Matty Healy

{{Short description|English singer-songwriter (born 1989)}} {{Distinguish|Matt Heafy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Use British English|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Matty Healy | image = Glasto2025-89 - 54645728944 (cropped).jpg | caption = Healy performing at the [[Glastonbury Festival 2025|2025 Glastonbury Festival]] | other_names = Truman Black | birth_name = Matthew Timothy Healy | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|04|08|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Hendon]], London, England | alma_mater = [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] | occupation = {{flatlist| * Singer-songwriter * musician * record producer * director }} | years_active = 2012–present | works = [[List of songs by Matty Healy|Songs written and produced]] | partner = [[Gabbriette]] (2023–present; engaged) | parents = {{plainlist| * [[Denise Welch]] * [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]] }} | awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Matty Healy|Full list]] | website = {{Official URL}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | instruments = {{flatlist| * Vocals * guitar * keyboards * piano * drums * banjo }} | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Art pop]] * [[pop rock]] * [[Folk music|folk]] * [[electropop]] * [[indie pop]] * [[alternative rock]] * [[Experimental music|experimental]] }} | origin = [[Alderley Edge]], [[Cheshire]], England | label = | current_member_of = [[The 1975]] }} }}

'''Matthew Timothy Healy''' (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the [[pop rock]] band [[the 1975]]. He is recognised for his [[Lyricist|lyricism]], [[Eclecticism in music|musical eclecticism]], provocative [[Persona|onstage persona]] characterised as [[performance art]], and influence on [[indie pop]] music.

Born in London and raised largely in the [[Cheshire]] village of [[Alderley Edge]], Healy formed the 1975 in 2002 with his schoolmates at [[Wilmslow High School]]. After signing with [[independent record label]] [[Dirty Hit]], the band released [[#Extended plays|four extended plays]] before releasing their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled studio album]] in 2013. They followed it with ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016), ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018), ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) and ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022). Each of their studio albums reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and charted on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], garnering critical praise and appearing in numerous publications' year-end and decade-end lists.

A vocal advocate for [[LGBTQ rights by country or territory|LGBTQ rights]] and [[climate change mitigation]], Healy's songs and performances also deal with themes including [[internet culture]], [[masculinity]], the social and political milieu as well as his personal life and relationships. He has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],'' "the enfant terrible of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],'' "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[NPR]], an "expert provocateur" by ''[[Slant Magazine]],'' and "iconoclastic" by ''[[NME]]''.

Healy is the recipient of four [[Brit Awards]], and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year, and has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]] and [[Grammy Awards]].

==Early life== Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in [[Hendon]], north London.<ref name="thetalks">{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|title=Matty Healy|date=14 October 2022 |publisher=The Talks|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174207/https://the-talks.com/interview/matty-healy/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":34">{{Cite magazine |last=Gensler |first=Andy |date=2016-12-12 |title=2016 No. 1s: The 1975 on Living for Music & Challenging 'the Status Quo' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-1975-interview-challenging-status-quo-7604462/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |quote=“London-born singer-songwriter Matty Healy”}}</ref> He is a son of actors [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]<ref name="myoldman">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |title=My Old Man |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |access-date=14 April 2023 |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |publisher=Canongate Books |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605163330/https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Denise Welch]]; they divorced in 2012.<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=29 October 2018 |title=Denise Welch says she's 'proud' of The 1975's Matty Healy for 'telling his truth' following his recent battle with heroin addiction |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=14 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-apologies-mum-heroin-addiction-2393456 |url-status=live }}</ref> Both are of Irish descent.<ref name=":212">{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> His maternal grandfather was a [[drag queen]],<ref name=":212" /> and younger brother, Louis, is an actor.<ref name=welch>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Denise |title=Ask: Denise Welch |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=31 December 2006 |archive-date=6 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206005609/https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-denise-welch-1564313 |url-status=live }}</ref> He lived in [[Melbourne]] from the ages of two to four<ref name=":35">{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Dylan |title=Golden Years |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=themusic.com.au |language=en |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611093029/https://themusic.com.au/features/19946/lhGJiIuKjYw/25-09-13 |url-status=live }}</ref> but spent most of his early years living on a cattle farm in [[Hedley on the Hill]], Northumberland.<ref name=":36">{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matt Healy ranks the world's five finest restaurants |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513054645/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/11/the-matt-healy-ranks-world-five-finest-restaurants/hIeQ5ccAUjUuXOWMMN1UxO/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":37">{{cite news |date=28 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: 'Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through' |work=Shortlist |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live }}</ref> The family moved to [[Alderley Edge]] in Cheshire when he was nine.<ref name="alderley">{{cite news |last1=McKeegan |first1=Alice |date=7 May 2013 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |work=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511151840/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Healy's parents were working actors of stage and television for much of his childhood, with his mother becoming a celebrity figure in his teens.<ref name="brittle">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=31 October 2013 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'Success is brittle' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510203429/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/1975-matt-healy-success-is-brittle |url-status=live }}</ref> He himself had no interest in acting<ref name="welch" /> but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref name=":38">{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Abigail |title=60 Years of Coronation Street |date=29 October 2020 |publisher=Octopus |isbn=9780600636571 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516033806/https://books.google.com/books?id=MnqtDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Byker Grove]]''<ref name=":39">{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |title=The Big Read – The 1975: 'I could never let heroin be part of my identity. Junkies are losers' |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=NME |date=15 November 2018 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413175530/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nme-big-read-1975-2018-2382050-2-2382050 |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''.<ref name=":40">{{cite news |title=Ummm, so it turns out Matty Healy was in the original Waterloo Road? |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=UK |date=3 January 2023 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511192654/https://thetab.com/uk/2023/01/03/matty-healy-in-the-original-waterloo-road-bbc-288069 |url-status=live }}</ref> His parents were music fans, introducing him to [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Motown]],<ref name=":41">{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |access-date=10 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2014 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327020214/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/cult-music-heroes-artists-unsung-idols |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="hattenstone">{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |date=11 November 2016 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I am pretentious. And I'm not apologising' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510013307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/matt-healy-the-1975-pretentious-not-apologising-interview |archive-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="awesome">{{cite news |title=[Interview] Matt Healy of The 1975 talks influences, origins and headlining Glastonbury |work=some kind of awesome 3.0 |url=https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613234946/https://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2013/3/5/interview-matt-healy-of-the-1975-talks-influences-origins-an.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and his father socialised with many musicians including [[Brian Johnson]] of [[AC/DC]] (who became Healy's godfather),<ref name=":42">{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've always had this kind of God complex' |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |access-date=2023-05-16 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516033628/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-always-had-this-kind-of-god-complex-pccxsnzp32k |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rick Wakeman]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Mark Knopfler]] of [[Dire Straits]], and [[Jeff Lynne]] of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> [[Peter Hook]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]] was a neighbour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Hook on touring, New Order and the 1975 |url=https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Gigwise |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514073753/https://gigwise.com/news/94345/peter-hook-on-touring-new-order-and-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> His mother's godfather, screenwriter [[Ian La Frenais]], introduced him to [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="caitlin">{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=Matty Healy interview: the 1975's lead singer on new album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and beating his heroin addiction |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105183323/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/matty-healy-interview-the-1975s-lead-singer-on-new-album-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-and-beating-his-heroin-addiction-xn87j669v |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]".<ref name="lamont">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |date=31 August 2013 |title=One to watch: the 1975 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510203034/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |url-status=live }}</ref> He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=David |date=23 September 2013 |title=Matt Healy: 'I get Bowie, I get Prince, I get Michael Jackson. I know how they feel' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511154621/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/matt-healy-i-get-bowie-i-get-prince-i-get-michael-jackson-i-know-how-they-feel-8829006.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.<ref name=caitlin/> He got his first drum kit when he was five,<ref name=":21">{{Cite news |last=D’Souza |first=Christa |date=2023-06-16 |title=Meet rock'n'roll's uncensored frontman of the moment, Matt Healy |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/meet-rock-n-roll-s-uncensored-frontman-of-the-moment-matt-healy-wlz2lv6vj |url-status=live |access-date=2023-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616163413/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-rock-n-roll-s-uncensored-frontman-of-the-moment-matt-healy-wlz2lv6vj |archive-date=16 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and started doing karate by seven eventually earning a [[Black belt (martial arts)|black belt]] by his teens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Karate Podcast: Episode 25 – Matty Healy Interview |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/episode-25-matty-healy-interview/id1537300406?i=1000528326326 |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=pt-BR |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723075917/https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/episode-25-matty-healy-interview/id1537300406?i=1000528326326 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-01 |title=The 1975's Matthew Healy May Be the Prophet of Pop Music |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/news/a14961/the-1975s-matthew-healy/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=ELLE |language=en-US}}</ref> For the first twelve years of his life he was an only child "so there were a lot of video games, a lot of [[Michael Jackson]] videos, a lot of singing and dancing to myself and self-involvement."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Fader |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live }}</ref> Unlike his younger brother,<ref name="welch" /> Healy "grew up in a party house"<ref name="hattenstone" /> and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's [[Groucho Club]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=":16">{{cite news |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Attitude |date=5 December 2019 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing".<ref name="hattenstone" /> His parents both had issues with alcohol<ref name="hattenstone" /> and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including [[postpartum depression|postpartum]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=10 May 2020 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510133908/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=10 May 2020 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref>

Privately educated at [[Lady Barn House School]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=David |date=9 March 2017 |title=The 1975 – Love, Sex & Chocolate |language=en |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty%20healy%20gcses%20two&pg=PP1 |access-date=13 May 2023 |isbn=9781786064875 |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708192410/https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=matty%20healy%20gcses%20two&pg=PP1 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[King's School, Macclesfield]], Healy was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.<ref name="awesome" /><ref name=":212"/> He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by [[the La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-11 |title=Meet pop's new idol Matthew Healy – MacclesField Express |url=https://www.macclesfield-live.co.uk/news/local-news/meet-pops-new-idol-matthew-2542425 |access-date=2023-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911190707/https://www.macclesfield-live.co.uk/news/local-news/meet-pops-new-idol-matthew-2542425 |archive-date=11 September 2018 }}</ref> He then transferred to the local comprehensive [[Wilmslow High School]], where he met and befriended his future bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He obtained [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSEs]] in Music and English,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Gary |date=27 August 2016 |title=Leeds 2016: Matt Healy Reckons The 1975 Are 'Future Headliners' – Is He Right? |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/matt-healy-reckons-the-1975-are-future-headliners-is-he-right-3860 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=The 1975 – Twitter Takeover | date=19 June 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF5YhU8QQt4 |access-date=2023-08-26 |language=en}}</ref> subsequently attending music college for three months before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessie |first1=Faith |title=INTERVIEW: The 1975 |url=http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=neontommy |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511213940/http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/11/1975-fonda-theatre.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] website lists Healy as a 2007–2008 alumnus, obtaining a Vocals diploma.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=ACM |language=en-US |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530050600/https://www.acm.ac.uk/alumni/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 1975: Interview |url=https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2013/08/entertainment/music/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |magazine=Student Pocket Guide |date=30 August 2013}}</ref> Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".<ref name="hattenstone" />

== Career == === 2002–2011: Beginnings, and early years of the 1975 === [[File:The_1975_(14712180536).jpg|thumb|Healy with [[the 1975]] in 2014|250x250px]] In 2002, at the age of 13, Healy was recruited by [[Adam Hann]] to be the drummer of a band he was forming with [[Ross MacDonald (musician)|Ross MacDonald]] at [[Wilmslow High School]]. When their potential lead singer dropped out after a rehearsal, Healy also became the lead vocalist.<ref>{{Citation |title=Matty Healy Replies to Fans on the Internet {{!}} Actually Me {{!}} GQ | date=14 May 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3dBIvURIE |access-date=2023-06-22 |language=en |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622170530/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3dBIvURIE |url-status=live }}</ref> He eventually met [[George Daniel]] who took over as the band's drummer.<ref name="Clash13">{{cite web |date=25 September 2013 |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true |access-date=19 October 2018 |website=Clash Magazine |language=en |archive-date=3 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403184456/http://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true |url-status=live }}</ref> Daniel recalled that Healy was "the most outwardly passionate person in school — endearing, and intimidating".<ref name="fader">{{cite news |title=Cover Story: The 1975 Have Nowhere to Grow But Up |language=en |work=The FADER |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503032807/https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/12/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview |archive-date=2023-05-03}}</ref> Before making their own music, the band covered punk and emo songs while hanging out at their school's music hall and at Healy's house.<ref name=":29" /> Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run [[Macclesfield]] Youth Bands.<ref>{{cite news |title=Love Is Here: The 1975 Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |date=18 August 2016 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512214024/https://www.clashmusic.com/features/love-is-here-the-1975-interviewed |url-status=live }}</ref>

