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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 lyricism, musical eclecticism, provocative onstage persona characterised as performance art, and influence on indie pop music.

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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 four extended plays before releasing their 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, garnering critical praise and appearing in numerous publications' year-end and decade-end lists.

A vocal advocate for 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, "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

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Matthew Timothy Healy was born on 8 April 1989 in Hendon, north London.[1][2] He is a son of actors Tim Healy[3] and Denise Welch; they divorced in 2012.[4] Both are of Irish descent.[5] His maternal grandfather was a drag queen,[5] and younger brother, Louis, is an actor.[6] He lived in Melbourne from the ages of two to four[7] but spent most of his early years living on a cattle farm in Hedley on the Hill, Northumberland.[8][9] The family moved to Alderley Edge in Cheshire when he was nine.[10]

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.[11] He himself had no interest in acting[6] but did appear as an extra in his parents' television shows including Coronation Street,[12] Byker Grove[13] and Waterloo Road.[14] His parents were music fans, introducing him to soul and Motown,[15][16][17] and his father socialised with many musicians including Brian Johnson of AC/DC (who became Healy's godfather),[18] Rick Wakeman of Yes, Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra.[16] Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order was a neighbour.[19] His mother's godfather, screenwriter Ian La Frenais, introduced him to Ringo Starr.[20] The first guitar Healy ever played was used by Dire Straits to record "Romeo and Juliet".[21] He has said this early proximity to musicians meant the possibility of "being a rock star was part of my reality."[22]

Healy was a quiet child, with recurring vivid nightmares.[20] He got his first drum kit when he was five,[23] and started doing karate by seven eventually earning a black belt by his teens.[24][25] 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."[26] Unlike his younger brother,[6] Healy "grew up in a party house"[16] and has recalled sleeping "in the bar" of London's Groucho Club on numerous occasions.[27] He has remembered this aspect of his childhood as "exciting" rather than "distressing".[16] His parents both had issues with alcohol[16] and his mother used cocaine to self-medicate during periods of acute depression, including postpartum.[28]

Privately educated at Lady Barn House School[29] and King's School, Macclesfield, Healy was expelled from the latter for starting a fight club.[17][5] He won a King's School talent contest at age 12, with renditions of songs by the La's and Oasis, and told a local newspaper he hoped "to be a pop singer" when he grew up.[30] He then transferred to the local comprehensive Wilmslow High School, where he met and befriended his future bandmates.[28] He obtained GCSEs in Music and English,[31][32] subsequently attending music college for three months before dropping out.[33] The Academy of Contemporary Music website lists Healy as a 2007–2008 alumnus, obtaining a Vocals diploma.[34][35] Years later, Healy called school "a tedious imposition, getting in the way of me being a pop star".[16]

Career

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2002–2011: Beginnings, and early years of the 1975

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Healy with the 1975 in 2014

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 at Wilmslow High School. When their potential lead singer dropped out after a rehearsal, Healy also became the lead vocalist.[36] He eventually met George Daniel who took over as the band's drummer.[37] Daniel recalled that Healy was "the most outwardly passionate person in school — endearing, and intimidating".[38] 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.[39] Their first performance for 200 people was as part of the council-run Macclesfield Youth Bands.[40]

After leaving school, Healy persuaded his bandmates to attend universities in Manchester to keep the band together.[41] 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.[16][42] Healy's mother worried about his future but his father "believed in [him] unquestioningly".[43]

2012–2014: Rise to fame

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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.[44] 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".[45]

Healy performing in Italy in 2014

The 1975 were rejected by every major record label,[46] 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."[47][38]

After years as the band's manager, Jamie Oborne set up his own independent label, Dirty Hit, and signed the band for 20 pounds.[16][48] The band subsequently released four extended plays from 2012 to 2013 – Facedown, Sex, Music for Cars, and IV.[49]

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,[50] and the band had radio success with "Sex" and "Chocolate",[51] and released their debut album, The 1975, in 2013.[51] Healy said the album was inspired by John Hughes and was intended to be "almost a soundtrack to our teenage years."[52] In reviewing the album, Michael Hann of The Guardian said "the best of the writing here – and it works better at length – is fabulous."[52] The album reached number one on the UK Album Chart.[53] The band sold out three nights at London's Brixton Academy, supported the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park,[46] and played the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival.[54]

2015–2017: Breakthrough

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The band released their second album, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It, in 2016.[55] It landed at No.1 at the UK Albums Chart and also topped the Billboard 200 with 108,000 equivalent units sold,[56] becoming the longest album title at No. 1 in the chart history.[57]

