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| name = Matty Healy<br />
| image = Matty Healy - POS19 DAY1-352 (48486586171).jpg<br />
| caption = Healy performing in Latvia in 2019<br />
| other_names = Truman Black<br />
| birth_name = Matthew Timothy Healy<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|04|08|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hendon]], [[London]], England<br />
| alma_mater = [[Academy of Contemporary Music]]<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician|record producer}}<br />
| years_active = 2012–present<br />
| works = {{hlist|[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Songs written and produced]]}}<br />
| parents = {{ubl|[[Denise Welch]]|[[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]}}<br />
| awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by The 1975|Full list]]<br />
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* [[Pop rock]]<br />
* [[synth-pop]]<br />
* [[indie pop]]<br />
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| origin = [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]]<br />
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* [[Dirty Hit]]<br />
* [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]<br />
* [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]<br />
* [[Vagrant Records|Vagrant]]<br />
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]<br />
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| current_member_of = [[The 1975]]}}<br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]]. Widely praised for his songwriting, he is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. <br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates [[George Daniel (musician)|George Daniel]], Adam Hann, and Ross MacDonald. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy is the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gensler |first=Andy |date=2016-12-12 |title=2016 No. 1s: The 1975 on Living for Music & Challenging ‘the Status Quo’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-1975-interview-challenging-status-quo-7604462/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Billboard |language=en-US |quote=“London-born singer-songwriter Matty Healy”}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer [[George Daniel (musician)|George Daniel]],<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mumford |first=Gwilym |date=2014-06-29 |title=The 1975 at Glastonbury 2014 review – laser-guided festival singalongs |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/the-1975-at-glastonbury-2014-review |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> It landed at no.1 at the [[UK Albums Chart]] and also topped the [[Billboard 200]] with 108,000 equivalent units sold.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Alt-Rockers The 1975 Chart Their First Number One Album |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/03/07/alt-rockers-the-1975-chart-their-first-number-one-album/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release. Their performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2016 was highly praised with ''[[NME]]'' hailing Healy as "Britain’s Greatest New Popstar".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-25 |title=Glastonbury 2016: The 1975 own the Other Stage |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/glastonbury-festival/a799139/1975-bring-techno-pop-feels-to-glasto/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-26 |title=The 1975 deliver impassioned set at Glastonbury 2016 |url=https://diymag.com/review/live/the-1975-glastonbury-2016-report |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=DIY |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy's most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song's lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down "Love It If We Made It" On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song's lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-04-24 |title=The 1975, Jorja Smith and Ghetts up for Ivor Novello Awards |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48038073 |access-date=2023-06-15 |quote="Modernity has failed us," concludes singer-songwriter Matty Healy in the lyrics. "But I'd love it if we made it."}}</ref><br />
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Healy and [[George Daniel (musician)|George Daniel]] of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled [[Still... At Their Very Best]], will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — "the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> He has described "darker garage music" like [[Wookie (musician)|Wookie]], [[Lain]], [[MJ Cole]] and [[Four Tet]] as "so influential to me" and describes "a World Cup, garage or dubstep" as "the only things that make me proud to be English."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=Paul |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Interview: Sex, Scandal & Covid-19 Craziness |url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/the-1975s-matty-healy-interview-sex-scandal-covid-19-craziness-22817552 |access-date=19 June 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, humour, and self-awareness. His genre-bending melodies are accompanied by lyrics that are "complex, clever, [and] catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> in addition to being "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref name=":28">{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> {{Listen<br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and [[George Daniel (musician)|Daniel]] are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary [[Record producer|producer]]" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Widely known for his charismatic stage presence,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2016-11-29 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: The Full Interview With Our 'Album Of The Year' Band |url=https://www.nme.com/features/matt-healy-1975-album-of-the-year-1872783 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":28" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duerden |first=Nick |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 1975’s Matt Healy: ‘I’ve Never Let Anything Stop Me From Getting Where I’m Going’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-never-let-anything-stop-me-from-6882751/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has described Healy as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere."<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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[[Sam Fender]] won a singing competition at 16 where Healy was a judge,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Shahlin |date=2019-09-13 |title=Interview: Sam Fender on his debut album 'Hypersonic Missiles'. |url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/sam-fender/15996 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Coup De Main Magazine |language=en}}</ref> and years later was quoted saying: "Every time I see Matty I can’t help but [[Fan (person)|fanboy]] him really hard".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Fender on Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} “Every time I see Matty I can’t help but fanboy him really hard” - Sam Fender talks about meeting Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} By Virgin Radio UK - Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/VirginRadioUK/videos/sam-fender-on-matty-healy-from-the-1975/2572306272831073/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Mick Jagger]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=D’Souza |first=Christa |date=2023-06-16 |title=Meet rock’n’roll’s uncensored frontman of the moment, Matt Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-rock-n-roll-s-uncensored-frontman-of-the-moment-matt-healy-wlz2lv6vj |access-date=2023-06-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Styles |first=Harry |title=Congratulations to @the1975 for the number one album!! LADS. |url=https://twitter.com/Harry_Styles/status/376726673929928706 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SiriusXM Hits 1 on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@siriusxmhits1/video/7200779141367565610 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=TikTok |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a [[Progressivism|traditional progressive]].<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I'm sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBTQ+ rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBTQ+ rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBTQ+ laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure,"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> with ''[[The Times]]'' observing that Healy's ability to provoke his audience is reminiscent of [[Morrissey]], despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-14 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a YouTube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I'm saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you've been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’."<ref name="nme.com" /><br />
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Healy remained active on Instagram. He partnered with [[Amnesty International]] to raise awareness of various online petitions.<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[NME|The NME]]'', Healy also showed a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]": "His [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref>[[Jia Tolentino|Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality." She described his resulting public persona as that of "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness".<ref name=":212"/><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing the band's song "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, [[Kanye West|Kanye]], very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> <br />
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Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]'' in February 2023.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that." In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'" He admitted to "oppositional" behaviour and "exaggeration of my shit" over the previous 18 months, but described himself as "really quite anxious": "I’m getting something out of my system."<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast appearance resurfaced in May, again incorrectly attributing the hosts' remarks and actions to Healy. [[Jon Caramanica]], pop music critic at the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, to promote the band's fifth concert tour, [[Still... At Their Very Best]].<ref name=":27" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Healy |first=Matty |title=Part 2 |url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FCtbv-TsomE-%2F |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614174041/https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctbv-TsomE-/ |archive-date=2023-06-18 |access-date= |website=Instagram}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mumford |first=Gwilym |date=2014-06-29 |title=The 1975 at Glastonbury 2014 review – laser-guided festival singalongs |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/the-1975-at-glastonbury-2014-review |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> It landed at no.1 at the [[UK Albums Chart]] and also topped the [[Billboard 200]] with 108,000 equivalent units sold.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Alt-Rockers The 1975 Chart Their First Number One Album |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/03/07/alt-rockers-the-1975-chart-their-first-number-one-album/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release. Their performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2016 was highly praised with ''[[NME]]'' hailing Healy as "Britain’s Greatest New Popstar".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-25 |title=Glastonbury 2016: The 1975 own the Other Stage |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/glastonbury-festival/a799139/1975-bring-techno-pop-feels-to-glasto/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-26 |title=The 1975 deliver impassioned set at Glastonbury 2016 |url=https://diymag.com/review/live/the-1975-glastonbury-2016-report |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=DIY |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy's most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song's lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down "Love It If We Made It" On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song's lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — "the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending melodies are accompanied by lyrics that are "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> in addition to being "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref name=":28">{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Widely known for his charismatic stage presence,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2016-11-29 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: The Full Interview With Our 'Album Of The Year' Band |url=https://www.nme.com/features/matt-healy-1975-album-of-the-year-1872783 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":28" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duerden |first=Nick |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 1975’s Matt Healy: ‘I’ve Never Let Anything Stop Me From Getting Where I’m Going’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-never-let-anything-stop-me-from-6882751/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has described Healy as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere."<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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[[Sam Fender]] won a singing competition at 16 where Healy was a judge,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Shahlin |date=2019-09-13 |title=Interview: Sam Fender on his debut album 'Hypersonic Missiles'. |url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/sam-fender/15996 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Coup De Main Magazine |language=en}}</ref> and years later was quoted saying: "Every time I see Matty I can’t help but [[Fan (person)|fanboy]] him really hard".