After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend universities in Manchester to keep the band together.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=Hotpress |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live }}</ref> While he briefly attended music school, he had short-lived jobs at [[FatFace]], as a [[barista]] at [[Caffè Nero]], and as a [[delivery boy]] at a Chinese restaurant.<ref name="hattenstone" /><ref>{{Citation |title=What was your first job? Matty Healy tells us his (and where to get the best Chinese takeaway). | date=17 October 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6RsyCadehI |access-date=2023-06-23 |language=en |archive-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623145655/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6RsyCadehI |url-status=live }}</ref> Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Ted |title=My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |access-date=12 May 2023 |publisher=Canongate Books |date=26 May 2016 |isbn=9781782113997 |language=en |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605163330/https://books.google.com/books?id=UPXaCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22matthew+timothy+healy%22&pg=PT32 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2012–2014: Rise to fame === Before settling on the band name the 1975 in 2012, they played under various names – Talkhouse, the Slowdown, Bigsleep, Drive Like I Do – around [[Greater Manchester]].<ref>{{cite news |date=25 September 2013 |title=The 1975: Bound To Win, Bound To Be True |work=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514085039/https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-1975-bound-to-win-bound-to-be-true/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Healy recounted that the final name came from the scribblings found on his copy of the novel ''[[On the Road]]'' by [[Jack Kerouac]] that were dated "1 June, The 1975".<ref name=":46">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601221003/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Matty_Healy_-_15954480489.png|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Italy in 2014]]

The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,<ref name="empire" /> with executives confused by the band's genre-hopping approach. Healy later remarked: "We create in the way we consume. We're from this generation, and we don't want to be from another time."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Peter |date=17 March 2016 |title=Pop, rock, rap, whatever: who killed the music genre? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510212841/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/17/pop-rock-rap-whatever-who-killed-the-music-genre |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="fader" />

After years as the band's manager, Jamie Oborne set up his own independent label, [[Dirty Hit]], and signed the band for 20 pounds.<ref name="hattenstone" /><ref name=":30">{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114113325/https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> The band subsequently released four extended plays from 2012 to 2013 – ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]],'' ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]],'' ''[[Music for Cars]],'' and ''[[IV (The 1975 EP)|IV]]''.<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|title=The 1975's frontman Matt Healey on their overnight success|last=Hall|first=Duncan|date=27 September 2013|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101502/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/10704528.the-1975s-frontman-matt-healey-on-their-overnight-success/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The band began to build momentum in late 2012. Radio DJ [[Zane Lowe]], who was then at the BBC, gave airplay to the EP ''Facedown'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy of the 1975 wants to be loved. But he'll take your disgust |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2016 |archive-date=14 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314013720/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-the-1975-20160228-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the band had radio success with "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" and "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]",<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=One to watch: the 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2013 |archive-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510203034/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/the-1975-one-to-watch |url-status=live }}</ref> and released their debut album, ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'', in 2013.<ref name=":1" /> Healy said the album was inspired by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."<ref name="hann">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=The 1975: The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2013 |archive-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502174402/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review |url-status=live }}</ref> In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."<ref name="hann" /> The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2013 |archive-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510202238/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/18/1975-review |url-status=live }}</ref> The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported [[the Rolling Stones]] at Hyde Park,<ref name="empire">{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |title=The 1975 – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=12 January 2014 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117133042/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/12/the-1975-brixton-academy-review |url-status=live }}</ref> and played the Pyramid Stage at [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mumford |first=Gwilym |date=2014-06-29 |title=The 1975 at Glastonbury 2014 review – laser-guided festival singalongs |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/the-1975-at-glastonbury-2014-review |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=15 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415122855/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/the-1975-at-glastonbury-2014-review |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2015–2017: Breakthrough=== The band released their second album, ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'', in 2016.<ref name="Spin October 2015">{{cite web |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 Announce Lengthily Titled New Album With Funky Single, 'Love Me' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |archive-date=11 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011032151/http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-1975-love-me-new-song-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-stream/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It landed at No.1 at the [[UK Albums Chart]] and also topped the [[Billboard 200]] with 108,000 equivalent units sold,<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Alt-Rockers The 1975 Chart Their First Number One Album |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/03/07/alt-rockers-the-1975-chart-their-first-number-one-album/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227043104/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/03/07/alt-rockers-the-1975-chart-their-first-number-one-album/ |url-status=live }}</ref> becoming the longest album title at No. 1 in the chart history.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=2016-03-10 |title=The 1975 Just Set the Record for the Longest No. 1 Album Title Ever |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-1975-longest-number-1-album-title/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603114432/https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-1975-longest-number-1-album-title/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

They premiered the lead single, "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=The 1975 return with massive new 'Love Me' single |url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]] |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028142810/https://diymag.com/2015/10/08/the-1975-return-with-massive-new-love-me-single |url-status=live }}</ref> They premiered the second single, "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]", on 10 December on Beats 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connick |first1=Tom |date=10 December 2015 |title=The 1975 debut new track 'UGH!' |url=https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |access-date=10 December 2015 |website=DIY Mag |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028144047/https://diymag.com/2015/12/10/the-1975-ugh-new-song |url-status=live }}</ref> The album's third single, "[[The Sound (The 1975 song)|The Sound]]", debuted on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 14 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carley |first1=Brennan |date=14 January 2016 |title=The 1975 Harness Pop's Inner Core for 'The Sound' |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |access-date=14 January 2016 |website=Spin |archive-date=17 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117004413/http://www.spin.com/2016/01/the-1975-the-sound-new-single-stream/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1975 released the fourth single, "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]", on 15 February on Beats 1<ref>{{cite tweet|number=697467888857436160|user=the1975|title=// S O M E B O D Y E L S E – M O N D A Y 5 : 3 0 P M G M T // @zanelowe @Beats1 L O V E|author=The 1975|date=10 February 2016}}</ref> before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release. Their performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2016 was highly praised with ''[[NME]]'' hailing Healy as "Britain's Greatest New Popstar".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-25 |title=Glastonbury 2016: The 1975 own the Other Stage |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/glastonbury-festival/a799139/1975-bring-techno-pop-feels-to-glasto/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722151257/https://www.digitalspy.com/music/glastonbury-festival/a799139/1975-bring-techno-pop-feels-to-glasto/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-26 |title=The 1975 deliver impassioned set at Glastonbury 2016 |url=https://diymag.com/review/live/the-1975-glastonbury-2016-report |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=DIY |language=en |archive-date=22 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722151256/https://diymag.com/review/live/the-1975-glastonbury-2016-report |url-status=live }}</ref>

Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' praised Healy's "witty self-awareness and deprecation" elaborating that he "has an eye for a prosaic detail that undercuts the air of bustling self-importance".<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |date=25 February 2016 |title=The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great art |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216152134/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/25/the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-review-great-pop-if-not-great-art |url-status=live }}</ref> The album reached number one in both the UK and US,<ref name="hattenstone" /> earned [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] and [[Brit Awards 2017|Brit Award]] nominations, in addition to being shortlisted for the [[Mercury Prize]].<ref name=":92">{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2016-08-04 |title=The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510214221/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/04/2016-mercury-prize-shortlist-what-our-critics-said-hear-the-albums |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2016-12-06 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017-7597556/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=2017-02-22 |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brit-awards-2017-winners-list-7697649/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

Healy directed the music video of [[Pale Waves]] single "[[Television Romance]]", which he also co-produced.<ref name=":33">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Thomas |date=2017-09-18 |title=Pale Waves share video for 'Television Romance', directed by 1975's Matty Healy |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pale-waves-television-romance-1975-matty-healy-2142196 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630150348/https://www.nme.com/news/music/pale-waves-television-romance-1975-matty-healy-2142196 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2018–2021: Critical acclaim === ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'', the band's [[Mercury Prize]]-nominated<ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729065404/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |archive-date=29 July 2019 |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> third studio album, was followed by ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' in 2020; both of which topped the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="occ">{{cite web |title=The 1975 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27401/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225080721/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/27401/1975 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref>

In 2019, Healy received a [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2019 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.grammy.com |archive-date=8 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508154019/https://www.grammy.com/awards/62nd-annual-grammy-awards-2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The album also won a [[Brit Awards 2019|Brit Award]] for British Album of the Year.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The 1975 wins Mastercard British Album of the Year |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520111145/https://www.brits.co.uk/news/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-wins |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the [[NME Awards 2020|NME Awards]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519171741/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-win-band-of-the-decade-at-nme-awards-2020-2608051 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:The_1975_-_2019158235934_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_2335_-_AK8I7685.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2019]] Healy's most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "[[Love It If We Made It]]".<ref name=":14">{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |archive-date=29 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |publisher=[[The Ivors Academy]]}}</ref> The song's lyrics are inspired by [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid headlines]] of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], [[Black Lives Matter]] ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of [[Death of Alan Kurdi|Alan Kurdi]] and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), [[Colin Kaepernick]]'s [[U.S. national anthem protests|anthem protest]] against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from [[Donald Trump]] ("[[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|I moved on her like a bitch]]"), as well as direct quotes of Trump's tweets ("thank you Kanye, very cool") and a quote from Trump's presidential campaign t-shirt ("fuck your feelings"). The song also refers to [[post-truth politics]], [[attention economy]], [[Incarceration in the United States|prison system]] in the US, [[information overload]], and the death of rapper [[Lil Peep]].<ref name="PitchforkInterview" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975 Breaks Down "Love It If We Made It" On Genius' Series 'Verified' |url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Genius |language=en |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116062018/https://genius.com/a/the-1975-breaks-down-love-it-if-we-made-it-on-genius-series-verified |url-status=live }}</ref> Healy has described it as "a montage for the times, but it's not going to change the times. It doesn't provide a solution."<ref name=":31">{{cite magazine |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |magazine=Billboard |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> The song's lyrics earned Healy the Best Contemporary Song award at the 2019 [[Ivor Novello Awards]], where he was also awarded Songwriter of the Year.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-04-24 |title=The 1975, Jorja Smith and Ghetts up for Ivor Novello Awards |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48038073 |access-date=2023-06-15 |quote="Modernity has failed us," concludes singer-songwriter Matty Healy in the lyrics. "But I'd love it if we made it." |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206143620/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48038073 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Healy and [[George Daniel]] of the 1975 co-produced [[No Rome]]'s EP ''RIP Indo Hisashi'',<ref name="rip2">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=24 May 2018 |title=Listen to new song from Matty Healy's 'muse' No Rome, co-produced by two of The 1975 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-new-song-matty-healys-muse-no-rome-2324318 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> which was released in August 2018.<ref name="dork2">{{cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=No Rome has dropped a video for his 1975 collab 'Narcissist' |url=https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114819/https://readdork.com/news/no-rome-has-dropped-a-video-for-his-1975-collab-narcissist/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |publisher=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]}}</ref> In 2021, he and Daniel produced [[Beabadoobee]]'s solo EP ''[[Our Extended Play]]'', which was released in March 2021.<ref name="beabadoobee2">{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In October 2021, Healy guest-[[Opening act|opened]] for friend [[Phoebe Bridgers]] at the [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]] in Los Angeles on her [[Reunion Tour (Phoebe Bridgers tour)|Reunion Tour]] where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]".<ref name="variety2">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=23 October 2021 |title=Phoebe Bridgers and Matty Healy Team Up for First Live Duet of the 1975's 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-1975-duet-greek-theatre-1235096222/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref>

