History Music / The1975

* ''[[Music/Music/ILikeItWhenYouSleepForYouAreSoBeautifulYetSoUnawareOfIt I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it]]'' (2016)

* ''I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it'' (2016)

* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum The 1975]]'' (2013)

The band is known not only for their unique sound but also for their specifically crafted image and lyrics. Around their rise to fame, the band requested that all paparazzi photos of them be shot and released [[DeliberatelyMonochrome in black and white]], and all their music videos up until the re-recorded album version of "Sex" were black and white as well. The band's lyrics, principally written by Matty, explore ideas such as sex, love, drugs, hope, death, and fear as experienced in contemporary life, often through central subjects like the Internet, youth[=/=]millennial culture, masculinity, and politics. These lyrics often have a witty, somewhat dark (in [[BlackComedy various]] [[GallowsHumor senses]]), and frequently self-aware tone towards their subjects and even themselves, which Matty has described as [[PostModernism postmodern]].

After almost a decade of playing together, The 1975 began professionally releasing music in 2012. Between that year and the next, they released four [=EPs=] -- ''Facedown'',''Sex'', ''Music for Cars'', and ''IV'' -- that all saw success, ranging from local radio airplay to eventual major mainstream success and appearances on the UK singles chart. In the years leading up to and throughout the release of their [=EPs=], the band toured extensively and supported Music/{{Muse}}, Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, and Music/TheNeighbourhood.

* NotSafeForWork: The videos to "Robbers" and, obviously, "Sex".

While their sound can be somewhat summarized as pop rock, it is known for its eclecticism and wide array of influences, taking leads from genres such as {{New Wave|Music}}, PowerPop, AlternativeDance, and SophistiPop. The band's sound was described by music magazine ''Paste'' as “equal parts ethereal and synth pop” with “haunting” and “smooth” vocals. Among the numerous influences the band has publicly cited over the years, Matty has stated that his greatest influence is the filmmaker Creator/JohnHughes.

* ReligionRantSong: Matty is infamous for his hatred of religion, even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzeWFfVzWGU&ab_channel=Starsatjoiz referring to religion as a disease.]] Both "Antichrist" and "If I Believe You" talk about how if God were real, he wouldn't allow him or other people to suffer as they have.

This tone extends into the public persona (especially the stage persona) of Matty, which has become one of the most (in)famous aspects of the band. He is known for playing a "meta-layered" version of himself during shows, intended to serve as a commentary on ideas including fame and the concept of a rock star itself, from what he has described as a want to play with audiences' awareness of rock star cliches. Apart from doing things such as actively acknowledging the setup of the show and his role in it, his onstage behavior has included chain smoking, drinking red wine while singing (often straight from the bottle), eating raw steaks, fondling himself, kissing fans (or sucking their thumbs), and making a number of statements (some of them satirical or deliberately provocative) that have led to recurring controversies, in some cases due to people [[PoesLaw taking his outrageous actions at face value]].

* BannedInChina: For their troubles of trying to turn a concert-festival into a Pro-LGBTQ rally, the band is now banned in UsefulNotes/{{Malaysia}} no thanks to some asshole Islamic extremist moles still in the government.

* CallBack: "A Change Of Heart" references lyrics from "The City," "Robbers," and "Sex."

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Matty's a tenor, so this is expected naturally. That being said, their first album's most chilling (and [[TearJerker saddening]]) moment comes from his epic scream on "Robbers": ''Now everybody's '''''DEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAD!!'''''''

* ClusterFBomb: "People" drops the f-bomb several times in the chorus.
** "Yeah I Know" repeats the "Hit that shit, go hit that shit" 14 times, for a total of 28 s-bombs.
* CoverSong: They've done a few of these. The most well known examples are their covers of "Sorry" by Justin Bieber, "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit, "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction, "By Your Side" by {{Music/Sade}}, and "thank u, next" by Music/ArianaGrande.
** Inverted when several artists, most notably {{Music/Lorde}}, covered "Somebody Else".