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Fender on Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} “Every time I see Matty I can’t help but fanboy him really hard” - Sam Fender talks about meeting Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} By Virgin Radio UK - Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/VirginRadioUK/videos/sam-fender-on-matty-healy-from-the-1975/2572306272831073/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Styles |first=Harry |title=Congratulations to @the1975 for the number one album!! LADS. |url=https://twitter.com/Harry_Styles/status/376726673929928706 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SiriusXM Hits 1 on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@siriusxmhits1/video/7200779141367565610 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=TikTok |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I'm sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBTQ+ rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBTQ+ rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBTQ+ laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure,'''"'''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> with ''[[The Times]]'' observing that Healy's ability to provoke his audience is reminiscent of [[Morrissey]], despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-14 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a YouTube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I'm saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you've been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’."<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy remained active on Instagram. He partnered with [[Amnesty International]] to raise awareness of various online petitions.<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[NME|The NME]]'''s Andrew Trendell, Healy also showed a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]": "His [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<nowiki/><ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality." She described his resulting public persona as that of "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness".<ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'" He admitted to "oppositional" behaviour and "exaggeration of my shit" over the previous 18 months, but described himself as "really quite anxious": "I’m getting something out of my system."<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mumford |first=Gwilym |date=2014-06-29 |title=The 1975 at Glastonbury 2014 review – laser-guided festival singalongs |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/the-1975-at-glastonbury-2014-review |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> It landed at no.1 at the [[UK Albums Chart]] and also topped the [[Billboard 200]] with 108,000 equivalent units sold.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Alt-Rockers The 1975 Chart Their First Number One Album |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/03/07/alt-rockers-the-1975-chart-their-first-number-one-album/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release. Their performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2016 was highly praised with ''[[NME]]'' hailing Healy as "Britain’s Greatest New Popstar".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-25 |title=Glastonbury 2016: The 1975 own the Other Stage |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/glastonbury-festival/a799139/1975-bring-techno-pop-feels-to-glasto/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-26 |title=The 1975 deliver impassioned set at Glastonbury 2016 |url=https://diymag.com/review/live/the-1975-glastonbury-2016-report |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=DIY |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy's most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song's lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down "Love It If We Made It" On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song's lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — "the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending melodies are accompanied by lyrics that are "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> in addition to being "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref name=":28">{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Widely known for his charismatic stage presence,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2016-11-29 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: The Full Interview With Our 'Album Of The Year' Band |url=https://www.nme.com/features/matt-healy-1975-album-of-the-year-1872783 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":28" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duerden |first=Nick |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 1975’s Matt Healy: ‘I’ve Never Let Anything Stop Me From Getting Where I’m Going’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-never-let-anything-stop-me-from-6882751/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has described Healy as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere."<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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[[Sam Fender]] won a singing competition at 16 where Healy was a judge,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Shahlin |date=2019-09-13 |title=Interview: Sam Fender on his debut album 'Hypersonic Missiles'. |url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/sam-fender/15996 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Coup De Main Magazine |language=en}}</ref> and years later was quoted saying: "Every time I see Matty I can’t help but [[Fan (person)|fanboy]] him really hard".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Fender on Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} “Every time I see Matty I can’t help but fanboy him really hard” - Sam Fender talks about meeting Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} By Virgin Radio UK - Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/VirginRadioUK/videos/sam-fender-on-matty-healy-from-the-1975/2572306272831073/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Styles |first=Harry |title=Congratulations to @the1975 for the number one album!! LADS. |url=https://twitter.com/Harry_Styles/status/376726673929928706 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SiriusXM Hits 1 on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@siriusxmhits1/video/7200779141367565610 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=TikTok |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I'm sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBTQ+ rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBTQ+ rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBTQ+ laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure,'''"'''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> with ''[[The Times]]'' observing that Healy's ability to provoke his audience is reminiscent of [[Morrissey]], despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-14 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a YouTube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I'm saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you've been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’."<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy remained active on Instagram. He partnered with [[Amnesty International]] to raise awareness of various online petitions.<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[NME|The NME]]'''s Andrew Trendell, Healy also showed a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]": "His [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<nowiki/><ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality." She described his resulting public persona as that of "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness".<ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mumford |first=Gwilym |date=2014-06-29 |title=The 1975 at Glastonbury 2014 review – laser-guided festival singalongs |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/the-1975-at-glastonbury-2014-review |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> It landed at no.1 at the [[UK Albums Chart]] and also topped the [[Billboard 200]] with 108,000 equivalent units sold.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Alt-Rockers The 1975 Chart Their First Number One Album |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/03/07/alt-rockers-the-1975-chart-their-first-number-one-album/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release. Their performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2016 was highly praised with ''[[NME]]'' hailing Healy as "Britain’s Greatest New Popstar".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-25 |title=Glastonbury 2016: The 1975 own the Other Stage |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/glastonbury-festival/a799139/1975-bring-techno-pop-feels-to-glasto/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-26 |title=The 1975 deliver impassioned set at Glastonbury 2016 |url=https://diymag.com/review/live/the-1975-glastonbury-2016-report |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=DIY |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy's most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song's lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down "Love It If We Made It" On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song's lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — "the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending melodies are accompanied by lyrics that are "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> in addition to being "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref name=":28">{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Widely known for his charismatic stage presence,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2016-11-29 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: The Full Interview With Our 'Album Of The Year' Band |url=https://www.nme.com/features/matt-healy-1975-album-of-the-year-1872783 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":28" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duerden |first=Nick |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 1975’s Matt Healy: ‘I’ve Never Let Anything Stop Me From Getting Where I’m Going’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-never-let-anything-stop-me-from-6882751/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has described Healy as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere."<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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[[Sam Fender]] won a singing competition at 16 where Healy was a judge,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Shahlin |date=2019-09-13 |title=Interview: Sam Fender on his debut album 'Hypersonic Missiles'. |url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/sam-fender/15996 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Coup De Main Magazine |language=en}}</ref> and years later was quoted saying: "Every time I see Matty I can’t help but [[Fan (person)|fanboy]] him really hard".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Fender on Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} “Every time I see Matty I can’t help but fanboy him really hard” - Sam Fender talks about meeting Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} By Virgin Radio UK - Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/VirginRadioUK/videos/sam-fender-on-matty-healy-from-the-1975/2572306272831073/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Styles |first=Harry |title=Congratulations to @the1975 for the number one album!! LADS. |url=https://twitter.com/Harry_Styles/status/376726673929928706 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SiriusXM Hits 1 on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@siriusxmhits1/video/7200779141367565610 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=TikTok |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I'm sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBTQ+ rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBTQ+ rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBTQ+ laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure,'''"'''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> with ''[[The Times]]'' observing that Healy's ability to provoke his audience is reminiscent of [[Morrissey]], despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-14 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a YouTube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I'm saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you've been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’."<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy remained active on Instagram. He partnered with [[Amnesty International]] to raise awareness of various campaigns.<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[NME|The NME]]'''s Andrew Trendell, Healy also showed a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]": "His [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<nowiki/><ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":212"/> <br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mumford |first=Gwilym |date=2014-06-29 |title=The 1975 at Glastonbury 2014 review – laser-guided festival singalongs |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/the-1975-at-glastonbury-2014-review |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> It landed at no.1 at the [[UK Albums Chart]] and also topped the [[Billboard 200]] with 108,000 equivalent units sold.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Alt-Rockers The 1975 Chart Their First Number One Album |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/03/07/alt-rockers-the-1975-chart-their-first-number-one-album/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release. Their performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2016 was highly praised with ''[[NME]]'' hailing Healy as "Britain’s Greatest New Popstar".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-25 |title=Glastonbury 2016: The 1975 own the Other Stage |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/glastonbury-festival/a799139/1975-bring-techno-pop-feels-to-glasto/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-26 |title=The 1975 deliver impassioned set at Glastonbury 2016 |url=https://diymag.com/review/live/the-1975-glastonbury-2016-report |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=DIY |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy's most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song's lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down "Love It If We Made It" On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song's lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — "the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending melodies are accompanied by lyrics that are "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> in addition to being "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref name=":28">{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Widely known for his charismatic stage presence,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2016-11-29 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: The Full Interview With Our 'Album Of The Year' Band |url=https://www.nme.com/features/matt-healy-1975-album-of-the-year-1872783 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":28" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duerden |first=Nick |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 1975’s Matt Healy: ‘I’ve Never Let Anything Stop Me From Getting Where I’m Going’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-never-let-anything-stop-me-from-6882751/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has described Healy as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere."<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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[[Sam Fender]] won a singing competition at 16 where Healy was a judge,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Shahlin |date=2019-09-13 |title=Interview: Sam Fender on his debut album 'Hypersonic Missiles'. |url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/sam-fender/15996 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Coup De Main Magazine |language=en}}</ref> and years later was quoted saying: "Every time I see Matty I can’t help but [[Fan (person)|fanboy]] him really hard".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Fender on Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} “Every time I see Matty I can’t help but fanboy him really hard” - Sam Fender talks about meeting Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} By Virgin Radio UK - Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/VirginRadioUK/videos/sam-fender-on-matty-healy-from-the-1975/2572306272831073/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Styles |first=Harry |title=Congratulations to @the1975 for the number one album!! LADS. |url=https://twitter.com/Harry_Styles/status/376726673929928706 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SiriusXM Hits 1 on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@siriusxmhits1/video/7200779141367565610 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=TikTok |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I'm sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure,'''"'''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> with ''[[The Times]]'' observing that Healy's ability to provoke his audience is reminiscent of [[Morrissey]], despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-14 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a YouTube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I'm saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you've been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’."<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy remained active on Instagram. He partnered with [[Amnesty International]] to raise awareness of various campaigns.<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[NME|The NME]]'''s Andrew Trendell, Healy also showed a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]": "His [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<nowiki/><ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":212"/> <br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mumford |first=Gwilym |date=2014-06-29 |title=The 1975 at Glastonbury 2014 review – laser-guided festival singalongs |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/the-1975-at-glastonbury-2014-review |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> It landed at no.1 at the [[UK Albums Chart]] and also topped the [[Billboard 200]] with 108,000 equivalent units sold.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Alt-Rockers The 1975 Chart Their First Number One Album |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/03/07/alt-rockers-the-1975-chart-their-first-number-one-album/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release. Their performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2016 was highly praised with ''[[NME]]'' hailing Healy as "Britain’s Greatest New Popstar".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-25 |title=Glastonbury 2016: The 1975 own the Other Stage |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/glastonbury-festival/a799139/1975-bring-techno-pop-feels-to-glasto/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-26 |title=The 1975 deliver impassioned set at Glastonbury 2016 |url=https://diymag.com/review/live/the-1975-glastonbury-2016-report |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=DIY |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy's most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song's lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down "Love It If We Made It" On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song's lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — "the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending melodies are accompanied by lyrics that are "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> in addition to being "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref name=":28">{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Widely known for his charismatic stage presence,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2016-11-29 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: The Full Interview With Our 'Album Of The Year' Band |url=https://www.nme.com/features/matt-healy-1975-album-of-the-year-1872783 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":28" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duerden |first=Nick |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 1975’s Matt Healy: ‘I’ve Never Let Anything Stop Me From Getting Where I’m Going’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-never-let-anything-stop-me-from-6882751/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has described Healy as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere."<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Styles |first=Harry |title=Congratulations to @the1975 for the number one album!! LADS. |url=https://twitter.com/Harry_Styles/status/376726673929928706 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SiriusXM Hits 1 on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@siriusxmhits1/video/7200779141367565610 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=TikTok |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I'm sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure,'''"'''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> with ''[[The Times]]'' observing that Healy's ability to provoke his audience is reminiscent of [[Morrissey]], despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-14 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a YouTube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I'm saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you've been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’."<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy remained active on Instagram. He partnered with [[Amnesty International]] to raise awareness of various campaigns.<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[NME|The NME]]'''s Andrew Trendell, Healy also showed a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]": "His [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<nowiki/><ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":212"/> <br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mumford |first=Gwilym |date=2014-06-29 |title=The 1975 at Glastonbury 2014 review – laser-guided festival singalongs |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/the-1975-at-glastonbury-2014-review |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> It landed at no.1 at the [[UK Albums Chart]] and also topped the [[Billboard 200]] with 108,000 equivalent units sold.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Alt-Rockers The 1975 Chart Their First Number One Album |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/03/07/alt-rockers-the-1975-chart-their-first-number-one-album/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release. Their performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2016 was highly praised with ''[[NME]]'' hailing Healy as "Britain’s Greatest New Popstar".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-25 |title=Glastonbury 2016: The 1975 own the Other Stage |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/glastonbury-festival/a799139/1975-bring-techno-pop-feels-to-glasto/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-26 |title=The 1975 deliver impassioned set at Glastonbury 2016 |url=https://diymag.com/review/live/the-1975-glastonbury-2016-report |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=DIY |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy's most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song's lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down "Love It If We Made It" On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song's lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — "the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending melodies are accompanied by lyrics that are "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> in addition to being "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref name=":28">{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Widely known for his charismatic stage presence,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2016-11-29 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: The Full Interview With Our 'Album Of The Year' Band |url=https://www.nme.com/features/matt-healy-1975-album-of-the-year-1872783 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":28" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duerden |first=Nick |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 1975’s Matt Healy: ‘I’ve Never Let Anything Stop Me From Getting Where I’m Going’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-never-let-anything-stop-me-from-6882751/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has described Healy as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere."<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Styles |first=Harry |title=Congratulations to @the1975 for the number one album!! LADS. |url=https://twitter.com/Harry_Styles/status/376726673929928706 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SiriusXM Hits 1 on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@siriusxmhits1/video/7200779141367565610 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=TikTok |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I'm sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure,'''"'''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> with ''[[The Times]]'' observing that Healy's ability to provoke his audience is reminiscent of [[Morrissey]], despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-14 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a YouTube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I'm saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you've been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’."<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is noted for his charisma and stage presence. ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine during shows,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":72" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his mother messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> Described by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] as "a cannily self-made bad boy,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell noted that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is noted for his charisma and stage presence. ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":72" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his mother messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> Described by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] as "a cannily self-made bad boy,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell noted that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is noted for his charisma and stage presence. ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his mother messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> Described by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] as "a cannily self-made bad boy,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell noted that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is noted for his charisma and stage presence. ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his mother messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> Described by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] as "a cannily self-made bad boy,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell noted that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is noted for his charisma and stage presence. ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his provocative and erratic performances to that of [[Morrissey]]'s despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' characterized him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him,"<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> while ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> with ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has calling him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":72"/><br />
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Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":72"/> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212"/> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work.<br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":212"/><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his mother messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> Described by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] as "a cannily self-made bad boy,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell noted that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":212"/><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212"/> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref name="nme.com"/><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212"/> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins2"/><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his mother messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /> <br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /> <br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975’s first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /> <br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy was outspoken in his support of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /> <br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /> <br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /> <br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny and did not "even know if [Healy] was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and apologised to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into anti-feminist communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who’s definitely on the left, it’s interesting to watch, because the left don’t seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don’t know what it is to be a man if you’re not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /> <br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> <br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /> <br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I’d gotten to a point where I didn’t know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of red wine on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