=== 2022–present: Further success === In 2022, Healy wrote and produced, with Daniel and [[Jack Antonoff]], the 1975's fifth studio album, ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'', which gave the band its fifth consecutive number one in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> It has also reached number one in [[Scotland]], Ireland and Australia. It debuted at number 7 on the US [[Billboard 200]], as well as top 10 in New Zealand, Japan, Canada and the Netherlands. For his work on the album, he was nominated for [[Brit Award for British Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] at the [[2023 Brit Awards]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Carl |date=12 January 2023 |title=BRIT Awards 2023 nominations REVEALED |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/brit-awards-2023-nominations-in-full-wet-leg-harry-styles-fred-again-and-the-1975-lead-list-of-nominees__38277/ |access-date=12 January 2023 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112164356/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/brit-awards-2023-nominations-in-full-wet-leg-harry-styles-fred-again-and-the-1975-lead-list-of-nominees__38277/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Songwriter of the Year at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Ivors {{!}} The Ivors Academy {{!}} Champions of Music Creators |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB |archive-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and won the British Rock/Alternative Act at the [[2023 Brit Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-12 |title=Brit Awards 2023: Full list of winners and nominees |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |access-date=2023-05-20 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112172017/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64251988 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Matty Healy at the Armory (52710868367).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2022]]

In April 2023, the band released ''[[Live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]]'', which reached number two in the UK.<ref name="occ" /> Healy embarked on a world tour entitled [[At Their Very Best]], to support the band's new album. The set included a life-size house, and two distinct acts and a narrative interlude, the first being the show and then the concert. The show part, which Healy served as writer and director, received unanimous critical acclaim with five star reviews from the ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=2022-11-08 |title=The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the Garden |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605221317/https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/the-1975-live-in-new-york-city-review-3344774 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref name=":02"/> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512053012/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samways |first=Gemma |date=2023-01-13 |title=The 1975 at the O2 review: the most compelling pop band on the planet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313044115/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-at-the-o2-review-matty-healy-pop-band-b1052744.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennun |first=David |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 tour review: Ingenious staging for band that dragged rock into new era |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Metro |language=en |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605221316/https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/09/the-1975-tour-review-ingenious-staging-for-band-that-keeps-rock-fresh-18066152/ |url-status=live }}</ref> among others. In a review of the tour, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Healy and co. have set an extremely high bar for other gigs this year. Part performance art, part rock show, all bolstered by some of the best pop songs to have emerged in the last decade. It should be considered a defining blueprint on how to do arena shows."<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=9 January 2023 |title=The 1975 live in Brighton: a game-changing arena show for the ages |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512035145/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/the-1975-live-in-brighton-a-game-changing-arena-show-for-the-ages-25605/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}</ref>

In 2022, "Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by [[Holly Humberstone]] in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Holly Humberstone shares new Matty Healy collab 'Sleep Tight' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=NME |language=en |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611111859/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/holly-humberstone-shares-new-matty-healy-collab-sleep-tight-3216327 |url-status=live }}</ref> and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", are in [[Beabadoobee]]'s album ''[[Beatopia]]'' in July 2022.<ref name="beatopia2">{{cite magazine |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=5 August 2022 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: 'No one's fucking ready' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426173415/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]] |publisher=}}</ref> Healy also co-wrote an unreleased song with [[Lewis Capaldi]] for his ''[[Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent]]'' album, and he worked with [[Taylor Swift]] on some material for her 2022 album, ''[[Midnights]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=19 May 2023 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |title=Matty Healy Reveals The 1975 Worked on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' but 'It Never Came Out' |url=https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |magazine=People |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513044051/https://people.com/music/matty-healy-reveals-the-1975-worked-on-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=13 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> In 2023, Healy provided additional vocals and drums for [[the Japanese House]] singles "Sunshine Baby" and "Boyhood" respectively.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=17 May 2023 |title=The Japanese House Taps the 1975's Matty Healy for Swooning 'Sunshine Baby' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517184319/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-japanese-house-sunshine-baby-1234737114/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2023, Healy and the band headlined [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]] for the third time with a "10th Anniversary Performance" of their [[The 1975 (album)|self-titled debut]] album released in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Surej |date=2023-07-10 |title=Reading & Leeds confirm The 1975 as final 2023 headliners |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975-replace-lewis-capaldi-reading-leeds-2023-3467120 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=NME |language=en |archive-date=22 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722151300/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975-replace-lewis-capaldi-reading-leeds-2023-3467120 |url-status=live }}</ref> This was followed by a concert tour entitled [[Still... At Their Very Best]] which commenced across arenas in North America and Europe in September 2023 and ended in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2023-06-13 |title=The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613145732/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/the-1975-tour-dates-america-1235641272/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-08-31 |title=The 1975 Extend 'Still... At Their Very Best' Tour With 2024 UK/European Dates |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-1975-still-at-their-very-best-tour-2024-uk-european-dates-1235404041/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

== Artistry ==

=== Influences === [[File:Matty Healy at Open'er Festival (48686906768).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Poland in 2019]] [[Michael Jackson]]'s [[HIStory World Tour|HIStory]] show at Wembley Arena in 1996 was Healy's first concert and he has described it as "one of the most memorable and important experiences I think I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Interview w/ The 1975 |work=blahblahblahscience |url=https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409040656/https://blahblahblahscience.com/interviews/interview-w-the-1975/ |archive-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> He has named [[the Streets]] as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."<ref name=":12"/> "[[All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem song)|All My Friends]]" by [[LCD Soundsystem]] is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=www.wbur.org |language=en |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517052451/https://www.wbur.org/npr/502005249/guest-dj-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-making-music-from-now-on |url-status=live }}</ref>

Healy has always been drawn to [[1980s in music|1980s music]] "when pop stars weren't so encumbered with self-awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there's a real freedom in those records."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514133225/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-05-14 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] movie — "the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Territt |first1=Katie |title=John Hughes, Light Shows And The Rise Of The 1975 – Stereoboard |language=en |work=Stereoboard.com |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202811/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/182075/9 |archive-date=2023-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=The 1975, Influenced By The '80s |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202801/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/239678245/the-1975-influenced-by-the-80s |archive-date=2023-05-13 |website=NPR}}</ref>

In 2013, Healy listed his ten all-time favourite albums for ''[[Louder Than War]]''. As well as mentions of the Streets and Michael Jackson, Healy listed albums by [[Glassjaw]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], [[Alexander O'Neal]], [[the Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Hundred Reasons]], [[Carole King]], [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clare |first1=Katie |date=5 September 2013 |title=Matthew Healy of The 1975's Top Ten Albums |work=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151420/https://louderthanwar.com/matthew-healy-of-the-1975s-top-ten-albums/ |archive-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> He has described "darker garage music" like [[Wookie (musician)|Wookie]], Lain, [[MJ Cole]] and [[Four Tet]] as "so influential to me" and describes "a World Cup, garage or dubstep" as "the only things that make me proud to be English."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=Paul |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Interview: Sex, Scandal & Covid-19 Craziness |url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/the-1975s-matty-healy-interview-sex-scandal-covid-19-craziness-22817552 |access-date=19 June 2023 |work=Hotpress |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619061719/https://www.hotpress.com/culture/the-1975s-matty-healy-interview-sex-scandal-covid-19-craziness-22817552 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, Healy recorded a podcast series interviewing his musical heroes; he had conversations with [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Kim Gordon]], [[Mike Kinsella]], [[Conor Oberst]] and [[Bobby Gillespie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella |url=https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Face |language=en-gb |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514093411/https://theface.com/audio/matty-healy-mike-kinsella-interview-podcast-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref> Healy has also cited [[The Blue Nile (band)|the Blue Nile]] as his "favourite band of all time",<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-14 |title=Matt Healy picks his favourite albums of the 1980s |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/matt-healys-favourite-80s-albums/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Talking Heads]] and [[Sigur Rós]] as influences.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511185359/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pitchfork |date=21 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=The 1975 – Interview {{!}} News |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015091557/https://www.goldenplec.com/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=GoldenPlec |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carolina |date=2020-05-19 |title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034025/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020 |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref>

Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including [[Joan Didion]], [[Jack Kerouac|Jack Keruoac]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Arthur Rimbaud]], describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".<ref name=":25">{{Citation |title=The 1975 "Love It If We Made It" Official Lyrics & Meaning {{!}} Verified | date=November 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604024321/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWt3EUsqiw |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":11" /> He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.<ref name="caitlin" />

=== Voice === Healy possesses a [[tenor]] [[vocal range]], with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muroi |first=Millie |date=2023-04-14 |title='I've been going through a bit': The 1975's Matty Healy opens up on the Sydney stage |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429212704/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-ve-been-going-through-a-bit-the-1975-s-matty-healy-opens-up-on-the-sydney-stage-20230415-p5d0nm.html |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] stated that he is "undeniably one of the best and most elastic vocal performers of his generation".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: 'People' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/people/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> [[The Recording Academy]] has described him as having "nimble vocals".<ref>{{Cite web |title=15 Must-Hear New Albums Out This Month: Taylor Swift, Lil Baby, Carly Rae Jepsen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, M.I.A. & More {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/15-must-hear-albums-released-october-2022-taylor-swift-carly-rae-jepsen-sun-ra-lee-fields-red-hot-chili-peppers-lil-baby |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> ''[[The New Yorker]]'' stated that Healy has a "shape-shifting voice" where "he croons and wails and screams and murmurs, shading his delivery with a variety of personae".<ref name=":212"/> His voice has also been described as "supple", "mellifluously melodic", and "always raw, with emotion".<ref name=":24">{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 May 2023 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603063805/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=The 1975 in LA: Band dazzles but Matty Healy can be a difficult pill to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-1975-concert-review-los-angeles-b2236354.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

=== Songwriting === {{Further|List of songs by Matty Healy}}The [[Lyricist|lyricism]] of Healy is known for its wit, humour, and self-awareness. His [[Eclecticism in music|musical eclecticism]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619134154/https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2018-10-11 |title=Can a Quote-Unquote Band Drag Rock Into the Future? The 1975 Is Trying Its Hardest |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/arts/music/the-1975-matty-healy-interview.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109022013/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/arts/music/the-1975-matty-healy-interview.html |url-status=live }}</ref> is accompanied by lyrics that are "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620082805/https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114134128/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975's most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=24 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924012057/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |url-status=live }}</ref> in addition to being "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320193739/https://gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Clash (magazine)|''Clash'']] noted that Healy's "lyricism alone finds him a cut above almost all of his peers",<ref>{{cite web |last=ClashMusic |date=2018-11-22 |title=The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews }}</ref> and ''[[NME]]'' stated that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation's finest wordsmiths."<ref name=":13" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' has characterised him as a [[Prose poetry|prose poet]],<ref name="hattenstone" /> with ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' declaring him "rock's [[poet laureate]] of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117165911/https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |archive-date=17 January 2023 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:1975INDY1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2016]]''[[The New York Times]]'' has described Healy as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of [[Rapping|rap]] — on the process of [[Consumption (economics)|consumption]], whether it's drugs or culture or goods".<ref name=":28">{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417083723/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/arts/music/1975-matty-healy-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language.html |archive-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchwork]]'' stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain [[diatribe]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407054743/https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/the-1975-interview/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Fader]]'' described his songwriting as having "layered, claustrophobic lyrics [which] reveal[s] a man obsessed with fear and fragility, success and failure, endlessly looking for answers about himself and the pop-culture world he uncomfortably inhabits".<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Uneasy Icon |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212838/https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/26/uneasy-icon |archive-date=2023-05-12 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Wood, Mikael |date=22 May 2020 |title=Spirit of the times: Life, dogs, a new 1975 album. Matty Healy takes it on |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415105639/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74156638/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="NPRInterview">{{cite web |date=29 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkInterview">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=27 November 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054922/https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/ |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'' has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Matty Healy interview: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513030502/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=2023-05-13 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> with [[Ann Powers]] of ''[[NPR]]'' describing him as "an astute social observer who doubles as a confessionalist, offering disclosures that are always suspect: He might be lying every time he opens his mouth."<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NPR}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' has remarked upon his "lyrical frankness: he wrote not about the party life of the 20-something, but about the fallout from the party,"<ref name="islam" /> adding that "Healy is often his own sharpest critic. He uses [[dialogue]] in his songs – half-real, half-invented – to interrogate himself. Integral to his commitment to honesty and self-awareness is the knowledge that honesty and self-awareness can turn into just another shtick if you are not careful ... [He] is one of few songwriters who can examine internet culture without rendering you paralysed by embarrassment, because his music sounds the way the modern world feels: overstimulated, lurching between excitement and anxiety."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603045427/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live }}</ref>