They premiered the lead single, "Love Me", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.[58] They premiered the second single, "UGH!", on 10 December on Beats 1.[59] The album's third single, "The Sound", debuted on BBC Radio 1 on 14 January 2016.[60] The 1975 released the fourth single, "Somebody Else", on 15 February on Beats 1[61] 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".[62][63]

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".[64] The album reached number one in both the UK and US,[16] earned Grammy Award and Brit Award nominations, in addition to being shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.[65][66][67]

Healy directed the music video of Pale Waves single "Television Romance", which he also co-produced.[68]

2018–2021: Critical acclaim

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A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships, the band's Mercury Prize-nominated[69] third studio album, was followed by Notes on a Conditional Form in 2020; both of which topped the UK Albums Chart.[70]

In 2019, Healy received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Song for "Give Yourself A Try" from their third studio album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships.[71] The album also won a Brit Award for British Album of the Year.[72] In 2020, the band won Band of the Decade, Best British Band, and the Innovator Award at the NME Awards.[73]

Healy performing in Germany in 2019

Healy's most critically acclaimed songwriting is the song "Love It If We Made It".[74] The song's lyrics are inspired by tabloid headlines of articles covering social and political events of that period, such as police brutality, Black Lives Matter ("selling melanin and then suffocating black men"), the death of Alan Kurdi and the refugee crisis in Europe ("a beach of drowning three-year olds"), Colin Kaepernick's anthem protest against racial injustice in the US ("kneeling on a pitch"), verbatim quotes from Donald Trump ("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, prison system in the US, information overload, and the death of rapper Lil Peep.[75][76] 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."[77] 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.[74][78]

Healy and George Daniel of the 1975 co-produced No Rome's EP RIP Indo Hisashi,[79] which was released in August 2018.[80] In 2021, he and Daniel produced Beabadoobee's solo EP Our Extended Play, which was released in March 2021.[81] In October 2021, Healy guest-opened for friend Phoebe Bridgers at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on her Reunion Tour where they performed the first live duet of the 1975 "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America".[82]

2022–present: Further success

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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.[70] 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 Album of the Year at the 2023 Brit Awards,[83] Songwriter of the Year at the Ivor Novello Awards,[84] and won the British Rock/Alternative Act at the 2023 Brit Awards.[85]

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.[70] 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,[86] The Observer,[87] The Telegraph,[88] Evening Standard,[89] and Metro[90] 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."[91]

In 2022, "Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by Holly Humberstone in April 2022,[92] 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.[93] 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.[94][95] In 2023, Healy provided additional vocals and drums for the Japanese House singles "Sunshine Baby" and "Boyhood" respectively.[96]

In August 2023, Healy and the band headlined Reading and Leeds Festivals for the third time with a "10th Anniversary Performance" of their self-titled debut album released in 2013.[97] 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.[98][99]

Artistry

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Influences

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Healy performing in Poland in 2019

Michael Jackson's 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."[100] He has named the Streets as the artist that made him know "[he] was going to start a band."[101] "All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem is his "forever song" and he has tried to replicate it "technically" and "emotionally" throughout his career.[102]

Healy has always been drawn to 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."[103] When the band was recording their debut album, they tried to capture the mood of a John Hughes movie — "the apocalyptic sense of being a teenager".[104][105]

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, Alexander O'Neal, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Hundred Reasons, Carole King, Peter Gabriel and James Taylor.[106] He has described "darker garage music" like 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."[107]

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.[108] Healy has also cited the Blue Nile as his "favourite band of all time",[109] and Talking Heads and Sigur Rós as influences.[110][111][112]

Healy has also been influenced by literary figures including Joan Didion, Jack Keruoac, Seamus Heaney, and Arthur Rimbaud, describing Rimbaud's work as "dense and revolutionary".[113][110] He has discussed how stand-up comedy is the biggest influence on his songwriting.[20]

Voice

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Healy possesses a tenor vocal range, with a rasp from his cigarette smoking.[114] Pitchfork stated that he is "undeniably one of the best and most elastic vocal performers of his generation".[115] The Recording Academy has described him as having "nimble vocals".[116] 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".[5] His voice has also been described as "supple", "mellifluously melodic", and "always raw, with emotion".[117][118][119]

Songwriting

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Further information: List of songs by Matty Healy