* ListSong: "Love It If We Made It", to the extent that it's been summarized as the "[[Music/BillyJoel We Didn't Start the Fire]]" of the 2010s by many. Through a stream-of-consciousness style with lyrics formatted like buzzwords and headlines, the song touches on -- among many other topics -- the commodification of black lives in America, the profiting off the poor that fuels the prison industrial complex, the Syrian refugee crisis, internet apathy, the dismissal of facts as opinions, and a verbatim quote from then-American president UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump that many took as him confirming and bragging about having sexually assaulted women.

*** That album's iteration of the band's self-titled intro "The 1975" containing a monologue from Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg in which she calls for civil disobedience and rebellion to bring about the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
*** "People" contains references to millenials through their idolization of UsefulNotes/BarackObama, seemingly caring more about marijuana legalization than the climate crisis, and being complacent in the problems of the world and refusing to take them seriously, while also discussing failing economies and governments.

While their sound can be somewhat summarized as pop rock, it is known for its eclecticism and wide array of influences, taking leads from genres such as {{New Wave|Music}}, PowerPop, AlternativeDance, and SophistiPop. The band's sound was described by music magazine ''Paste'' as “equal parts ethereal and synth pop” with “haunting” and “smooth” vocals. Among the numerous influences the band has publicly cited over the years, Matty stated that his greatest influence is the filmmaker Creator/JohnHughes.

This tone extends into the public persona (especially the stage persona) of Matty, which has become one of the most (in)famous aspects of the band. He is known for playing a "meta-layered" version of himself during shows, intended to serve as a commentary on ideas including fame and the concept of a rock star itself, from what he has described as a want to play with audiences' awareness of rock star cliches. Apart from doing things such as actively acknowledging the setup of the show and his role in it, his onstage behavior has included chain smoking, drinking red wine while singing (often straight from the bottle), eating raw steaks, fondling himself, doing push-ups in front of a stack of [=TVs=], kissing fans (or sucking their thumbs), and making a number of statements (some of them satirical or deliberately provocative) that have led to recurring controversies, in some cases due to people [[PoesLaw taking his outrageous actions at face value]].

The band is known not only for their unique sound but also for their specifically crafted image and lyrics. Around their rise to fame, the band requested that all paparazzi photos of them be shot and released [[DeliberatelyMonochrome in black and white]], and all their music videos up until the re-recorded album version of "Sex" were black and white as well. The band's lyrics, principally written by Matty, explore ideas such as sex, love, drugs, hope, death, and fear as experienced in contemporary life, often through central subjects like the Internet and technology, masculinity, and politics. These lyrics often have a witty, somewhat dark (in [[BlackComedy various]] [[GallowsHumor senses]]), and frequently self-aware tone towards their subjects and even themselves, which Matty has described as [[PostModernism postmodern]].

This tone extends into the public persona (especially the stage persona) of Matty, which has become one of the most well-known aspects of the band. He is known for playing a "meta-layered" version of himself during shows, intended to serve as a commentary on ideas including fame and the concept of a rock star itself, from what he has described as a want to play with audiences' awareness of rock star cliches. Apart from doing things such as actively acknowledging the setup of the show and his role in it, his onstage behavior has included chain smoking, drinking red wine while singing (often straight from the bottle), eating raw steaks, fondling himself, doing push-ups in front of a stack of [=TVs=], kissing fans (or sucking their thumbs), and making a number of statements (some of them satirical or deliberately provocative) that have led to recurring controversies, in some cases due to people [[PoesLaw taking his outrageous actions at face value]].

* OverlyLongTitle: Their second album is called ''I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it''. It was the longest-titled album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200, no less.

The band began when Matty[[note]]who is also the son of actors Denise Welch and Creator/TimHealy[[/note]] met [=MacDonald=], Adam Hann and George Daniel in high school. Through a community organization, they began playing gigs in 2002. Matty was originally the group’s drummer but became the vocalist once Daniel was recruited. Some of the group's older work can be found under the names Talkhouse, the Slowdown, Bigsleep, and most prominently Drive Like I Do. Their current name was inspired by a Beat poetry notebook that Matty found on holiday which was dated “1 June, The 1975”. Matty stated that his attraction to the name was through finding it to be [[RuleOfCool "a strong use of language"]].

* DeadpanSnarker: Ross.

* DownerEnding: The final three songs on ''I like it when you sleep...'' are all {{Tear Jerker}} songs about heroin use, Matty's dead grandmother and his mother's cocaine addiction, respectively.