Healy has stated that he used to consider himself a [[Beat Generation|beat poet]], before describing his job as "curating my life through music".<ref name=":47" /> ''[[NPR Music|NPR]]'' has noted that he "has long treated writing songs for the 1975 as his diary".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Greene |first1=David |last2=Tidmarsh |first2=Kevin |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |website=NPR|date=29 November 2018 }}</ref> Healy often writes about the [[Millennials|millennial generation]], [[masculinity]], current affairs, as well as his own life and relationships. He has also written songs about his drug abuse, most notably "[[Chocolate (The 1975 song)|Chocolate]]" (marijuana), "[[Ugh! (song)|UGH!]]" (cocaine) and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)]]", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-11-27 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy dissects story behind 'It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602071344/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-its-not-living-if-its-not-with-you-2413240 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 songs you may not know are actually about drugs |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.gigwise.com |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613175658/https://www.gigwise.com/photos/89683/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Ed Sheeran's written an unlikely love song about a certain Class B drug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122092043/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-debuts-new-love-song-sweet-mary-jane-about-relationship-with-weed-10288315.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2015-12-11 |title=The 1975's Cocaine Song 'UGH' Is Proudly Ostentatious – Track Review |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-1975s-cocaine-song-ugh-is-proudly-ostentatious-track-review-13097 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> "[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It|Lostmyhead]]" and the "[[List of songs by Matty Healy|Ballad of Me and My Brain]]" were written about his mental state.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumsom |first=Amy |date=2016-03-06 |title=The 1975, Brixton Academy: singer implores audience to switch off their phones |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604103925/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/the-1975-brixton-academy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has described his songwriting partnership with bandmate [[George Daniel (musician)|Daniel]] as "[[Symbiosis|symbiotic]]": "We've got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we're both working remotely, we're both working together."<ref name=Greenwood /> Daniel has described himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter" of the band.<ref name="fader" /><ref>{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601200430/https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |archive-date=1 June 2023}}</ref>

He is known to write songs using typewriters as well as pen and paper for the "commitment that goes with the ceremony" of writing.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tde3nYmKFlI |title=10 Things The 1975's Matty Healy Can't Live Without {{!}} GQ |language=en |access-date=2024-04-19 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone" />

=== Performance style === Widely known for his [[charisma]], stage presence, and [[Showmanship (performing)|showmanship]],<ref name=":47">{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2016-11-29 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: The Full Interview With Our 'Album Of The Year' Band |url=https://www.nme.com/features/matt-healy-1975-album-of-the-year-1872783 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=14 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614100852/https://www.nme.com/features/matt-healy-1975-album-of-the-year-1872783 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":28" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Duerden |first=Nick |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've Never Let Anything Stop Me From Getting Where I'm Going' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-never-let-anything-stop-me-from-6882751/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> the [[BBC]] has characterised Healy as "one of the most iconic frontmen of his generation".<ref name=":29">{{Cite web |title=BBC – How The 1975 went from a school covers band to modern pop icons |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3bBtzM33CbphYDPpcqZKsrx/how-the-1975-went-from-a-school-covers-band-to-modern-pop-icons |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=24 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624090211/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3bBtzM33CbphYDPpcqZKsrx/how-the-1975-went-from-a-school-covers-band-to-modern-pop-icons |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist{{nbsp}}... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".<ref name=":26">{{Cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 live: part tortured Samuel Beckett musical, part Broadway extravaganza, all mesmerising |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512053012/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-brighton-centre-review-10-years-reign-1975-still-look-sound/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' declared him as "one of music's most compulsively watchable provocateurs thanks to his inescapable charisma, open-mouthed honesty and his band's self-aware and sparkling 80s pop-rock."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 1975 review – a tale of two halves packed with raw meat and talent |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011506/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/the-1975-review-matty-healy |archive-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

[[File:The_1975_(50118155767).jpg|left|thumb|Healy performing in Australia in 2020|250x250px]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has characterised Healy as "a rock star for a generation that's too clued-in to believe in rock stars," noting that "onstage, he [[Deconstruction|deconstructs]] his own performance as he goes along".<ref name=":31" /> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' has described him as "a performer who is just as likely to show up onstage in an oversize parka and tulle skirt as he is shirtless with [[Slim-fit pants|skinny jeans]]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Poppy |date=2020-05-22 |title=The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form' is a Meandering Search for Meaning |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-1975s-notes-on-a-conditional-form-1001396/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Rolling Stone Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> Healy has stated that when he is "on stage, the showman in [him] takes over,"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-23 |title='When I'm on stage, the showman in me takes over': Matty Healy of The 1975 on finding solace in the studio |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/when-im-on-stage-the-showman-in-me-takes-over-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-finding-solace-in-the-studio/39225123.html |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> and is known to smoke and drink from a bottle of red wine, and flask in concerts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waiwiri-Smith |first=Lyric |date=2023-04-21 |title='I feel I've been a bit irresponsible': The 1975 deliver wine-drunk rambles and catharsis in Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231533/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300858829/i-feel-ive-been-a-bit-irresponsible-the-1975-deliver-winedrunk-rambles-and-catharsis-in-auckland |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Stuff}}</ref><ref name=Greenwood>{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Douglas |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'This is gonna be one of my last interviews' |date=2020-05-18 |url=https://i-d.co/article/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190005/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=i-d.vice.com}}</ref> He plays a character while performing saying: "I do the [[Jim Morrison]] thing a bit, but I know that you know that I know that this isn't real."<ref name=":31"/> He is interested in playing with contemporary audiences' awareness of rock star cliches: "That ridiculousness, and the elephants in the room are always the things that I find the most interesting. Everything apart from the music is ridiculous, because we all know too much."<ref name=Greenwood /> ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' describes Healy's [[Persona|stage persona]] as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age".<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Vox |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602175646/https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |url-status=live }}</ref> Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashotte |first=Vivian |date=2023-02-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he's trying something he hasn't done before: being earnest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030045/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/matty-healy-the-1975-q-tom-power-interview-1.6728868 |archive-date=2023-05-10 |website=CBC}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> has acknowledged that his "[[Meta (prefix)|meta]]-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975's Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The FADER |language=en |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603074853/https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:The_1975_at_the_Armory_(52711867243).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy doing press-ups as part of his performance for the 1975's [[At Their Very Best]] concert tour]] The 1975's [[At Their Very Best]] world tour in 2022 and 2023, which Healy wrote and directed, included a commentary on contemporary masculinity: "It's about how if you're a single guy and you've spent a year or so alone on the internet, you go mental. The show is about looking at masculinity, looking at being famous. It's about being what's real and what's sincere and not sincere."<ref>{{cite news |title='I've taken it too far': The 1975's Matty Healy brings rockstar antics to Spark |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=NZ Herald |date=14 June 2023 |language=en-NZ |archive-date=24 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424074825/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/review-the-1975s-matty-healy-drinks-smokes-and-feels-embarrassed-at-aucklands-spark-arena/3MXKEPRJVVFSHGTMOCT354EE5Y/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'' has described it as "part performance art, part stage play, part [[Charlie Kaufman]] movie about a rock star in crisis."<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2023-01-14 |title=The 1975 review – Matty Healy and co don their full meta jackets |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0029-7712 |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531091604/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/14/the-1975-brighton-centre-review-matty-healy-and-co-don-their-full-meta-jackets |url-status=live }}</ref> Clips from the show went viral on [[TikTok]] and other social media platforms, prompting wide media coverage of his onstage actions, dubbing him "a sleazeball" or a "sensitive dirtbag".<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":212"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Why is TikTok so obsessed with The 1975? |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=TAG24 |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602175648/https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/music/why-is-tiktok-so-obsessed-with-the-1975-2678530 |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a [[Subversion|subversive]] and [[Surrealism|surreal]] take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."<ref name=":5" /> The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting [[masturbation]] and delivering 20 [[Push-up|press-ups]] in immediate succession.<ref name="theguardiankf">{{cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=7 December 2022 |title=Creepy behavior or pop performance? 1975's Matty Healy reignites debate about onstage kissing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223143102/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/06/the-1975-matty-healy-kissing-fans |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="paper">{{cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is Kissing Fans on Stage Again |url=https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417082410/https://www.papermag.com/matty-healy-kisses-fans-2658787550.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |publisher=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2022-12-19 |title=First Raw Meat And Now a Tattoo: The 1975's Matt Healy Concert Antics Continue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-gets-tattoo-onstage-1234649930/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "[[Robbers (The 1975 song)|Robbers]]" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=9 January 2023 |title=Matty Healy Sucks on a Fan's Thumb During The 1975 Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415114818/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-sucks-thumb-during-1975-concert-1235195985/ |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Lyra |date=2023-01-15 |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195148/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Varsity |language=en}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.<ref name="theguardiankf" />

== Legacy == [[File:Matthew_Matty_Healy_The_1975_(253662053).jpeg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Chile in 2017]] Healy has influenced numerous music artists and has inspired several singer-songwriters with the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' describing him as "one of the younger generation's most influential artistic leaders".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-09 |title=The 1975 review: Matty Healy eclipses his own band at the United Center |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-the-1975-united-center-chicago-review-0510-story.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430180157/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-the-1975-united-center-chicago-review-0510-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Billie Eilish]] has said Healy was an early inspiration for her: "His show is the second show I ever went to in my life. He changed so much about who I am, how I write music."<ref>{{cite news |title=102.7 KIIS FM on TikTok |language=en |work=TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |access-date=13 June 2023 |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613093003/https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/6853294344246480133 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story-8468029/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] was "really influenced" by Healy's lyrical approach stating: "His lyrical content is a lot of dialogue, a lot of places. It's very descriptive and it creates this honest, authentic image."<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Interview: Halsey {{!}} All Things Go |url=https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |access-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031231941/https://www.allthingsgomusic.com/interview-halsey |archive-date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Martins22">{{Cite magazine |last=Martins |first=Chris |date=2015-08-21 |title=Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an 'Inconvenient Woman' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165937/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/halsey-the-weeknd-drugs-badlands-billboard-feature-6671107/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[Lewis Capaldi]] is particularly drawn to Healy's "self-awareness" and is "envious" of his ability to write humorous lyrics: "He's incredible, I absolutely love him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-05-19 |title=Lewis Capaldi wants to write more with Matty Healy: 'He takes things to an interesting place' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522150621/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/lewis-capaldi-wants-to-write-more-with-matty-healy-1975-new-album-29332/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Lewis Capaldi: Writing With Matty Healy, Mental Health & Tour {{!}} Apple Music | date=5 December 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |access-date=2023-06-13 |language=en |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325190029/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahCO4bMUYo |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sam Fender]] won a singing competition at 16 where Healy was a judge,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Shahlin |date=2019-09-13 |title=Interview: Sam Fender on his debut album 'Hypersonic Missiles'. |url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/sam-fender/15996 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Coup De Main Magazine |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604093739/http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/sam-fender/15996 |url-status=live }}</ref> and years later was quoted saying: "Every time I see Matty I can't help but [[Fan (person)|fanboy]] him really hard".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Fender on Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} "Every time I see Matty I can't help but fanboy him really hard" – Sam Fender talks about meeting Matty Healy from The 1975 {{!}} By Virgin Radio UK – Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/VirginRadioUK/videos/sam-fender-on-matty-healy-from-the-1975/2572306272831073/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en |archive-date=25 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725140810/https://www.facebook.com/VirginRadioUK/videos/sam-fender-on-matty-healy-from-the-1975/2572306272831073/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Holly Humberstone]] has described him as a “musical genius”,<ref>{{Citation |title=Holly Humberstone {{!}} Scarlett, Paint My Bedroom Black, Matty Healy | date=12 October 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkZ5VpJ0LVU |access-date=2024-03-22 |language=en}}</ref> while [[Robbie Williams]], who labeled the current music scene as "boring," singled out Healy as "the only commercially viable pop/rock star who is willing to be something other than beige," describing Healy as "unhinged, super smart, super talented".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robbie Williams calls Matty Healy "the only commercially viable pop/rock star who is willing to be something other than beige" |url=https://guitar.com/news/music-news/robbie-williams-on-matty-healy/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Guitar.com {{!}} All Things Guitar |language=en-GB}}</ref>