Rebecca Jennings of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|on-stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age"<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> while Lynskey of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' characterised him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Healy, who often chain smokes and drinks from a bottle of [[red wine]] on stage,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> says he plays a character on-stage: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has a "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance and has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to this.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> His [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /><br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
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The 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023 includes a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It’s about how if you’re a single guy and you’ve spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It’s about being what’s real and what’s sincere and not sincere.”<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June, deleting all previous posts.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[the New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of the ''New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of the ''New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions: "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of the ''New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton" /><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of the ''New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> By early April 2023, Healy had deactivated his Instagram account, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> At a concert in [[Auckland]] later that month, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton" /><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of the ''New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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| parents = {{ubl|[[Denise Welch]]|[[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]}}<br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton" /><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of the ''New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her.""<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was involved in two controversies in early 2023. Firstly, in January, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> Healy again became embroiled in controversy in February after appearing on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name="smeaton" /><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name - describing her as an "Inuit Spice Girl" - and used Chinese and Hawaiian accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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In an interview conducted in early March 2023, Healy told Jia Tolentino of the ''New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.'"<ref name=":17" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I don’t want Ice Spice to think I’m a dick. I love you, Ice Spice. I’m so sorry. It's OK for me to be like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be perceived as mean-hearted ... I am genuinely sorry if I upset her 'cause I fucking love her.""<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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| parents = {{ubl|[[Denise Welch]]|[[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]}}<br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour, [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]], to support the new album. The set included an a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and creative director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref> A concert tour, across arenas in North America, entitled Still... At Their Very Best, will run from September to December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[[[Troll (slang)|trolling]]of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /> By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June under his social media identity as Truman Black.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June under his social media identity as Truman Black.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June under his social media identity as Truman Black.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy’s house was featured in episode 2, season 3 of the [[Netflix]] crime drama series ''[[Top Boy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2019-09-16 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy reveals his house features in the latest season of 'Top Boy' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-reveals-his-house-features-in-the-latest-season-of-top-boy-2548447 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and has inspired several singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It’s very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> and as "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]" and noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality."<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June under his social media identity as Truman Black.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy’s house was featured in episode 2, season 3 of the [[Netflix]] crime drama series ''[[Top Boy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2019-09-16 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy reveals his house features in the latest season of 'Top Boy' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-reveals-his-house-features-in-the-latest-season-of-top-boy-2548447 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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Healy is close friends with American singer [[Phoebe Bridgers]], who had been his fan before they first met after months of exchanging memes on social media.<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2020-02-27 |title=Phoebe Bridgers confirms feature on The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form' and talks Matty Healy friendship |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/phoebe-bridgers-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-feature-matty-healy-friendship-interview-2615371 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Bridgers collaborated with Healy on "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]" and appeared in the 1975's music video "[[I'm in Love with You (The 1975 song)|I'm in Love With You]], while Healy made an appearance in Bridgers' music video for "[[I Know the End]]".<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2022-09-01 |title=The 1975 Clown Around With Phoebe Bridgers in ‘I’m In Love With You’ Video: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-1975-im-in-love-with-you-song-music-video-1235134137/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Throughout the years, they have praised each other's lyricism and supported each other on stage;<ref name=":13" /> Bridgers opened for the 1975 in London in 2020, while Healy joined Bridgers on stage in London in 2022 to sing "I Know the End".<ref>{{Cite web |last=UK |first=Rolling Stone |date=2022-07-27 |title=Watch the 1975's Matty Healy Scream 'I Know the End' With Phoebe Bridgers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-the-1975-matty-healy-i-know-the-end-london-1388897/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2022, a photo of Healy and Bridgers kissing, posted on Healy's Instagram, prompted wide media coverage of their friendship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=2022-12-13 |title=Matty Healy Kisses Phoebe Bridgers in Cheeky Snap With Bo Burnham: ‘Gay Poets Society’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-kisses-phoebe-bridgers-photo-with-bo-burnham-1235186037/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-12 |title=A deep dive into Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy's iconic friendship |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/12/a-deep-dive-into-phoebe-bridgers-and-matty-healys-iconic-friendship-289362 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> In May 2023, Healy accompanied Bridgers on guitar during her opening set at [[Taylor Swift]]'s [[The Eras Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2023-05-08 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Joined by the 1975’s Matthew Healy During Set Opening for Taylor Swift |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-joined-by-the-1975s-matty-healy-during-set-opening-for-taylor-swift/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
[[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "Somebody Else" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach when she first started writing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June under his social media identity as Truman Black.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref> From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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| birth_name = Matthew Timothy Healy<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|04|08|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hendon]], [[London]], England<br />
| alma_mater = [[Academy of Contemporary Music]]<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician|record producer}}<br />
| years_active = 2012–present<br />
| works = {{hlist|[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Songs written and produced]]}}<br />
| parents = {{ubl|[[Denise Welch]]|[[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]}}<br />
| awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by The 1975|Full list]]<br />
| website = {{URL|https://truman-black.com/}}<br />
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| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano|drums|bass}}<br />
| genre = {{flatlist| <br />
* [[Pop rock]]<br />
* [[synth-pop]]<br />
* [[indie pop]]<br />
* [[indie rock]]<br />
* [[electropop]]<br />
* [[alternative rock]]<br />
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| origin = [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]]<br />
| label = {{flatlist|<br />
* [[Dirty Hit]]<br />
* [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]<br />
* [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]<br />
* [[Vagrant Records|Vagrant]]<br />
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]<br />
}}<br />
| current_member_of = [[The 1975]]}}<br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
[[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "Somebody Else" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach when she first started writing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June under his social media identity as Truman Black.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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| birth_name = Matthew Timothy Healy<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|04|08|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hendon]], [[London]], England<br />
| alma_mater = [[Academy of Contemporary Music]]<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician|record producer}}<br />
| years_active = 2012–present<br />
| works = {{hlist|[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Songs written and produced]]}}<br />
| parents = {{ubl|[[Denise Welch]]|[[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]}}<br />
| awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by The 1975|Full list]]<br />
| website = {{URL|https://truman-black.com/}}<br />
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| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano|drums|bass}}<br />
| genre = {{flatlist| <br />
* [[Pop rock]]<br />
* [[synth-pop]]<br />
* [[indie pop]]<br />
* [[indie rock]]<br />
* [[electropop]]<br />
* [[alternative rock]]<br />
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| origin = [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]]<br />
| label = {{flatlist|<br />
* [[Dirty Hit]]<br />
* [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]<br />
* [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]<br />
* [[Vagrant Records|Vagrant]]<br />
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]<br />
}}<br />
| current_member_of = [[The 1975]]}}<br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
[[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "Somebody Else" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach when she first started writing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June under his social media identity as Truman Black.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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Healy is close friends with American singer [[Phoebe Bridgers]], who had been his fan before they first met after months of exchanging memes on social media.<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2020-02-27 |title=Phoebe Bridgers confirms feature on The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form' and talks Matty Healy friendship |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/phoebe-bridgers-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-feature-matty-healy-friendship-interview-2615371 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Bridgers collaborated with Healy on "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]" and appeared in the 1975's music video "[[I'm in Love with You (The 1975 song)|I'm in Love With You]], while Healy made an appearance in Bridgers' music video for "[[I Know the End]]".<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2022-09-01 |title=The 1975 Clown Around With Phoebe Bridgers in ‘I’m In Love With You’ Video: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-1975-im-in-love-with-you-song-music-video-1235134137/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Throughout the years, they have praised each other's lyricism and supported each other on stage;<ref name=":13" /> Bridgers opened for the 1975 in London in 2020, while Healy joined Bridgers on stage in London in 2022 to sing "I Know the End".<ref>{{Cite web |last=UK |first=Rolling Stone |date=2022-07-27 |title=Watch the 1975's Matty Healy Scream 'I Know the End' With Phoebe Bridgers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-the-1975-matty-healy-i-know-the-end-london-1388897/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2022, a photo of Healy and Bridgers kissing, posted on Healy's Instagram, prompted wide media coverage of their friendship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=2022-12-13 |title=Matty Healy Kisses Phoebe Bridgers in Cheeky Snap With Bo Burnham: ‘Gay Poets Society’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-kisses-phoebe-bridgers-photo-with-bo-burnham-1235186037/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-12 |title=A deep dive into Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy's iconic friendship |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/12/a-deep-dive-into-phoebe-bridgers-and-matty-healys-iconic-friendship-289362 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> In May 2023, Healy accompanied Bridgers on guitar during her opening set at [[Taylor Swift]]'s [[The Eras Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2023-05-08 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Joined by the 1975’s Matthew Healy During Set Opening for Taylor Swift |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-joined-by-the-1975s-matty-healy-during-set-opening-for-taylor-swift/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