The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, humour, and self-awareness. His musical eclecticism[120][121] is accompanied by lyrics that are "complex, clever, catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,[122][123][124] in addition to being "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."[125] Clash noted that Healy's "lyricism alone finds him a cut above almost all of his peers",[126] and NME stated that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation's finest wordsmiths."[124] The Guardian has characterised him as a prose poet,[16] with Consequence declaring him "rock's poet laureate of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up."[127]

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 rap — on the process of consumption, whether it's drugs or culture or goods".[128] Pitchwork stated that Healy "is cursed with a self-awareness that can turn a simple idea into a galaxy-brain diatribe".[129] 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".[130][131][132][75] GQ has dubbed Healy "the poster boy for overthinkers",[133] 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."[134] 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,"[135] 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."[136]

Healy has stated that he used to consider himself a beat poet, before describing his job as "curating my life through music".[137] NPR has noted that he "has long treated writing songs for the 1975 as his diary".[138] Healy often writes about the 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" (marijuana), "UGH!" (cocaine) and "It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)", a song about his heroin addiction and recovery.[139][140][141][142] "Lostmyhead" and the "Ballad of Me and My Brain" were written about his mental state.[143] He has described his songwriting partnership with bandmate Daniel as "symbiotic": "We've got a shared musical vocabulary. Even if we're both working remotely, we're both working together."[144] Daniel has described himself as the "primary producer" and Healy as the "primary songwriter" of the band.[38][145]

He is known to write songs using typewriters as well as pen and paper for the "commitment that goes with the ceremony" of writing.[146][16]

Performance style

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Widely known for his charisma, stage presence, and showmanship,[137][128][147] the BBC has characterised Healy as "one of the most iconic frontmen of his generation".[39] The Telegraph has described him as "a compelling rock star, a gifted multi-instrumentalist ... whose self-questioning lyrics and uninhibited stagecraft ensured that it was hard to take your eyes off him".[118] 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."[148]

Healy performing in Australia in 2020

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 deconstructs his own performance as he goes along".[77] 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 skinny jeans."[149] Healy has stated that when he is "on stage, the showman in [him] takes over,"[150] and is known to smoke and drink from a bottle of red wine, and flask in concerts.[151][144] 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."[77] 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."[144] Vox describes Healy's stage persona as "a self-aware, ironic performance of fame and authenticity in the social media age".[152] Healy, who describes his private self as "soft and quiet",[153][130] has acknowledged that his "meta-layered" approach to performance means there are public "misconceptions" about him.[154]

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."[155] The Observer has described it as "part performance art, part stage play, part Charlie Kaufman movie about a rock star in crisis."[87] 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".[152][5][156] In Rolling Stone's review of the performance, the magazine stated that Healy delivered "a subversive and surreal take on modern masculinity [that] when viewed in isolation on social media, that all-importance nuance is entirely absent."[91] The performance included him eating a raw steak, depicting masturbation and delivering 20 press-ups in immediate succession.[157][158] In the US leg of the tour, Healy got a tattoo on stage that read "iM a MaN".[159] Healy has also invited both male and female members of his audience to kiss him during his performance of the song "Robbers" and, on one occasion, sucked a fan's thumb.[160][161] The Guardian said it sparked conversations regarding consent, fantasy and art in 2022, and noted that Healy asked for fans' permission first.[157]

Legacy

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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".[162] 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."[163][164] 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."[165][166] 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."[167][168] Sam Fender won a singing competition at 16 where Healy was a judge,[169] and years later was quoted saying: "Every time I see Matty I can't help but fanboy him really hard".[170] Holly Humberstone has described him as a “musical genius”,[171] 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".[172]

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.[173][2] Lorde has described "Somebody Else" as a song that "really influenced Melodrama. It influenced the tones and the colors and the emotions."[174] Shawn Mendes has called Healy "the best frontman" he has ever seen,[175] and stated that the band's third album was the inspiration for his single "If I Can't Have You".[176] 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."[45]

Mick Jagger,[177] Taylor Swift,[5] Keith Urban,[8] Ed Sheeran,[178] Harry Styles,[178][9] Hayley Williams,[12] Phoebe Bridgers,[179] Charli XCX,[14] Ice Spice,[15] Baby Queen[180] and Sabrina Carpenter[18] are known admirers of his work.