[[Stevie Nicks]] has described Healy's lyrics to "[[She's American]]" as poetry, while [[Brian Eno]] told Healy that "[[Love It If We Made It]]" was the kind of political song he wished he could write.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=2020-05-14 |title=Liner 'Notes': The 1975's Matty Healy Talks Releasing an Opus Under Quarantine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-1975-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form-9377746/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":34" /> [[Lorde]] has described "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" as a song that "really influenced ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Lorde Cover One Of Her 'Favorite Songs' On Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616163242/https://www.mtv.com/news/b9jx3w/lorde-cover-the-1975-somebody-else |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Shawn Mendes]] has called Healy "the best frontman" he has ever seen,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shawn Mendes rocking out at The 1975's concert is everything |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/shawn-mendes/1975-matty-healy-calvin-klein-pants/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Capital |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619165024/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/shawn-mendes/1975-matty-healy-calvin-klein-pants/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and stated that the band's [[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships|third album]] was the inspiration for his single "[[If I Can't Have You (Shawn Mendes song)|If I Can't Have You]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-03 |title=Shawn Mendes' New Track Was Inspired By The 1975 |url=https://www.nylon.com/shawn-mendes-1975-music |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Nylon |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619165022/https://www.nylon.com/shawn-mendes-1975-music |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Michelle Zauner]] who is a "longtime 1975 fan" described him as "the perfect frontman" and admires his lyrical ability "to make something compelling and profound and smart that's also so on the verge of making people hate him."<ref name=":46" />

[[Mick Jagger]],<ref name=":213">{{Cite news |last=D’Souza |first=Christa |date=2023-06-16 |title=Meet rock'n'roll's uncensored frontman of the moment, Matt Healy |language=en |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/meet-rock-n-roll-s-uncensored-frontman-of-the-moment-matt-healy-wlz2lv6vj |access-date=2023-06-16 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616163413/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-rock-n-roll-s-uncensored-frontman-of-the-moment-matt-healy-wlz2lv6vj |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":212" /> [[Keith Urban]],<ref name=":36" /> [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref name=":022">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-09 |title=The 1975 get number one UK album with self titled debut |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |access-date=2023-06-13 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630150234/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24003211 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":022" /><ref name=":37" /> [[Hayley Williams]],<ref name=":38" /> [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-10-20 |title='We're the best lyricists': Matty Healy and Phoebe Bridgers in conversation |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57250/1/matty-healy-and-phoebe-bridgers-go-head-to-head-interview |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> [[Charli XCX]],<ref name=":40" /> [[Ice Spice]],<ref name=":41" /> [[Baby Queen]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2020-09-02 |title=Baby Queen: sharp, satirical and infectious bangers from one of pop's most essential new voices |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/baby-queen-sharp-satirical-infectious-bangers-from-one-of-pops-most-essential-new-voices-radar-2743163 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> and [[Sabrina Carpenter]]<ref name=":42" /> are known admirers of his work.

=== Healywave === Healy and the 1975's influence on the [[indie pop]] scene has been termed "Healywave" by ''[[NME]].''<ref name=":342" /> Described as "deftly plucked, palm-muted guitar line, hop, skip and jumping its way across shimmering pop synth work and third-wave emo lyricism," ''[[The Big Issue]]'' added that it's a "dreamified take on Eighties pop-rock".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jack |first=Malcolm |date=2018-08-20 |title=Two tribes: Is it high time for the return of the tribal pop rivalry? |url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/two-tribes-is-it-high-time-for-the-return-of-the-tribal-pop-rivalry/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=The Big Issue |language=en |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701143928/https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/two-tribes-is-it-high-time-for-the-return-of-the-tribal-pop-rivalry/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Healywave" acts named by the ''NME'' include [[Pale Waves]], [[Fickle Friends]], and [[The Aces (indie pop band)|the Aces]] among others.<ref name=":342">{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-09-21 |title=Get to know Healywave – the scene indebted to The 1975's signature sound |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/the-1975-healywave-new-bands-2300319 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204192511/https://www.nme.com/blogs/the-1975-healywave-new-bands-2300319 |url-status=live }}</ref> Healy has also mentored artists such as [[No Rome]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[the Japanese House]], and [[Heather Baron-Gracie]], and co-produced their early works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=2017-10-20 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716192511/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |archive-date=16 July 2021 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":302">{{Cite web |title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114113325/https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview |archive-date=14 January 2021 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref> [[Beabadoobee]] has stated that Healy has given her “really good advice" about songwriting, adding: "I think he has a way of finding a sentence that really fucking hits you.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=2022-08-05 |title=Beabadoobee on The 1975's new album: "No one's fucking ready" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-on-the-1975s-new-album-no-ones-fucking-ready-3284296 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2022-09-27 |title=beabadoobee: "Matty Healy always gives me really good advice" |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/beabadoobee-matty-healy-always-gives-me-really-good-advice-23260/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2021, [[Essex]] singer [[Georgia Twinn]] released the single "Matty Healy", which has been described by ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]'' as "a potent alt-pop banger" that leans on "glossy Healywave" vibes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2021-04-16 |title=Georgia Twinn's 'Matty Healy' Is A Self-Confessed "Breakup Banger" |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/georgia-twinns-matty-healy-is-a-self-confessed-breakup-banger/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701143927/https://www.clashmusic.com/news/georgia-twinns-matty-healy-is-a-self-confessed-breakup-banger/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]-based singer [[Knox (pop rock musician)|Knox]] released the [[pop rock]] track "Not The 1975" inspired by a woman commenting "That's cool but you're not Matty Healy," after telling her he's a musician.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vigil |first=Dom |date=2023-02-17 |title=Knox Opens Up About His Debut EP, "How To Lose A Girl in 7 Songs" |url=https://preludepress.com/featured/2023/02/17/knox-interview-2023/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Prelude Press |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hilferty |first1=Shauna |date=2023-07-20 |title=Nashville's very own, Knox, wants you to know he's no Matty Healy in new song "Not The 1975" |url=https://www.melodicmag.com/2023/07/20/nashvilles-very-own-knox-wants-you-to-know-hes-no-matty-healy-in-new-song-not-the-1975/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=// MELODIC Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> The following year, Los Angeles-based indie pop singer Lina Cooper released the single "Matty Healy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Odutola |first=Tayo |date=2024-03-08 |title=Lina Cooper shares a dream with "Matty Healy" |url=https://earmilk.com/2024/03/08/lina-cooper-shares-a-dream-with-matty-healy/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=EARMILK |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Political views and activism== [[File:The 1975 (14755043133) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Healy performing in Spain in 2014|250x250px]] Healy identifies as a liberal and a [[Progressivism|traditional progressive]],<ref name=":212" /><ref name=":0" /> and has been outspoken in his support of progressive issues since the start of his career. By 2022, Healy, who reaffirmed that he is "definitely on the left,"<ref name=":212" /> had become "suspicious of [[woke]]-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"<ref name=":0" /> and wanted to communicate to younger fans the perils of overly rigid moral standards: "You will make mistakes, you will hurt people, you will do things that some people will perceive as rotten. It's this standard that I'm trying to break down. I'm just a bloke, so are you."<ref name="cancelculture">{{cite news |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |date=17 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture and why he previously quit Twitter |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |url-status=live |access-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414201626/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-and-why-he-previously-quit-twitter-3330108 |archive-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> "I'm not afraid to apologise or change my mind in public [...] I can only know a certain amount of things, and if one of them's wrong, what can I do? I've got to grow and say ‘That was stupid’, and that I'm sorry."<ref name=Greenwood />

While onstage in Denmark in 2023, Healy referred to comedians and social critics [[George Carlin]], [[Bill Hicks]] and [[Lenny Bruce]] as "staples of the left" and his "heroes" who exposed social hypocrisy with vulgarity, adding: "I do feel that if the left loses its ability to fuck shit up then we leave too much space for the right."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Taylor Swift's Rumored Boyfriend Matty Healy Kisses a Man on the Lips at The 1975 Concert in Denmark {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604113740/https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-rumored-boyfriend-matty-healy-kisses-a-man-on-the-lips-at-the-1975s-concert-in |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, Healy publicly encouraged voting Labour despite saying he does not know "how to use [his] ‘platform’ in order to incentivise democracy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Emma |date=2017-06-08 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy will 'send nudes' if fans vote Labour |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/the-1975-s-matt-healy-will-send-nudes-if-fans-vote-labour-a3560146.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Evening Standard |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619140346/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/the-1975-s-matt-healy-will-send-nudes-if-fans-vote-labour-a3560146.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He did not publicly support Labour ahead of the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and later said he was "disillusioned. I don't like [[Jeremy Corbyn]], I don't like [[Boris Johnson]], I didn't trust either of them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603045427/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stuart |title=12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Matty Healy of The 1975 on Love Songs, Philistines, and Being Funny In A Foreign Language |work=Hotpress |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180220/https://www.hotpress.com/music/12-interviews-of-xmas-matty-healy-of-the-1975-on-love-songs-philistines-and-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-22944275 |archive-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thumb sucking to eating raw steak: The 1975 at the Brighton Centre |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Varsity Online |language=en |archive-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515212855/https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24787 |url-status=live }}</ref> While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title='Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604154251/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23265101.1975s-matty-healy-declares-scotland-independent/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=Matty Healy backs Scottish independence during appearance in Dundee |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The National |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604154252/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23552393.matty-healy-backs-scottish-independence-radio-1-big-weekend-set/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

When performing the 1975's 2017 song "[[Loving Someone]]" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comments on [[social issue]]s; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=15 June 2016 |title=The 1975 pay tribute to victims of Orlando shooting at US gig |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-17-1199677 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the [[2016 US election]] results,<ref>{{cite web |last=Graves |first=Shahlin |date=11 November 2016 |title=Watch: Matty Healy's 'Loving Someone' speech for America. |url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141632/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/11720 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=Coup de Main}}</ref> used to decry the "regressive ideals" of [[Brexit]],<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=16 December 2016 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy makes emotional speech on Trump and Brexit as they play first night at The O2 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141615/https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975s-matt-healy-speaks-young-people-us-presidential-election-brexit-1913794 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=NME}}</ref> and dedicated to the people of [[Manchester]] and London following the [[2017 Manchester Arena attack]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=5 June 2017 |title=Bunbury Festival 2017: The 1975 Pay Tribute to Manchester, Muse, Wiz Khalifa & Bassnectar Rock the River |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/events/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar-7817602/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141609/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7817602/bunbury-festival-2017-the-1975-tribute-manchester-muse-bassnectar |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref>