[[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "Somebody Else" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach when she first started writing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy reactivated his Instagram account in June under his social media identity as Truman Black.<ref name=":27" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy’s house was featured in episode 2, season 3 of the [[Netflix]] crime drama series ''[[Top Boy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2019-09-16 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy reveals his house features in the latest season of 'Top Boy' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-reveals-his-house-features-in-the-latest-season-of-top-boy-2548447 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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Healy is close friends with American singer [[Phoebe Bridgers]], who had been his fan before they first met after months of exchanging memes on social media.<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2020-02-27 |title=Phoebe Bridgers confirms feature on The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form' and talks Matty Healy friendship |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/phoebe-bridgers-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-feature-matty-healy-friendship-interview-2615371 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Bridgers collaborated with Healy on "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]" and appeared in the 1975's music video "[[I'm in Love with You (The 1975 song)|I'm in Love With You]], while Healy made an appearance in Bridgers' music video for "[[I Know the End]]".<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2022-09-01 |title=The 1975 Clown Around With Phoebe Bridgers in ‘I’m In Love With You’ Video: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-1975-im-in-love-with-you-song-music-video-1235134137/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Throughout the years, they have praised each other's lyricism and supported each other on stage;<ref name=":13" /> Bridgers opened for the 1975 in London in 2020, while Healy joined Bridgers on stage in London in 2022 to sing "I Know the End".<ref>{{Cite web |last=UK |first=Rolling Stone |date=2022-07-27 |title=Watch the 1975's Matty Healy Scream 'I Know the End' With Phoebe Bridgers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-the-1975-matty-healy-i-know-the-end-london-1388897/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2022, a photo of Healy and Bridgers kissing, posted on Healy's Instagram, prompted wide media coverage of their friendship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=2022-12-13 |title=Matty Healy Kisses Phoebe Bridgers in Cheeky Snap With Bo Burnham: ‘Gay Poets Society’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-kisses-phoebe-bridgers-photo-with-bo-burnham-1235186037/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-12 |title=A deep dive into Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy's iconic friendship |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/12/a-deep-dive-into-phoebe-bridgers-and-matty-healys-iconic-friendship-289362 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> In May 2023, Healy accompanied Bridgers on guitar during her opening set at [[Taylor Swift]]'s [[The Eras Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2023-05-08 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Joined by the 1975’s Matthew Healy During Set Opening for Taylor Swift |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-joined-by-the-1975s-matty-healy-during-set-opening-for-taylor-swift/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
[[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "Somebody Else" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach when she first started writing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humourous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has called him "the closest thing millennials have to [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref name=":52">{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Jayson |date=January 21, 2010 |title=MTV's 'Hope For Haiti' Performances Will Be Available on iTunes |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1630177/mtvs-hope-for-haiti-performances-will-be-available-on-itunes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127220740/http://www.mtv.com/news/1630177/mtvs-hope-for-haiti-performances-will-be-available-on-itunes/ |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=December 28, 2015 |publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref><ref name=":62">{{cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=March 22, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Teases New Song 'Carolina' in 'Where the Crawdads Sing' Trailer |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-new-song-where-the-crawdads-sing-1325032/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527041200/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-new-song-where-the-crawdads-sing-1325032/ |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy’s house was featured in episode 2, season 3 of the [[Netflix]] crime drama series ''[[Top Boy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2019-09-16 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy reveals his house features in the latest season of 'Top Boy' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-reveals-his-house-features-in-the-latest-season-of-top-boy-2548447 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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Healy is close friends with American singer [[Phoebe Bridgers]], who had been his fan before they first met after months of exchanging memes on social media.<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2020-02-27 |title=Phoebe Bridgers confirms feature on The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form' and talks Matty Healy friendship |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/phoebe-bridgers-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-feature-matty-healy-friendship-interview-2615371 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Bridgers collaborated with Healy on "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]" and appeared in the 1975's music video "[[I'm in Love with You (The 1975 song)|I'm in Love With You]], while Healy made an appearance in Bridgers' music video for "[[I Know the End]]".<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2022-09-01 |title=The 1975 Clown Around With Phoebe Bridgers in ‘I’m In Love With You’ Video: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-1975-im-in-love-with-you-song-music-video-1235134137/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Throughout the years, they have praised each other's lyricism and supported each other on stage;<ref name=":13" /> Bridgers opened for the 1975 in London in 2020, while Healy joined Bridgers on stage in London in 2022 to sing "I Know the End".<ref>{{Cite web |last=UK |first=Rolling Stone |date=2022-07-27 |title=Watch the 1975's Matty Healy Scream 'I Know the End' With Phoebe Bridgers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-the-1975-matty-healy-i-know-the-end-london-1388897/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2022, a photo of Healy and Bridgers kissing, posted on Healy's Instagram, prompted wide media coverage of their friendship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=2022-12-13 |title=Matty Healy Kisses Phoebe Bridgers in Cheeky Snap With Bo Burnham: ‘Gay Poets Society’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-kisses-phoebe-bridgers-photo-with-bo-burnham-1235186037/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-12 |title=A deep dive into Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy's iconic friendship |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/12/a-deep-dive-into-phoebe-bridgers-and-matty-healys-iconic-friendship-289362 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> In May 2023, Healy accompanied Bridgers on guitar during her opening set at [[Taylor Swift]]'s [[The Eras Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2023-05-08 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Joined by the 1975’s Matthew Healy During Set Opening for Taylor Swift |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-joined-by-the-1975s-matty-healy-during-set-opening-for-taylor-swift/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
[[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Lorde]] has described "Somebody Else" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach when she first started writing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=web.archive.org |date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] has described the 1975 as his "favourite band"<ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> and is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness ... He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]<br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has called him "the closest thing millennials have to [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref name=":52">{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Jayson |date=January 21, 2010 |title=MTV's 'Hope For Haiti' Performances Will Be Available on iTunes |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1630177/mtvs-hope-for-haiti-performances-will-be-available-on-itunes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127220740/http://www.mtv.com/news/1630177/mtvs-hope-for-haiti-performances-will-be-available-on-itunes/ |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=December 28, 2015 |publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref><ref name=":62">{{cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=March 22, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Teases New Song 'Carolina' in 'Where the Crawdads Sing' Trailer |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-new-song-where-the-crawdads-sing-1325032/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527041200/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-new-song-where-the-crawdads-sing-1325032/ |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy’s house was featured in episode 2, season 3 of the [[Netflix]] crime drama series ''[[Top Boy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2019-09-16 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy reveals his house features in the latest season of 'Top Boy' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-reveals-his-house-features-in-the-latest-season-of-top-boy-2548447 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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Healy is close friends with American singer [[Phoebe Bridgers]], who had been his fan before they first met after months of exchanging memes on social media.<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2020-02-27 |title=Phoebe Bridgers confirms feature on The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form' and talks Matty Healy friendship |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/phoebe-bridgers-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-feature-matty-healy-friendship-interview-2615371 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Bridgers collaborated with Healy on "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]" and appeared in the 1975's music video "[[I'm in Love with You (The 1975 song)|I'm in Love With You]], while Healy made an appearance in Bridgers' music video for "[[I Know the End]]".<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2022-09-01 |title=The 1975 Clown Around With Phoebe Bridgers in ‘I’m In Love With You’ Video: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-1975-im-in-love-with-you-song-music-video-1235134137/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Throughout the years, they have praised each other's lyricism and supported each other on stage;<ref name=":13" /> Bridgers opened for the 1975 in London in 2020, while Healy joined Bridgers on stage in London in 2022 to sing "I Know the End".