This tone extends into the public persona (especially the stage persona) of Matty, which has become one of the most well-known aspects of the band. He is known for playing a "meta-layered" version of himself during shows, intended to serve as a commentary on ideas including fame and the concept of a rock star itself, from what he has described as a want to play with audiences' awareness of rock star cliches. Apart from doing things such as actively acknowledging the setup of the show and his role in it, his onstage behavior has included chain smoking, drinking red wine while singing (often straight from the bottle), eating a raw steak, fondling himself, doing push-ups in front of a stack of [=TVs=], kissing fans (as well as sucking their thumbs), and making a number of statements (some of them satirical or deliberately provocative) that have led to recurring controversies online, in some cases due to people [[PoesLaw taking his outrageous actions at face value]].

The 1975 are an English band formed in 2012 in Wilmslow, Cheshire and now based in Manchester, United Kingdom. The band consists of frontman[=/=]lead singer[=/=]lyricist[=/=]rhythm guitarist Matty Healy, drummer[=/=]producer George Daniel, lead guitarist Adam Hann, and bassist Ross [=MacDonald=].

The band is known not only for their unique sound but also for their specifically crafted image and lyrics. Around their rise to fame, the band requested that all paparazzi photos of them be shot and released [[DeliberatelyMonochrome in black and white]], and all their music videos up until the re-recorded album version of "Sex" were black and white as well. The band's lyrics, principally written by Matty, explore ideas such as sex, love, drugs, hope, death, and fear as experienced in contemporary life, often through central subjects like the Internet and technology, masculinity, and (later in their discography) politics. These lyrics often have a witty, somewhat dark (in [[BlackComedy various]] [[GallowsHumor senses]]), and frequently self-aware tone towards their subjects and even themselves, which Matty has described as [[PostModernism postmodern]].

This tone extends into the public persona (especially the stage persona) of Matty, which has become one of the most well-known aspects of the band. He is known for playing a "meta-layered" version of himself during shows, intended to serve as a commentary on ideas including fame and the concept of a rock star itself, from what he has described as a want to play with audiences' awareness of rock star cliches. Apart from doing things such as actively acknowledging the setup of the show and his role in it, his onstage behavior has included chain smoking, drinking red wine while singing (often straight from the bottle), eating a raw steak, fondling himself, doing push-ups in front of TV screens, kissing fans (as well as sucking their thumbs), and making a number of statements (some of them satirical or deliberately provocative) that have led to recurring controversies online, in some cases due to people [[PoesLaw taking his outrageous actions at face value]].

The 1975 are an English band formed in 2012 in Wilmslow, Cheshire and now based in Manchester, United Kingdom. The band consists of frontman[=/=]lead singer[=/=]principal songwriter[=/=]rhythm guitarist Matty Healy, drummer[=/=]producer George Daniel, lead guitarist Adam Hann, and bassist Ross [=MacDonald=].

The band is known not only for their unique sound but also for their specifically crafted image and lyrics. Around their rise to fame, the band requested that all paparazzi photos of them be shot and released [[DeliberatelyMonochrome in black and white]], and all their music videos up until the re-recorded album version of "Sex" were black and white as well. The band's lyrics, principally written by Matty, explore ideas such as sex, love, drugs, hope, death, and fear as experienced in contemporary life, often through central subjects like the Internet, technology, masculinity, and (later in their discography) politics. These lyrics often have a witty, somewhat [[BlackComedy dark]], and frequently self-aware tone towards their subjects and even themselves, which Matty has described as [[PostModernism postmodern]].

This tone extends into the public persona (especially the stage persona) of Matty, which has become one of the most well-known aspects of the band. He is known for playing a "meta-layered" version of himself during shows, intended to serve as a commentary on ideas including masculinity, fame, and the concept of a rock star, from what he has described as a want to play with audiences' awareness of rock star cliches. Apart from doing things such as actively acknowledging the setup of the show and his role in it, he has also been known for eating a raw steak, fondling himself, doing push-ups, kissing fans (as well as sucking their thumbs), and making a number of statements (some of them satirical) that were [[PoesLaw taken at face value]] by portions of the Internet, leading to recurring controversies.