=== LGBTQ rights === Healy has been a vocal advocate for [[LGBTQ rights by country or territory|LGBTQ rights]]. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what ''The Guardian'' described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ community centre for London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2018-06-09 |title=The 1975 back new centre for London's LGBTQ+ community |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510222800/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/09/the-1975-funding-for-lgbqt-centre-in-hackney-london |archive-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the [[Diva (magazine)|Diva Awards]] for using his platform to promote LGBTQ rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-07 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy wins award for being ally to LGBT community |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527191014/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-wins-award-for-being-ally-to-lgbt-community/38193025.html |archive-date=27 May 2023 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, he appeared on the cover of ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]''’s Activists & Allies Issue.<ref name=":16" /> In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ youth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-12-20 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Leads All-Star Cover of Nico's 'These Days' With Matty Healy, Trey Anastasio, Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-matty-healy-jack-antonoff-cover-nico-these-days-1234650528/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> [[File:The_1975_-_Southside_Festival_2023_-_DSC04664.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2023]]In August 2019, Healy was banned from [[Dubai]] after displaying a pride flag and kissing a male fan onstage to protest Dubai's [[LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates|anti-LGBT laws]], an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-15 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy protests against Dubai anti-gay laws with kiss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511074225/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49357442 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Broke A Homophobic Dubai Law By Kissing A Male Fan |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419054014/https://www.mtv.com/news/sse04a/matty-healy-kisses-male-fan-dubai-concert |archive-date=2023-04-19 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In a subsequent interview, he reflected that he "felt pretty irresponsible" but ultimately dismissed it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2020-05-10 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he "felt pretty irresponsible" about Dubai fan incident |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-felt-pretty-irresponsible-about-dubai-fan-incident-2663179 |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2023, Healy as well as the rest of the 1975 were briefly imprisoned<ref name=":48">{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=2023-10-10 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy gives speech about Malaysia LGBTQ+ controversy |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/the-1975s-matty-healy-gives-speech-about-malaysia-lgbtq-controversy-33376/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010192013/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/the-1975s-matty-healy-gives-speech-about-malaysia-lgbtq-controversy-33376/ |archive-date=2023-10-10 |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> and banned from [[Malaysia]] and forced by the authorities to prematurely end their performance at the [[Good Vibes Festival]] after he criticised the country's [[LGBT rights in Malaysia|widespread anti-LGBT laws]] and kissed fellow band mate Ross MacDonald on stage.<ref name=":43">{{Cite web |title=M'sia's Good Vibes Festival cancelled after The 1975 singer kisses bandmate on stage, band blacklisted |url=https://mothership.sg/2023/07/the-1975-blacklisted-malaysia/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=mothership.sg}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Aniftos |first1=Rania |date=21 July 2023 |title=Matty Healy Says The 1975 Is Banned From Kuala Lumpur After Onstage Kiss |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-the-1975-malaysia-ban-kiss-lgbtq-1235376593/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722045610/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/matty-healy-the-1975-malaysia-ban-kiss-lgbtq-1235376593/ |archive-date=22 July 2023 |access-date=22 July 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Matt |date=22 July 2023 |title=Matty Healy: 1975 show ended in Malaysia after singer attacks anti-LGBT laws |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66275913 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722045539/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66275913 |archive-date=22 July 2023 |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |date=21 July 2023 |title=The 1975's Set at Malaysia Festival Cut Short as Matty Healy Slams Anti-LGBTQ Laws |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-malaysia-festival-matty-healy-slams-anti-lgbtq-laws-1234793551/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722045538/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-malaysia-festival-matty-healy-slams-anti-lgbtq-laws-1234793551/ |archive-date=22 July 2023 |access-date=22 July 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> The organisers subsequently cancelled the rest of the three-day festival, on government orders, citing that Healy's "controversial conduct and remarks" are "against the traditions and values of the local culture".<ref name=":44">{{Cite news |author-link=Reuters |date=2023-07-22 |title=Malaysia Halts Music Festival After Kiss Between Bandmates Onstage |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/world/asia/malaysia-festival-the-1975-kiss.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":45">{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Tobi |date=2023-07-22 |title=Malaysian festival halted after Matty Healy criticises anti-LGBTQ+ laws |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/22/malaysia-festival-halted-matty-healy-1975-criticises-anti-lgbtq-laws |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> The protest was met with both criticism and praise.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ratcliffe |first=Rebecca |date=2023-07-24 |title=Malaysia's gay community fears backlash after Matty Healy's outburst |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/24/the-1975-frontmans-outbursts-over-lgbtq-laws-angers-malaysias-conservatives |access-date=2023-07-25 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-01 |title=Matty Healy spoke for us on stage in Malaysia |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/01/matty-healy-spoke-for-us-on-stage-in-malaysia |access-date=2023-08-03 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Healy addressed the incident during the band's concert in Dallas stating: "If you truly believe that artists have a responsibility to uphold their liberal virtues by using their massive platforms, then those artists should be judged by the danger and inconvenience that they face for doing so, not by the rewards they receive for parroting consensus. There's nothing particularly stunning or brave about changing your fucking profile picture whilst you're sat in your house in LA."<ref name=":48" /> Human rights and LGBT activist [[Peter Tatchell]], writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', wrote that criticism of Healy and the band "deflect attention from where the criticisms should be most urgently directed: against the [[homophobia]] of the [[Kuala Lumpur]] regime." He also expressed that Healy is no [[White savior|white saviour]] for showing solidarity to the community as "queer rights are a [[Human rights|universal human right]], not a western one".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tatchell |first=Peter |date=2023-07-25 |title=Matty Healy is not a 'white saviour' for showing solidarity with Malaysia's LGBTQ+ people |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/25/matty-healy-the-1975-lgbtq-malaysia-homophobia |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916044806/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/25/matty-healy-the-1975-lgbtq-malaysia-homophobia |archive-date=2023-09-16 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The organisers of the festival sued the band in the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] for breach of contract and sought £1.9 million in damages.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4yd1e99jno|title=The 1975 sued over Malaysia concert with Matty Healy kiss|work=BBC News|first=Annabelle|last=Liang|date=31 July 2024|access-date=31 July 2024}}</ref>

Healy has criticised the [[LGBT rights in Mississippi|anti-transgender laws of Mississippi]] calling it "bullshit" in an onstage speech during their [[Still... At Their Very Best]] tour in 2023.<ref name=":48" />

=== Climate change mitigation === [[File:Matty Healy, Roundhouse, London (46909381515).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United Kingdom in 2016]]

Healy is outspoken on [[climate change]] issues. In 2020, he invited [[Greta Thunberg]] to record a speech about climate change for a 1975 track. Conservative MP [[David TC Davies|David Davies]] accused Healy of "hypocrisy" given his touring schedule but Healy responded: "The idea that no one should say anything or try to help if they haven't 100% figured out how to be carbon neutral, along with the rest of the world, is a really illogical way of thinking about the problem."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agnew |first1=Megan |date=11 June 2023 |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>

Healy and the 1975 use an "eco-management" company when touring; a tree is planted for every ticket sold in their [[Music for Cars]] tour, the crew catering is sustainable, there is no plastic, and an area is set up in each venue where people can learn about "proper recycling".<ref name="times" /> The band's four shows at [[the O2 Arena]] in London in 2024 will mark the world's first-ever [[Carbon footprint|carbon-removed]] events.<ref name=":110">{{Cite web |last=Dunworth |first=Liberty |date=2023-09-07 |title=The 1975 to stage world's first "carbon-removed" event at The O2 in London |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975-to-stage-worlds-first-carbon-removed-event-at-the-o2-in-london-3494726 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=NME |language=en}}</ref> This involves [[carbon dioxide]] generated by the events being sucked out of the air, as well as planting trees and spreading carbon dioxide-absorbing volcanic rock on farmland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bawden |first=Tom |date=2023-09-05 |title=The 1975 to stage world's first 'carbon-removed' gig at the O2 Arena |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/1975-world-first-carbon-removed-gig-o2-arena-tour-2593892 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

=== Gender issues ===

Healy has been outspoken about [[women's rights]], particularly as it relates to the music industry. In 2018, Healy apologized after stating that "the reason [[misogyny]] doesn't happen in rock and roll anymore is because it's a vocabulary that existed for so long that it got weeded out".<ref name="weed">{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=6 December 2018 |title=Why Matty Healy got it so wrong about rock, hip hop, drugs and misogyny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420055103/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/matty-healy-the-1975-misogyny-drugs-rock-hip-hop-sexism-queen-kwong-tali-estrons-a8670836.html |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."<ref name="sexism">{{cite news |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |last2=Queens |first2=the |last3=Healy |first3=Matty |last4=Wilkinson |first4=Matt |date=22 February 2019 |title=Music industry sexism: will Matt Healy's Brits moment spark change? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425201752/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/22/music-industry-metoo-reckoning-the-christine-and-the-queens-the-1975 |archive-date=2023-04-25}}</ref> When the 1975 won Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards, Healy used his acceptance speech to criticise misogyny in the music industry, quoting a piece by ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s journalist Laura Snapes.<ref name="sexism" /> Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's [[Abortion law|anti-abortion laws]] during a concert in the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |date=18 May 2019 |title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy speak out against Alabama's anti-abortion laws during passionate speech on women's rights |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511062948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975s-matty-healy-speak-alabamas-anti-abortion-laws-passionate-speech-womens-rights-2489566 |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref> In 2020, he pledged to only play at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=12 February 2020 |title=The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511101309/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-02-12 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy pledges to only play festivals with gender balanced line-ups |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092640/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-pledges-to-only-play-festivals-with-gender-balanced-line-ups-2607973 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Healy has spoken about young men being [[Radicalization|radicalised]] into [[Antifeminism|anti-feminist]] communities: "I do know that the right wing is more successful with the acquiring of young men than the left is, and as somebody who's definitely on the left, it's interesting to watch, because the left don't seem to have [an] ideal masculinity, whereas the right have a very, very easy one." He has remarked that in contemporary pop culture, the celebrated man is "some meta-performance piece about deconstruction": "The only form of masculinity that is celebrated is one that deconstructs it. So: in a dress. I don't know what it is to be a man if you're not just deconstructing being a man and having that [be] celebrated."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630230045/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Religion === Healy was not raised in a religious household<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself {{!}} Firsts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=13 June 2023 |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610061241/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |url-status=live }}</ref> and identifies as an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref name="hattenstone" /> He is a patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charitable organisation that promotes [[secular humanism]], human rights and represents [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanists UK Patron: Matthew Healy |url=https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Humanists UK |language=en |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611100044/https://humanists.uk/civicrm/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion",<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2019-08-23 |title="I would go to jail for what I stand for" – The 1975's Matty Healy talks playing countries with anti-gay laws |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511093100/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-anti-gay-laws-dubai-2541349 |url-status=live }}</ref> tweeted: "[[Islamic State|ISIS]] are cutting little girls heads off and you want to challenge a non-religious, humanist perspective? I don't understand the world at all". When challenged by a nineteen-year-old Muslim woman operating a [[Harry Styles]]–themed Twitter account, he said he "resent[ed] being 'educated' on religion by a Harry Styles fan account." When asked about the resulting controversy in 2015, Healy said: "I may not be as progressive as I'd like to be. There are some innate structures of thought within me that I'm really embarrassed about. I'm not as bright as I'd like to be."<ref name="islam" />

By 2018, Healy's position on faith had evolved: "I used to be an ATHEIST, now I'm like an atheist. It's not that I have softened on the logic or anything, but I'm really understanding and quite sensitive of the culture of religion. Because culture is a very different thing to [[Religious text|scripture]] and [[dogma]]."<ref name=":25" />

== Public image == [[File:Matty Healy, MainSquare Festival 2014, Arras, France (14597634051).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in France in 2014]] Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by ''[[Rolling Stone]],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewens |first=Hannah |date=12 July 2022 |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref> "the enfant terrible of pop-rock" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]],''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162932/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "a cannily self-made bad boy" by [[NPR]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=2022-10-14 |title=Love Songs of a Dirtbag |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171319/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128796265/the-1975-dirtbag-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> an "expert provocateur" by ''[[Slant Magazine]],''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schrodt |first=Paul |date=2020-05-23 |title=The 1975 'Notes on a Conditional Form' Review: A Sprawling, Sincere Ode to Rock |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review-the-1975-sprawling-notes-on-a-conditional-form-is-a-sincere-ode-to-rock/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Slant Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and "iconoclastic" by ''[[NME]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2020-05-06 |title=Every delicious fact we learned from Matty Healy's new 'In Conversation' podcast |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/matty-healy-in-conversation-podcast-2020-stevie-nicks-conor-oberst-2660796 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' has called him "the millennial [[Jim Morrison]]" and "the [[Bob Dylan]] of raising your blood pressure",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603105713/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604084521/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with ''[[The Times]]'' observing that Healy's ability to provoke his audience is reminiscent of [[Morrissey]], despite not sharing his politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=2023-06-14 |title=I wish more of our pop stars were like unfiltered Matty Healy |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604015340/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-wish-more-of-our-pop-stars-were-like-unfiltered-matty-healy-sdm7htm7l |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since rising to fame in the early 2010s Healy has been dubbed a heartthrob and [[sex symbol]] by several media outlets.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Duerden |first=Nick |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 1975's Matt Healy: 'I've Never Let Anything Stop Me From Getting Where I'm Going' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-never-let-anything-stop-me-from-6882751/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=14 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614100855/https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-1975s-matt-healy-ive-never-let-anything-stop-me-from-6882751/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-04 |title=The Cult of Matty Healy |url=https://sea.mashable.com/life/22196/the-cult-of-matty-healy |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Mashable SEA |language=en-sg |archive-date=14 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714134329/https://sea.mashable.com/life/22196/the-cult-of-matty-healy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldfine |first=Jael |title=Let This Video of Matty Healy's Dance Moves Ruin Your Life |url=https://www.papermag.com/watch-matty-healing-sexy-dance-2641320782.html#rebelltitem2 |website=Paper Magazine |access-date=21 July 2023 |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420010623/https://www.papermag.com/watch-matty-healing-sexy-dance-2641320782.html#rebelltitem2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sleazeballs are hot again |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Vox |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602175646/https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23537410/matty-healy-the-1975-tiktok |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Stereogum]]'' has observed that "he actively subverts the role" with his eccentricities and onstage antics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-08 |title=Matty Healy Confuses Fans By Eating Raw Meat At NYC Concert: Watch |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2205428/the-1975s-matty-healy-ate-a-raw-steak-while-touching-himself-at-msg/news/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Stereogum |language=en |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606053039/https://www.stereogum.com/2205428/the-1975s-matty-healy-ate-a-raw-steak-while-touching-himself-at-msg/news/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Early in his career, Healy had been known for his ever-changing hairstyles and fashion which included wearing his collection of vintage shirts,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alderson |first=Glenn |date=2020-05-14 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Vintage T-Shirt Collection You Need to See |url=https://beatroutemedia.com/the-1975-matt-healy-tshirt-collection/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=BeatRoute |language=en-US}}</ref> and skirts on tour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-02 |title=When The 1975's Matt Healy Isn't Shirtless, Here's What He's Wearing |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matt-healy-1975-jw-anderson-celebrity-band-style |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Fashion Choices Make New 'Colbert' Performance A Wild Scene |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/xebwlz/the-1975-colbert-performance-frail-state-of-mind |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926080252/https://www.mtv.com/news/xebwlz/the-1975-colbert-performance-frail-state-of-mind |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 September 2022 |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> He has described this period as him having an identity crisis, and his style as "sexually confused [[Edward Scissorhands]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-02 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Is a "Sexually Confused Edward Scissorhands" |url=https://www.gq.com/story/matt-healy-the-1975-style-tour-favorite-things-interview |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-06 |title=Welcome to The 1975's Big Menswear Glow-Up |url=https://www.gq.com/story/the-1975-matty-healy-zegna |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}</ref>

