u201cwake up\u201d and make a change in something, and that it was time to stop wasting time \u201cwatching sh*t in bed\u201d.\u00a0 The show had flashy neon lights, a pride flag, and clips of Greta Thunberg speaking out against environmental harms, but also hip-thrusting dance moves from Healy that inspired his screaming audience.\u00a0 The band gave its fans a perfect setlist, every song seeming to be a singalong, even if you didn\u2019t know the words.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 1975 fans everywhere anxiously await the 22<\/span>nd<\/span> May 2020 release date of the band\u2019s fourth studio album, Notes On A Conditional Form.\u00a0 Since August of last year, we have been given a few singles from what is to be a 21-track effort, and see how the band is taking a turn in its music, straying away from its usual pop sound and Rom-Com lyrics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Climate Change, TikTok dance challenges, the theme tune to Animal Crossing- The 1975 is everywhere, bringing their dynamic music and thought-provoking messages with them.\u00a0 Matty Healy and the boys seem to be on a quest to reinvent the culture that we live in with each album that they bring us.\u00a0 \u201cOne of my best lyrics ever,\u201d claims Matty, is about to hit us this week in their latest album.\u00a0 Supposed subjects of highway traffic lights and guilty trips to McDonalds?\u00a0 You\u2019ve already got us hooked.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"}],"block_type":"image-content","thumbnail_size":"height-2","image_thumbnail":{"ID":775,"id":775,"title":"The 1975","filename":"The-1975--scaled.jpg","filesize":735377,"url":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-1975--scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/music-features\/10-interesting-facts-about-the-1975\/the-1975\/","alt":"The 1975 band members","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"the-1975","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":773,"date":"2020-05-21 14:10:28","modified":"2020-05-21 14:10:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1712,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-1975--150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-1975--300x201.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":201,"medium_large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-1975--768x514.jpg","medium_large-width":525,"medium_large-height":351,"large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-1975--1024x685.jpg","large-width":525,"large-height":351,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-1975--1536x1027.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1027,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-1975--2048x1370.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1370,"twentyseventeen-featured-image":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-1975--2000x1200.jpg","twentyseventeen-featured-image-width":2000,"twentyseventeen-featured-image-height":1200,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-1975--100x100.jpg","twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-width":100,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-height":100}},"display_tag":false,"related":false,"tag_color":"","meta_description":"Climate Change, STDs, Police Brutalities, The Kardashians. 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