The 1975

The 1975….words cannot even begin to explain my love for this band. I was never into bands, except for boy bands. Just a few months ago, I saw someone post this band on twitter and I was wondering what’s so great about this band that they would rave about it so much. I went on youtube and I checked them out- I WAS IN LOVE.

The 1975 is a British band from Manchester that consists of four members- George Daniels, Adam Hann, Ross MacDonald and my absolute favorite Matthew Healy, the singer. The band is very inspired by the 80’s era and especially by John Hughes’ movies. The first song I ever heard from them was Chocolate and honestly I had no idea what he was saying the beat was just so catchy. As weeks passed by I became more and more obsessed and when I say obsessed I mean I had to listen to their album or at least a few of their songs each day or I’d start to get withdrawals. It’s been a couple of months now and I still constantly listen to their album everyday.

Within a year they went from writing and recording songs in Matty Healy’s bedroom to being the #1 album in the U.K. and selling out ALL their shows and concerts in their tour including the U.S. and U.K. The thing with this band, The 1975, is that they do not have a specific genre that you can place them into. They’re a mix of 80’s music, Michael Jackson, 90’s R&B, Prince and everything you could think of. They rebel against being placed into a genre and making music out of that norm. I guess that’s the thing I love about them; the fact that even though they don’t specify into any specific type of music they can still make AMAZING music.

The brain's behind this band is their singer and song writer Matthew Healy. I recently read this article about him and it was totally mind blowing how he described his music and writing style and the message he wanted to get across with their music. If you watch or read one of his interviews, you can see that he isn't like every other 24 year old who's desperate on trying to make him and his band big in the music industry. The way he talks, like this man's use of language is so honest and from the heart even though it can be seemingly depressing and a bit bitter, it's the way he conveys him and his band through their music. We all think celebrities are so different from us, but in reality there just exactly like us. Matty Healy is just a lost soul(as corny and cliché as that sounds) who expresses himself through music and that's why I love this band and Matty so much because it's so relatable(and because Matty is insanely attractive). Also because they really just don't give a rat's ass about the fame and fortune that comes with the music industry, they just want to make music.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle

I'm pretty sure everyone can relate when I say music is a BIG part of who I am and it will always be. In an interview Matty Healy says "I don't want us to get too big too quickly because I want people to feel like we're their band, like your my kind of band. That's how I use to fall in love with bands and I don't want to loose that with people because it really is important to me that every single person gets a band." That's how I legitimately feel with this band like their MY BAND and I know they'll only keep getting better. I still have yet to see them live at one of their shows so until then I can only continue listening to their album everyday. Once you  listen to their song chocolate you'll have "we've got guns sitting under our petite coat, no were never gonna quit it no were never gonna quit it no" stuck in your head. I hope you guys enjoy The 1975 as much as I do!!!

Btw they did a cover of What makes you beautiful- One direction and they totally KILLED IT! I personally think it's better than the original version, but that's just my opinion.