He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the experience of interviewing him as "a wild ride ... [His] earnest craving to be understood creates a sense of intimacy disproportionate to the fact that we've only just met."<ref name=":31"/> ''[[The Guardian]]'' said Healy's "compulsion to say whatever is on his mind makes him a divisive figure – to some the [[mood board]] for a generation, to others a pretentious motormouth."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=16 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live |access-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511190033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |archive-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Michael Hann of ''The Guardian'' has observed that Healy "must be a horror to handle" for his manager and publicist, commenting: "He says absolutely anything, sometimes contradicting himself from sentence to sentence. He makes up words [...] and he's grandly, fabulously pretentious{{nbsp}}... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."<ref name="islam">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |date=15 November 2015 |title=The 1975: 'No one's asking you to inspire a revolution. But inspire something' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033139/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/15/the-1975-matt-healy-no-ones-asking-you-to-inspire-revolution-interview |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Healy said he did not intend to give any more interviews and reflected in 2023: "I think I'd gotten to a point where I didn't know how much I wanted to qualify my statements."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=Can true love exist anymore? The 1975's Matty Healy isn't sure |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Rolling Stone UK |date=12 July 2022 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630230045/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-new-album-interview-19940/ |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Matty-healy-of-the-1975-performs-at-the-2019-governors-ball-festival-at-randall-s-island-on-june-01-2019-in-new-york-city_(cropped).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in the United States in 2019]]

Healy has been described by ''[[The Times]]'' as "the first, and last, great [[frontman]] of the social media era".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=9 June 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on cancel culture, drugs and his 'punk' mum Denise Welch |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609104046/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-cancel-culture-drugs-and-his-punk-mum-denise-welch-hmxs30r9g |url-status=live }}</ref> He first used the online pseudonym Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on Facebook,<ref name=":2" /> and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Nylon |date=5 December 2018 |language=en |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517100625/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself | date=14 October 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |access-date=20 May 2023 |via=YouTube |archive-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520030330/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOC-NceH2k |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ways |first=Curious |title=Raw steaks, couch fondling and snogging – we unpack why the internet is going feral for Matty Healy |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Hunger TV |date=8 December 2022 |language=en-GB |archive-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612145539/https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/raw-steaks-couch-fondling-and-snogging-we-unpack-why-the-internet-is-going-feral-for-matty-healy/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Dan |date=2023-06-11 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy is back on social media, with a mysterious website too |url=https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Dork |language=en-US |archive-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612145926/https://readdork.com/news/the-1975-matty-healy-truman-black/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Healy deactivated his Twitter account in 2020 because he no longer wanted to participate in the "culture war" and wanted to take a more considered approach to his public statements.<ref name="nme.com">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |date=10 August 2022 |title=Matty Healy on deleting Twitter: "I don't wanna be a pawn in the culture war" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |access-date=11 June 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611103308/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-on-why-he-deleted-twitter-i-dont-wanna-be-a-pawn-in-the-culture-war-3286891 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603045427/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020, Healy had tweeted: "[I]f you truly believe that 'ALL LIVES MATTER' you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones", and posted a YouTube link to the 1975's [[protest song]] "[[Love It If We Made It]]". Amid online criticism that his tweet was self-promotional, Healy apologised and deactivated his account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=29 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Accused of Using Black Lives Matter to Promote His Music |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-matty-healy-george-floyd-tweet-1234619453/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":212" /> He later reflected: "My reaction in the room to all that Twitter shit was like, 'Oh fuck off! You know that I'm not using this as an opportunity to monetise the half-a-pence I get paid for a fucking YouTube play'. What I'm saying is, 'Here's something I've really thought about', and all you've been asking for four days is 'Say something about it!' So I said, 'Here's what I think'."<ref name="nme.com" />

Healy remained active on Instagram. He partnered with [[Amnesty International]] to raise awareness of various online petitions.<ref name="gustavo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|title=The 1975's Matty Healy urges fans to demand justice for Gustavo Gatica|date=December 2020 |publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115131/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-urges-fans-demand-justice-gustavo-gatica-2829646|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[NME]]'', Healy also showed a "sensei-like mastery of [...] [[shitposting]]": "His [[Instagram]] stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful [[Troll (slang)|trolling]] of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get [[Cancel culture|cancelled]]".<ref name="supervillain">{{cite magazine |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Jia Tolentino|Tolentino]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' noted that, on Instagram, Healy "constantly made fun of both himself and the fans who seemed obsessed with his morality." She described his resulting public persona as that of "a post-[[woke]] rock star, switching unpredictably between tenderness and trollishness".<ref name=":212"/>

In January 2023, a video of Healy performing the band's song "Love It If We Made It" went viral. While singing the lyric "Thank you, [[Kanye West|Kanye]], very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=19 July 2018 |title=Hear the 1975 Call Out Trump, Kanye West on 'Love It If We Made It' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-the-1975-call-out-trump-kanye-west-on-love-it-if-we-made-it-701371/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=16 October 2018 |title=A state-of-the-planet address: every reference in The 1975's powerful 'Love It If We Made It' video |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-video-explained-2390473 |magazine=NME |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2021 |title=Deconstructing The 1975's 'Love It If We Made It' lyrics |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-cultural-event-mentioned-the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it-lyrics/ |magazine=Far Out |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a [[Nazism|Nazi]] salute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=The 1975 frontman Matty Healy appears to do Nazi salute on stage |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |access-date=16 May 2023 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512034946/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-nazi-salute-b2272511.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=17 May 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is in her Matty Healy era |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Vox |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517171237/https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/17/23726170/taylor-swift-matty-healy-dating-relationship-the-1975 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":24" /> In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks, saying that "grief" and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ION Pod {{!}} Ep. 107: Part of the Band with Matty Healy PREVIEW (PATREON ONLY) |work=share.transistor.fm |url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |access-date=19 May 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519210441/https://share.transistor.fm/s/90105935 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Healy appeared on the [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] [[irony]] podcast ''[[The Adam Friedland Show]]'' in February 2023.<ref name="smeaton">{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=11 February 2023 |title=1975's Matty Healy under fire for podcast mocking Scottish and Japanese people |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415101501/https://www.thenational.scot/news/23314893.1975s-matty-healy-fire-podcast-mocking-scottish-japanese-people/ |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.<ref name=":212" /> During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts [[Adam Friedland|Friedland]] and [[Nick Mullen]] joked about the possible origin of [[Ice Spice]]'s stage name and ancestry using various accents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607005718/https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |url-status=live }}</ref> These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=30 May 2023 |title=Demanding Taylor Swift dump Matty Healy? Fan culture is out of control |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture |url-status=live |access-date=30 May 2023 |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530113610/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/taylor-swift-matty-healy-fan-culture }}</ref> Ice Spice would later recall that Healy has personally apologised to her multiple times for his appearance and they remain on good terms.<ref name=":23">{{Cite magazine |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |title=Matty Healy Addresses Backlash over Ice Spice Podcast Controversy: 'They're Demonstrating Something So Base Level' |url=https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |url-status=live |magazine=People |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530234147/https://people.com/matty-healy-addresses-backlash-over-ice-spice-podcast-controversy-7505908 |archive-date=30 May 2023 |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |date=2023-09-28 |title=Ice Spice's Red Hot Rise: The Rapper on Being a 'Marketing F—ing Genius,' Her Debut Album and Becoming BFFs With Taylor Swift & Nicki Minaj |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/features/ice-spice-debut-album-taylor-swift-nicki-minaj-1235735903/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy also joked about watching [[internet pornography]] in which black women are "brutalised", supposedly from the controversial website [[Ghetto Gaggers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Adam Friedland Show Podcast Ep. P1 {{!}} Nick Mullen |website=YouTube |date=16 May 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0 |access-date=18 May 2023 |archive-date=18 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518014651/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_v9UKdmh0&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> In a subsequent podcast episode, Friedland clarified that he himself mentioned the site simply due to finding its name humorous, and "did not even know" if Healy had ever visited it. In March 2023, Healy told [[Jia Tolentino]] in a profile for ''The New Yorker'' that the controversy was "people going, 'Oh, there's a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.{{' "}} He admitted to "oppositional" behaviour and "exaggeration of my shit" over the previous 18 months.<ref name=":212" /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' music critic [[Jon Caramanica]] described the public response as an example of [[context collapse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon & Joe Break Down 'The Idol' Premiere, Plus Taylor Swift's Chaotic Month {{!}} Popcast (Deluxe) | date=7 June 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CKcXc1uOs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609073435/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=b4CKcXc1uOs |archive-date=9 June 2023 |access-date=9 June 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

By early April 2023, Healy stated during an [[Adelaide]] concert as part of the 1975's [[At Their Very Best]] tour: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end{{nbsp}}... I can't [[Performance art|perform]] off the stage anymore."<ref name="supervillain2">{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=The 1975: "I'd rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413031244/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2022-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-3328010 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=12 April 2023 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy quits social media: "The era of me being a fucking arsehole is coming to an end |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512170102/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-quits-social-media-the-era-of-me-being-a-fucking-arsehole-is-coming-to-an-end-3429304 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> In October 2023, in an onstage speech at the band's concert in [[Hollywood Bowl]] as part of their [[Still... At Their Very Best]] tour,<ref name=":27" /><ref>{{Cite instagram|last=Healy|first=Matty|user=trumanblack|title=Part 2|postid=Ctbv-TsomE-/|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614174041/https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctbv-TsomE-/|date=13 June 2023|access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref> Healy has clarified that he had "performed exaggerated versions" of himself "in an often misguided attempt to fulfill the kind of [[Character actor|character role]] of the 21st-century rock star. Because some of my actions have hurt some people, I apologise to those people, and I pledge to do better moving forward," he told the audience, adding, "You see, as an artist, I want to create an environment for myself to perform where not everything that I do is taken literally."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=2023-10-03 |title=Matty Healy Pledges to 'Do Better Moving Forward,' Apologizes for Controversial Comments During the 1975 Concert |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/matty-healy-apologizes-pledges-do-better-moving-forward-1235743505/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life== Healy resides in northwest London.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dan |date=14 December 2018 |title=The Big Read – The 1975: Notes on an exceptional year |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405114741/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-album-of-year-2018-interview-2420691 |archive-date=5 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=22 May 2020 |title=The 1975: "I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075243/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |magazine=NME}}</ref><ref name=":8" /> He was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks (2015–2019)<ref name="capitalfm2">{{cite web |title=Matty Healy's Ex-Girlfriends From Halsey To FKA Twigs |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000416/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/matty-healy-ex-girlfriend-dating-history-halsey/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital]]}}</ref> and English singer [[FKA Twigs]] (2020–2022).<ref>{{cite news |date=19 January 2020 |title=FKA twigs and The 1975's Matt Healy Spotted Together at RuPaul's DragCon UK |agency=E! |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514135000/https://www.eonline.com/news/1113368/fka-twigs-and-the-1975-s-matt-healy-spotted-together-at-rupaul-s-dragcon-uk |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=FKA twigs and The 1975 Frontman Matty Healy Are Dating: Source |url=https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |magazine=People|date=13 February 2020 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511171510/https://people.com/music/fka-twigs-dating-matty-healy-1975/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has been in a relationship with American model and musician [[Gabbriette]] since September 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The 1975's Matty Healy and Model Gabbriette Bechtel Spotted Kissing in New York City |url=https://people.com/the-1975-matty-healy-model-gabbriette-bechtel-kiss-new-york-city-7966289 |access-date=15 October 2023 |magazine=People}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 September 2023 |title=Matty Healy And Gabbriette Make It NYFW Official |url=https://www.nylon.com/nylon-nights/marshall-columbia-cash-pink-dinner-party |access-date=11 September 2023 |magazine=Nylon}}</ref> They got engaged in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Engaged to Model Gabbriette Bechtel |url=https://people.com/the-1975-frontman-matty-healy-engaged-to-model-gabbriette-bechtel-8401709 |access-date=12 June 2024 |magazine=People}}</ref>

