![]() ![]() That sound was an “anomaly,” per Healy’s description, in their own musical vision, though tinges of it have popped up on every following release, most notably on Notes‘s glitzy, Duran Duran-esque single “ If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know).” It literally means nothing.”ĭoing the opposite of what’s expected has long been Healy’s M.O., going back to the 1975’s 2013 self-titled debut - a sparkling, maximalist pop-rock production that locked the group into a wave of Eighties New Wave nostalgia. Notes on a Conditional Form is the opposite of that. I gave them a framework of understanding that they could hang their opinions off of. “ was to control people’s perception of the record,” Healy says. Even the name of the new album is meant in part to “subvert” any expectation of clean, tidy finality set up by the previous record’s title. Intentionally long and winding, it’s meant to complement but not resolve their more direct, cohesive 2018 release A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. Notes is already proving to be the 1975’s most divisive endeavor yet. He’d rather focus on “longform statements” like the 1975’s albums, and cut back on everything else: “I’ll write my lyrics, and you decide if you want to listen to them or not.” Not too long after we hang up, Healy makes a few jokes on Twitter and shares some memes about fans going to “ 1975 jail” for listening to the leak, but he doesn’t say anything about the blowback to “Roadkill.” After years of successfully getting attention for his music by making outrageous statements in any platform that will have him, he’s learned that tweets are not his preferred mode of expression. ![]() You don’t get to take that experience away from me.” “A drunk conservative guy called me a fag. “The context of that line is that my personal experience was as an effeminate gay-rights activist with long hair, a skirt, and a rainbow t-shirt, in an airport in middle America late at night,” he says. The opening is also a influence by David Lynch’s “Rabbits” – a favorite of the band.As he continues to explain this latest controversy, he doubles down on his lyrical intent. The short opening is meant to reference the music video released prior to Somebody Else, Change of Heart, which was themed around two clowns’ relationship. The short video is silent except for the occasionally added sound bite – in particular, an audience applauding. An identical looking figure comes through the doorway into the room wearing clown face paint. The clip features someone who appears to be Matty, sitting still on the couch. Here we see the selfish feelings and jealousy consuming his life.Įven more cleverly, The 1975 starts the music video with a 3 minute short film in black and white. He even is seen hooking up with “himself” (someone dressed to look like him) which he describes as “quite interesting” (referring to the creative process – he remarked how it was not uncomfortable in any sense as he is a believer in living with 2016 values). The weird twist in this video definitely comes when Matty is seen envisioning himself as the different women in the video causing him pain. He even includes a metaphor for self destruction when he is shown getting beaten up after leaving one of the bars. As the video continues, we are shown the intense feeling of jealousy taking over as Matty begins to drink heavily and stumble around erratically. ![]() Throughout different shots, we see Matty lock eyes with different women, some of whom we can assume represent his exes. The video, meant to show the progression of feelings that take place after heart break, starts with various shots of Matty alone and upset (sometimes even teary-eyed) over the loss of love. Matty Healy takes this concept to a whole other level as he stars in this surreal music video. Known to nearly everyone that has ever experienced heartbreak, the feeling of post break up jealousy is perfectly captured in the lyrics “I don’t want your body but I hate to think about you with somebody else.” In other words, the idea that you don’t want to be with that person but you also don’t want anyone else to have them. Let’s take a look at arguably one of the best music videos The 1975 has created so far: Somebody Elseĭespite the song already having genius lyrics (see below), the Somebody Else music video is the most The 1975-themed take on a universal feeling: post-break up jealousy. Over the last few years, The 1975 have created some masterful short movies that add an even greater depth and vivid visual to their released songs. ![]() Despite putting out catchy, soul pumping tunes containing both witty and intelligent lyrics, The 1975 also shines its creativity by injecting it into the music videos that coincide their singles. ![]()
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