<ref>{{Cite web |last=UK |first=Rolling Stone |date=2022-07-27 |title=Watch the 1975's Matty Healy Scream 'I Know the End' With Phoebe Bridgers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-the-1975-matty-healy-i-know-the-end-london-1388897/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2022, a photo of Healy and Bridgers kissing, posted on Healy's Instagram, prompted wide media coverage of their friendship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=2022-12-13 |title=Matty Healy Kisses Phoebe Bridgers in Cheeky Snap With Bo Burnham: ‘Gay Poets Society’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-kisses-phoebe-bridgers-photo-with-bo-burnham-1235186037/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-12 |title=A deep dive into Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy's iconic friendship |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/12/a-deep-dive-into-phoebe-bridgers-and-matty-healys-iconic-friendship-289362 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> In May 2023, Healy accompanied Bridgers on guitar during her opening set at [[Taylor Swift]]'s [[The Eras Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2023-05-08 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Joined by the 1975’s Matthew Healy During Set Opening for Taylor Swift |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-joined-by-the-1975s-matty-healy-during-set-opening-for-taylor-swift/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and his songs have inspired several of his peers and a generation of singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> Aside from Eilish, [[Lorde]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> and [[Lewis Capaldi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> have been influenced by Healy's songwriting, while [[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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[[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has called him "the closest thing millennials have to [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref name=":52">{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Jayson |date=January 21, 2010 |title=MTV's 'Hope For Haiti' Performances Will Be Available on iTunes |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1630177/mtvs-hope-for-haiti-performances-will-be-available-on-itunes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127220740/http://www.mtv.com/news/1630177/mtvs-hope-for-haiti-performances-will-be-available-on-itunes/ |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=December 28, 2015 |publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref><ref name=":62">{{cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=March 22, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Teases New Song 'Carolina' in 'Where the Crawdads Sing' Trailer |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-new-song-where-the-crawdads-sing-1325032/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527041200/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-new-song-where-the-crawdads-sing-1325032/ |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> <br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]].<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and his songs have inspired several of his peers and a generation of singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> Aside from Eilish, [[Lorde]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> and [[Lewis Capaldi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> have been influenced by Healy's songwriting, while [[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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[[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has called him "the closest thing millennials have to [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref name=":52">{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Jayson |date=January 21, 2010 |title=MTV's 'Hope For Haiti' Performances Will Be Available on iTunes |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1630177/mtvs-hope-for-haiti-performances-will-be-available-on-itunes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127220740/http://www.mtv.com/news/1630177/mtvs-hope-for-haiti-performances-will-be-available-on-itunes/ |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=December 28, 2015 |publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref><ref name=":62">{{cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=March 22, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Teases New Song 'Carolina' in 'Where the Crawdads Sing' Trailer |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-new-song-where-the-crawdads-sing-1325032/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527041200/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-new-song-where-the-crawdads-sing-1325032/ |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> <br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> and she later cited him as an influence on her early songwriting.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wittiness, honesty, and self-awareness. His genre-bending songs are noted to contain "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975’s most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> with lyrics that are "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref> He has been called by ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' as "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''[[NME]]'' stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation’s finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" />[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name="islam" /> Lynskey of ''The Guardian'' stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <br />
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Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters of the 1975 with Daniel describing himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> Healy has described their relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |language=en |work=i-d.vice.com |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
Healy is known for his charisma and stage presence as well as his provocative and erratic performances. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared him as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars,"<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> while ''[[The Times]]'' has compared his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "[[meta]]-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
===Legacy===<br />
Healy has influenced numerous music artists, and his songs have inspired several of his peers and a generation of singer-songwriters. [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> Aside from Eilish, [[Lorde]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her ‘Favorite Songs’ On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref name="Martins2">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> and [[Lewis Capaldi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> have been influenced by Healy's songwriting, while [[Stevie Nicks]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy’s new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-brian-eno-podcast-intervew-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":02" /> [[Hayley Williams|Haley Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Paramore hint at possible collaboration with The 1975 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/paramore-the-1975-possible-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title=‘We’re the best lyricists’: Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-03-04 |title=Listen to Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome's new single 'Spinning' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/listen-to-charli-xcx-the-1975-and-no-romes-debut-single-spinning-2894457 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> [[Keith Urban]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Keith Urban on His Las Vegas Residency, the Last Concert He Enjoyed, & His Favorite Spot to Recharge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0DZqFZJZY |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ice Spice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2022-11-23 |title=With her My Life in 10 Songs, Ice Spice Remains Unapologetically Herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/with-her-emmy-life-in-10-songs-em-ice-spice-remains-unapologetically-1234635618/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabrina Carpenter Sings Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, & The 1975 in a Game of Song Association {{!}} ELLE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8wo3pE7S0 |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en}}</ref> are known fans of his work. <br />
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[[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[The Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] have all been mentored by Healy, and he has co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s allies issue, and spoke about how his LGBTQ+ activism stems from his growing up surrounded by his mother's queer friends.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
[[File:The_1975,_Kentish_Town_Forum,_London_(25035877239).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016|250x250px]]<br />
Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has called him "the closest thing millennials have to [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure'''"'''.<ref name=":52">{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Jayson |date=January 21, 2010 |title=MTV's 'Hope For Haiti' Performances Will Be Available on iTunes |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1630177/mtvs-hope-for-haiti-performances-will-be-available-on-itunes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127220740/http://www.mtv.com/news/1630177/mtvs-hope-for-haiti-performances-will-be-available-on-itunes/ |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=December 28, 2015 |publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref><ref name=":62">{{cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=March 22, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Teases New Song 'Carolina' in 'Where the Crawdads Sing' Trailer |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-new-song-where-the-crawdads-sing-1325032/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527041200/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-new-song-where-the-crawdads-sing-1325032/ |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''[[Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in ''The Guardian'', said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235703_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2227_-_AK8I7577.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
=== Residence ===<br />
Healy resides in northwest London<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> with a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> <br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> and she later cited him as an influence on her early songwriting.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}<br />
=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> After winning a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], Healy told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy opened for [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]]. He performed two new songs, one called "New York".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters in the 1975; Daniel has described himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name=fader/><ref>{{cite news |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=Song Exploder |date=12 August 2020}}</ref> Healy has described the relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name=islam/> Lynskey of The Guardian stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared Healy as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> He is recognized for his charisma and stage presence with ''[[The Times]]'' comparing his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "meta-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the Jim Morrison thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rockstar cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> <br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
The 1975's songs have been covered by Lorde, Halsey, Chvrches and Dashboard Confessional.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=TikTok |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]'''s allies issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
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Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''Billboard'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in The Guardian, said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Healy first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]''.<ref name=":17" /> He had previously spoken of his enjoyment of Dimes Square podcasts like [[Cumtown]] and [[Red Scare]], although his politics did not align with the latter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975’s Matty Healy isn’t sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022}}</ref> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Healy resides in northwest London.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> He has a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>[[File:Matthew_Matty_Healy_The_1975_(253662053).jpeg|thumb|Healy performing in Chile in 2017|250x250px]]<br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> and she later cited him as an influence on her early songwriting.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> After winning a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], Healy told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy opened for [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]]. He performed two new songs, one called "New York".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters in the 1975; Daniel has described himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name=fader/><ref>{{cite news |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=Song Exploder |date=12 August 2020}}</ref> Healy has described the relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name=islam/> Lynskey of The Guardian stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared Healy as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> He is recognized for his charisma and stage presence with ''[[The Times]]'' comparing his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "meta-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the Jim Morrison thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rockstar cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> <br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
The 1975's songs have been covered by Lorde, Halsey, Chvrches and Dashboard Confessional.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=TikTok |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]'''s allies issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
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Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''Billboard'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in The Guardian, said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Healy first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]'';<ref name=":17" /> he was a fan of the podcast and agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Healy resides in northwest London.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> He has a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>[[File:Matthew_Matty_Healy_The_1975_(253662053).jpeg|thumb|Healy performing in Chile in 2017|250x250px]]<br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> and she later cited him as an influence on her early songwriting.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer who came to prominence as the lead vocalist and lyricist of [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]].<br />
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Born in [[London]] and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] town of [[Wilmslow]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with schoolmates Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel. The band released [[Matty Healy#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and garnered critical acclaim.<br />