[[File:Matthew_Healy_of_The_1975_at_Southside_Festival_2014_in_Neuhausen_ob_Eck.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Germany in 2014]]

Healy identifies as straight<ref name="times" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MATTY HEALY (The 1975) {{!}} CHICKEN SHOP DATE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |access-date=8 June 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526201440/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzVGErGlsc |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite magazine|date=5 December 2018 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Has A Lot To Say—But What Does It All Mean? |url=https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207043315/https://www.nylon.com/matty-healy-1975-interview |archive-date=7 February 2023 |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Nylon}}</ref> and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=8 February 2020 |title=Matt Healy: "Conflicted sexuality is something loads of people go through" |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511064356/https://www.shortlist.com/news/interview-matt-healy-1975-sexuality-masculinity-addiction-shortlist-magazine |archive-date=11 May 2023 |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=Shortlist}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Queerty]]'' reported that Healy had [[Coming out|come out]] as an "aesthete".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Stroude |first1=Will |last2=jane |date=5 December 2019 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on kissing beautiful men and his open-minded attitude to sexuality |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061537/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-1975s-matty-healy-on-kissing-beautiful-men-and-his-open-minded-attitude-to-sexuality-300334/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=11 May 2023 |magazine=Attitude}}</ref> Healy issued a statement on Twitter, criticising the publication for misinterpreting his words: "I didn't come out as anything. [...] I'm not playing a game and trying to take up queer spaces, I'm simply trying to be an ally and this headline makes me uncomfortable."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=6 December 2019 |title=Matt Healy comes out as "aesthete," says he'll kiss beautiful men but won't have sex with them |url=https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111644/https://www.queerty.com/matt-healy-comes-aesthete-says-hell-kiss-beautiful-men-wont-sex-20191206 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |access-date=17 May 2023 |magazine=Queerty}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1975's Matt Healy Sets Record Straight On 'Coming Out' |url=https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061534/https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/12/07/1975s-matt-healy-sets-record-straight-coming-out |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Pride}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matty Healy Responds To Article Claiming He Came Out As 'Aesthete' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |publisher=iHeartRadio |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601144715/https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-matty-healy-responds-to-article-claiming-he-came-out-as-aesthete/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to [[George Michael]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.<ref>{{cite news |title=A candid, freewheeling conversation with the 1975's Matty Healy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Fader |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603074853/https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/29/matty-healy-the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-interview |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx5LlcPJjZc |title=Matty Healy: 'Art, sex, drugs, religion. It's just about losing yourself' |date=18 February 2019 |magazine=British GQ |time=11:35–11:43 |access-date=11 May 2023 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Healy's parents were both in creative industries and "the kind of people that I aspired to be, happened to be gay": "I suppose it would make more sense for me to be gay or bi. But it's just kind of where I come from. I hope I never exploit that{{nbsp}}... The idea of making a self who is [[Cisgender|cis]], white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."<ref name=Greenwood />

Healy has had vision correction via [[LASIK]] surgery.<ref name=":21" /> He has been clinically diagnosed with [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]].<ref name=":212" /> In a 2022 interview, he mentioned being in therapy, and referred to dealing with trauma from "some early sexual experiences that, as [he] got older, were really, really difficult to deal with."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2 September 2022 |title=Matty Healy of the 1975: 'If you're still making art in your 30s you're either wadded or good – and I'm both' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514011456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/02/matty-healy-of-the-1975-if-youre-still-making-art-in-your-30s-youre-either-wadded-or-good-and-im-both |archive-date=14 May 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2 September 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy says he had found relationships 'difficult' while in the band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |newspaper=The Independent |archive-date=14 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matty-healy-1975-relationships-b2158285.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Healy is a recovering [[heroin]] addict,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |date=12 October 2022 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Opens Up About Heroin Addiction and the 'Emotional Hangover' That Followed His Bandmate's Intervention |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414174158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-matty-healy-heroin-addiction-intervention-1234609776/ |archive-date=14 April 2023 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Agnew |first=Megan |title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105003712/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and has also had issues with [[cocaine]] and [[benzodiazepine]] abuse.<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2 August 2018 |title=How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8468029/matty-healy-the-1975-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="hattenstone" /> In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient [[drug rehabilitation]] clinic in Barbados,<ref name="gq">{{cite magazine |date=4 September 2019 |title=Matty Healy: 'My whole fear was becoming a beacon of sobriety' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424131832/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/article/the-1975-interview-2019 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |magazine=[[GQ]]}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424133256/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine |date=28 November 2018 |title=The Rebirth of the 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412205951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-interview-brief-inquiry-760583/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> following an intervention by his bandmates.<ref name="times" /> He has spoken openly about his drug use: "I don't want to fetishize it, because it's really dull and it's really dangerous. The thought of being to a young person what people like [[William S. Burroughs|Burroughs]] were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."<ref name=":31"/> As of 2022, Healy still smokes [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/21/matty-healy-1975-interview/ |archive-date=14 May 2023 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Discography == {{see also|List of songs by Matty Healy}} [[File:Matty_Healy_of_The_1975.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Healy performing in Argentina in 2017]]

=== The 1975 === {{Main|The 1975 discography}}

==== Extended plays ==== * ''[[Facedown (EP)|Facedown]]'' (2012) * ''[[Sex (The 1975 EP)|Sex]]'' (2012) * ''[[Music for Cars]]'' (2013) * ''[[IV (EP)|IV]]'' (2013)

==== Studio albums ==== * ''[[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]]'' (2013) * ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' (2016) * ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (2018) * ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (2020) * ''[[Being Funny in a Foreign Language]]'' (2022)

=== Truman Black ===

* "And Then the Sand We Sink In" (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=And Then the Sand We Sink In |url=https://soundcloud.com/matty-452970975/and-then-the-sand-we-sink-in |access-date=2024-12-18 |language=en}}</ref> * "Loads of Crisps" (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2024-03-29 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy shares ambient new solo track 'Loads Of Crisps' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-matty-healy-shares-ambient-new-solo-track-loads-of-crisps-3611029 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Other work=== * 2015 – [[The Japanese House]] – ''[[Pools to Bathe In]]'' EP (co-producer) * 2015 – The Japanese House – ''[[Clean (The Japanese House EP)|Clean]]'' EP (co-producer) * 2017 – The Japanese House – ''[[Saw You in a Dream]]'' EP (co-producer) * 2018 – [[Pale Waves]] – [[My Mind Makes Noises]] (co-writer and co-producer of "[[Television Romance]]" and <nowiki>''</nowiki>[[There's a Honey]]") * 2018 – [[No Rome]] – ''RIP Indo Hisashi'' EP (co-producer, vocals for "Narcissist")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maine |first=Samantha |date=2018-08-28 |title=The 1975 join No Rome for his sultry new pop jam 'Narcissist' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193846/https://www.nme.com/news/music/no-rome-the-1975-narcissist-2371725 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2019 – No Rome – ''Crying in the Prettiest Places'' EP (co-producer) * 2021 – [[Beabadoobee]] – ''[[Our Extended Play]]'' EP (co-producer) * 2021 – [[Holly Humberstone]] – "Please Don't Leave Just Yet" (co-writer, co-producer)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-18 |title=20 Questions With Holly Humberstone: New EP, Working With Matty Healy & Being a Secret Nerd |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/20-questions-with-holly-humberstone-1234999756/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2021 – No Rome – "[[Spinning (song)|Spinning]]" (vocals, co-writer, co-producer)<ref name="DIY2">{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Listen No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 drop new pop bop 'Spinning' |url=https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194506/https://diymag.com/2021/03/04/no-rome-charli-xcx-the-1975-spinning |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref> * 2022 – [[FKA Twigs]] – "[[Caprisongs|Pamplemousse]]" (additional vocals) * 2022 – Holly Humberstone – "Sleep Tight" (co-writer) * 2022 – Beabadoobee – [[Beatopia]] (co-writer for "Pictures of Us" and "You're Here That's the Thing", vocals, guitar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=2022-07-14 |title=Beabadoobee – 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719172515/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/beabadoobee-beatopia-review-3269114 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2023 – The Japanese House – "[[In the End It Always Does|Sunshine Baby]]" (backing vocals)<ref name=":32" /> * 2023 – The Japanese House – "[[In the End It Always Does|Boyhood]]" (guitar, additional drums) * 2024 – [[Bleachers (band)|Bleachers]] – "[[Bleachers (album)|Hey Joe]]" (piano)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-05 |title=Music Review: Bleachers edge past The Boss as Jack Antonoff finds a new sort of peace |url=https://apnews.com/article/bleachers-album-music-review-jack-antonoff-7388860f217f5a2742fa3417c9590922 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Charli XCX]] – "[[Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat|I might say something stupid featuring the 1975 & jon hopkins]]" (co-writer, vocals) * 2024 – [[Coldplay]] – "[[Moon Music|The Karate Kid]]" (additional production)

== Videography ==

* 2017 – "[[Television Romance]]" Music Video – Director<ref name=":33" /> * 2018 – "Ashleigh" Music Video – Co-director<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2018-06-08 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy has co-directed a new video for rapper Just Banco |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-co-direct-just-banco-ashleigh-new-video-2335668 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630151846/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matty-healy-co-direct-just-banco-ashleigh-new-video-2335668 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2019 – "[[Frail State of Mind]]" Music Video – Co-director<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2019-11-21 |title=Watch the 1975's Immersive 'Frail State of Mind' Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind-video-915952/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2022 – "[[I'm in Love with You (The 1975 song)|I'm In Love With You]]" Music Video – Creative director, writer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Promonews |title=The 1975 'I'm In Love With You' by Samuel Bradley {{!}} Videos |url=https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/09/05/1975-im-love-you-samuel-bradley/78181 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Promonewstv |language=en |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611011955/https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/09/05/1975-im-love-you-samuel-bradley/78181 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2022 – "Happiness" – Creative director<ref>{{Cite web |last=Promonews |title=The 1975 'Happiness' by Samuel Bradley {{!}} Videos |url=https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/08/05/1975-happiness-samuel-bradley/78193 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Promonewstv |language=en |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630153201/https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/08/05/1975-happiness-samuel-bradley/78193 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Tours == * [[The 1975 (album)|The 1975]] Tour (2013–2015) * [[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It|I Like It When You Sleep]] Tour (2016–2017) * [[Music for Cars (concert tour)|Music for Cars Tour]] (2018–2020) * [[At Their Very Best]] (2022–2023, also writer and director) * [[Still... At Their Very Best]] (2023–2024, also writer and director)

== Accolades == {{see also|List of awards and nominations received by Matty Healy}}

Among Healy's accolades are four [[Brit Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=13 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113043241/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=[[NME]] |archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113002420/https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |url-status=live }}</ref> and two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] including Songwriter of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com |archive-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529030844/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |url-status=live }}</ref> He has also been nominated twice for the [[Mercury Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108 |access-date=8 June 2023 |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606151120/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=29 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729065404/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy – Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429092720/https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} * {{Instagram}} * {{IMDb name|5918845}}

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