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Healy's songwriting has been widely praised and deals with themes including the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He is also known for his provocative on-stage persona which has been characterised in part as [[performance art]]. His work with the band made him the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year. He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a son of actor [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32|title=My Old Man|date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted }}</ref> and actress and television presenter [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> His younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 }}</ref> Both parents are of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=":21">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne, Australia]] from the ages of two to four<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en}}</ref> but spent most his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> The family moved to [[Wilmslow]], [[Cheshire]] when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: "I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise}}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He was an only child for the first twelve years of his life "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader}}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing."<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FJ0Dn |archive-date=16 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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Healy was privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty+healy+gcses+two&pg=PT35 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875}}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]]; he was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":21" /> After winning a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[The La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], Healy told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref name="alderley" /> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" /> He left school at sixteen with two [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> He then attended music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy}}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2008 alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Healy (The 1975) |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/matt-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[Academy of Contemporary Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== 2002–2011: Formation and early years of the 1975 ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy formed the 1975,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he used to find relationships while in the band 'difficult'|last=Lewis|first=Isobel|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=2 September 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html|url-status=live}}</ref> along with lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer and producer George Daniel,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |title=New Band Up North |last1=Brinnand |first1=Emily |date=3 December 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008092713/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/dec/03/manchester-leeds-new-band-up-north-manchester-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> who he had met at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name="sting">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|title=The 1975 frontman Matt Healy: 'My biggest fear is becoming Sting'|last=McLean|first=Craig|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 February 2016 |access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-1975-frontman-matt-healy-my-biggest-fear-is-becoming-sting-a6869946.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel's initial impression of Healy was as "the most outwardly passionate person in school".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Healy was originally the drummer, but was promoted to frontman after the departure of [[Elliott Williams (musician)|Elliott Williams]].<ref name="kentlive">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|title=Loose Women star Denise Welch and her famous son from The 1975 Matthew Healy|last=Christian|first=Sophie|date=8 October 2021|publisher=Kent Live|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175700/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/loose-women-star-denise-welch-6032613|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend university in Manchester: "I didn't get any GCSEs so I didn't have options. It was the band or nothing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress}}</ref> He worked in a Chinese restaurant during this period.<ref name="hattenstone" /> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en}}</ref> The band played under various names – Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=25 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> Healy has described the band's manager Jamie Oborne as the band's "fifth member".<ref name=fader/><br />
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=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame ===<br />
After seven years as the band's manager, Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit,<ref name="hattenstone" /> and the band released four extended plays in quick succession; ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' and ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' in 2012, and ''[[Music for Cars]]'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]'' in 2013.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]<br />
The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013}}</ref> and released their debut album ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013}}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[The Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014}}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<br />
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=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough===<br />
The band announced their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' in 2018.<ref name="NME October 2015">{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 say they are 'sick to death' of the lack of good pop music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-1975/88901 |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=NME}}</ref><ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag}}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]" debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin}}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.<br />
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Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" of Healy's lyrics: "He has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance."<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination, [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nomination, and was shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim ===<br />
''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), the bands third studio album was released in 2018, and also nominated for the Mercury Prize,<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020), both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]]<br />
In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
Healy’s most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song’s lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]’s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], or the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down “Love It If We Made It” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’ |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it’s not going to change the times. It doesn’t provide a solution."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song’s lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><br />
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Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''Our Extended Play'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy opened for [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]]. He performed two new songs, one called "New York".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref><br />
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=== 2022–present: Continued success ===<br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]<br />
In 2022, the band released their fifth studio album ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', reaching their fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> For his work on the album, he was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, they won a [[Brit Awards 2023|Brit Award]] for British Rock/Alternative Act and received a Brit Award nominations for British Album of the Year and British Group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20}}</ref> <br />
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In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra|Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /><br />
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Healy and the band embarked on a world tour — [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] — to support the new album. The show received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part [[performance art]], part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref><br />
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab ‘Sleep Tight’ |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Healy co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and also worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on an unreleased version of her ''[[Midnights]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK }}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref> In 2023, Healy co-produced and featured on [[The Japanese House]]'s single "Sunshine Baby".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><br />
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== Artistry ==<br />
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=== Influences ===<br />
[[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]]<br />
[[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[The Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Healy has always been drawn to 80s music "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — “the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 - Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of The Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> <br />
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In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 - Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" /><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']] wrote that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":21" /> His voice has also been described as "supple," "mellifluously melodic," and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Songwriting ===<br />
Healy and Daniel are the principal songwriters in the 1975; Daniel has described himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter".<ref name=fader/><ref>{{cite news |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=Song Exploder |date=12 August 2020}}</ref> Healy has described the relationship as "symbiotic": "We’ve got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we’re both working remotely, we’re both working together."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> Hann of ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party."<ref name=islam/> Lynskey of The Guardian stated: "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses dialogue in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The song "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" refers to his mental health.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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=== Performance style ===<br />
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has declared Healy as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars."<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> He is recognized for his charisma and stage presence with ''[[The Times]]'' comparing his performance style to that of [[Morrissey]] despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-04 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' has characterized his onstage persona as "a preening, pouting, shirtless rock god".<ref name=":7" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' regarded Healy’s performance style as having "the unlikely ability to come across as endearing rather than gross, in part because it’s a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age and in part because — well, he’s hot."<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy has acknowledged that there are public "misconceptions" about him due to his "meta-layered" approach to performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> "I do the Jim Morrison thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn’t real. I’m so aware of the vocabulary of rock’n’roll."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rockstar cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> He is noted for his theatrical interludes, political monologues, chain smoking and drinking from a bottle of [[red wine]] in between singing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> Healy has stated in interviews that he is playing a character when performing, and that his [[Persona|onstage persona]] differs from his "soft and quiet" private self: "It's a joke! But the music isn't a fucking joke. I take my art very seriously, I don't take myself very seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' has commented that he "often blurs lines on what is real and what he considers an acted "bit".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> <br />
[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] concert tour]]<br />
In late 2022, videos of Healy performing during the [[At Their Very Best (concert tour)|At Their Very Best]] world tour went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
The 1975's songs have been covered by Lorde, Halsey, Chvrches and Dashboard Confessional.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=TikTok |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Politics and activism==<br />
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Healy identifies as a [[Liberalism|liberal]] and a "[[Progressivism|traditional progressive]]".<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":0" /> In the first decade of his career, Healy became known as an outspoken supporter of progressive issues. By 2022, Healy had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It’s this standard that I’m trying to break down. I’m just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=NME |date=17 October 2022}}</ref> "I’m not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public ... I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them’s wrong, what can I do? I’ve got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I’m sorry."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to leftist comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the [[Left-wing politics|left]] loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the [[Right-wing politics|right]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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Healy did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don’t like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don’t like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn’t trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en}}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about [[climate change]] for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven’t 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975’s Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /><br />
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Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason misogyny doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism" /> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only playing at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ+ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ+ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]'''s allies issue.<ref name=":16" /><br />
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When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comment on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=15 June 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677|url-status=live}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America.|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=11 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720|url-status=live}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and [[London]] following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=5 June 2017|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019,<ref name="rsalabama">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=18 May 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Slams Abortion Ban at Alabama's Hangout Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416140925/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-alabama-abortion-ban-hangout-837122/ |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> an on-stage diatribe at an [[Alabama]] gig directed at the state's [[Human Life Protection Act]] meant the band had to flee the [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] state for safety reasons.<ref name="times" /> In December 2020, he used his [[Instagram]] to encourage his fans to support an [[Amnesty International]] campaign for Gustavo Gatica, who had been [[Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests|blinded]] after being shot by police during the [[2019–2022 Chilean protests]].<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Public image ==<br />
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Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> and as "the [[enfant terrible]] of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He has a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. Dorian Lynskey of ''Billboard'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we’ve only just met."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> Lynskey, writing in The Guardian, said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''[[The Guardian]]'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words […] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> <br />
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Healy has been described by Jonathan Dean of ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the [[social media]] era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Times |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Healy first used the online [[pseudonym]] Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on [[Facebook]],<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=HUNGER TV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] has billed Healy as "a cannily self-made bad boy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Andrew Trendell stated that Healy had shown a "sensei-like mastery of [&hellip;] [[shitposting]]", and that "[h]is [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[troll]]ing of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' has described Healy's [[Persona|public persona]] in 2023 as "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and [[Troll (slang)|trollishness]]".<ref name=":21" /><br />
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Healy deactivated his [[Twitter]] account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: ‘I’m not an avocado – not everyone thinks I’m amazing’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a Youtube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":21" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, ‘Oh fuck off! You know that I’m not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play’. What I’m saying is, ‘Here’s something I’ve really thought about’, and all you’ve been asking for four days is ‘Say something about it!’ So I said, ‘Here’s what I think’.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don’t wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, a video of Healy performing "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, Kanye, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref> Prior to the backlash, Healy told the audience: "There's a story [in the papers] calling me a Nazi tomorrow."<ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part Of The Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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In February 2023, Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]'';<ref name=":17" /> he was a fan of the podcast and agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":21" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and impersonated Inuit and Japanese accents.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Lucy |date=3 March 2023 |title=Matty Healy laughing about Ice Spice highlights just how toxic the music industry is for young women |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-ice-spice-opinion |magazine=Glamour UK |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="independent" /> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching Ghetto Gaggers [[internet pornography]] in which Black women are "brutalized".<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Taylor Swift's Matty Healy Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/05/24/taylor-swifts-matty-healy-controversy-explained/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland said he had mentioned Ghetto Gaggers because he found the alliteration in the title funny: "I don't even know if he was watching that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzzfeed BLASTS Taylor Swift & Matty Healy for TAFS Appearance |publisher=The Adam Friedland Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLRNPvejRY |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy was accused of racism and misogyny.<ref name="smeaton" /> At a concert in [[Auckland]] in April 2023, Healy said his joking had been "misconstrued" and gave an on-stage apology to Ice Spice: "I am genuinely sorry if I've upset her because I fucking love her [...] We all get it wrong, and I just have to do it in public."<ref name=":23" /> He expressed regret for past actions saying, "I feel a bit bad because I've been a bit irresponsible. I don't like being famous. I make a joke out of everything and I've taken it too far sometimes in front of a lot of people and I feel embarrassed. That's the truth."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: The 1975's Matty Healy drinks, smokes and 'feels embarrassed' at Auckland's Spark Arena |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427132221/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |archive-date=2023-04-27 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Healy deactivated his [[Instagram]] account in early April 2023, stating during an [[Adelaide]] concert: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end. I've had enough. I perform all the time and it's my job and I love doing this but I can't perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast remarks resurfaced in May and were widely condemned by both mainstream publications and social media users. Jon Caramanica, pop music critic at the ''New York Times'', described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Healy resides in northwest London.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> He has a [[Cane Corso|cane corso]] dog named after Norwegian black metal band [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]].<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>[[File:Matthew_Matty_Healy_The_1975_(253662053).jpeg|thumb|Healy performing in Chile in 2017|250x250px]]<br />
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=== Relationships ===<br />
In 2013, Healy was romantically linked to American singer [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref name="Martins">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> and she later cited him as an influence on her early songwriting.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |work=All Things Music |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=2014-12-31}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2019, Healy was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks.<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref><br />
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From early 2020 to 2022, Healy was in a relationship with English singer [[FKA Twigs]].<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |work=E! Online |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She provided the background vocals for the 1975 song "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=2020-04-28 |title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref><br />
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=== Sexuality ===<br />
Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Shortlist |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=2019-12-05 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [&hellip;] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2019-12-06 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Pride |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975’s Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Xx5LlcPJjZc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq-magazine.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjgyNDAsMjgyNDAsMzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |medium=video |language=en |publisher=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it’s just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975’s Matty Healy: "This is gonna be one of my last interviews" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Health ===<br />
Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with cocaine and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[GQ Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don’t want to fetishize it, because it’s really dull and it’s really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975’s Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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Healy has [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]], anxiety,<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBInterview" /><ref name="hattenstone" /> and deals with chronic migraines.<ref name="caitlin" /> In a 2022 interview, Healy mentioned being in therapy and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
Healy identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref name="hattenstone" /> and is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who is "profoundly anti-religion,"<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" - The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I’d like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I’m really embarrassed about. I’m not as bright as I’d like to be."<ref name="islam" /><br />
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By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" /><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
{{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}}[[File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in France in 2014|250x250px]]<br />
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=== The 1975 ===<br />
{{Main|The 1975 discography}}<br />
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==== Extended plays ====<br />
* ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)<br />
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==== Studio albums ====<br />
* ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020)<br />
* ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)<br />
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===Collaborations===<br />
* 2014 – [[Travis Scott]] – "[[Days Before Rodeo|Don't Play (featuring Big Sean and The 1975)]]" (co-composer, featured artist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderberg |first=Brandon |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Rap Songs Of The Week: Travi$ Scott Rips Up The 1975 And Starts Again On ‘Don’t Play’ |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/05/rap-songs-of-the-week-travis-scott-the-1975-dont-play/ |website=Spin}}</ref><br />
* 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-composer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]")<br />
* 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying In The Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''Our Extended Play'' EP (co-producer)<br />
* 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-composer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-composer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref><br />
* 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-composer)<br />
* 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-composer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee - 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 2023 – The Japanese House – "Sunshine Baby" (vocals, co-producer)<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by The 1975}}<br />
Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}</ref><br />
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