Healywave

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Healy and the 1975's influence on the indie pop scene has been termed "Healywave" by NME.[181] 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".[182] "Healywave" acts named by the NME include Pale Waves, Fickle Friends, and the Aces among others.[181] Healy has also mentored artists such as No Rome, Beabadoobee, the Japanese House, and Heather Baron-Gracie, and co-produced their early works.[183][184] 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.”[185][186]

In 2021, Essex singer Georgia Twinn released the single "Matty Healy", which has been described by Clash as "a potent alt-pop banger" that leans on "glossy Healywave" vibes.[187] In 2023, Nashville-based singer 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.[188][189] The following year, Los Angeles-based indie pop singer Lina Cooper released the single "Matty Healy".[190]

Political views and activism

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Healy performing in Spain in 2014

Healy identifies as a liberal and a traditional progressive,[5][129] 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,"[5] had become "suspicious of woke-ism as a viable worldview or device to make things better"[129] 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."[191] "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."[144]

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."[192]

In 2017, Healy publicly encouraged voting Labour despite saying he does not know "how to use [his] ‘platform’ in order to incentivise democracy".[193] 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."[194] In 2023, Healy criticised "the apathy of the left" in contemporary British politics: "The Labour Party here can't even get behind the rail workers and dockers' strikes."[101] On stage in the same year, Healy urged the audience to resist the demonisation of strikers.[195] While performing in Scotland in January and May, Healy spoke in support of Scottish independence.[196][197]

When performing the 1975's 2017 song "Loving Someone" on stage, Healy regularly prefaces the song with comments on social issues; the song has variously been dedicated to victims of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting,[198] used to express solidarity with Black, Muslim and gay Americans following the 2016 US election results,[199] used to decry the "regressive ideals" of Brexit,[200] and dedicated to the people of Manchester and London following the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.[201]

LGBTQ rights

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Healy has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ rights. In 2018, Healy and his bandmates made what The Guardian described as a "significant" donation to an LGBTQ community centre for London.[202] In June 2019, Healy won Ally of the Year at the Diva Awards for using his platform to promote LGBTQ rights.[203] In 2020, he appeared on the cover of Attitude’s Activists & Allies Issue.[27] In December 2022, he performed at the 8th annual Ally Coalition benefit show in support of LGBTQ youth.[204]

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 anti-LGBT laws, an act that was punishable by ten years in prison.[205][206] In a subsequent interview, he reflected that he "felt pretty irresponsible" but ultimately dismissed it.[207]

In 2023, Healy as well as the rest of the 1975 were briefly imprisoned[208] 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 widespread anti-LGBT laws and kissed fellow band mate Ross MacDonald on stage.[209][210][211][212] 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".[213][214] The protest was met with both criticism and praise.[215][216] Healy addressed the incident in 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."[208] 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 saviour for showing solidarity to the community as "queer rights are a universal human right, not a western one".[217] The organisers of the festival sued the band in the High Court for breach of contract and sought £1.9 million in damages.[218]

Healy has criticised the anti-transgender laws of Mississippi calling it "bullshit" in an onstage speech during their Still... At Their Very Best tour in 2023.[208]

Climate change mitigation

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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 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."[219]

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".[28] The band's four shows at the O2 Arena in London in 2024 will mark the world's first-ever carbon-removed events.[220] 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.[221]

Gender issues

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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".[222] He later described his comments as "ignorant" and "wrong, just outright misinformed."[223] 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's journalist Laura Snapes.[223] Also that year, Healy denounced Alabama's anti-abortion laws during a concert in the state.[224] In 2020, he pledged to only play at music festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.[225][226]

Healy has spoken about young men being radicalised into 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."[227]

Religion

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Healy was not raised in a religious household[228] and identifies as an atheist.[16] He is a patron of Humanists UK, a charitable organisation that promotes secular humanism, human rights and represents non-religious people.[229] In 2014, Healy, who described himself as "profoundly anti-religion",[230] tweeted: "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."[135]

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 scripture and dogma."[113]

Public image

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Healy performing in France in 2014

Healy has been described as a "spokesperson for the millennial generation" by Rolling Stone,[231] "the enfant terrible of pop-rock" by Pitchfork,[232] "a cannily self-made bad boy" by NPR,[233] an "expert provocateur" by Slant Magazine,[234] and "iconoclastic" by NME.[235] The Telegraph has called him "the millennial Jim Morrison" and "the Bob Dylan of raising your blood pressure",[236][237] with The Times observing that Healy's ability to provoke his audience is reminiscent of Morrissey, despite not sharing his politics.[238]

Since rising to fame in the early 2010s Healy has been dubbed a heartthrob and sex symbol by several media outlets.[239][240][241][242] Stereogum has observed that "he actively subverts the role" with his eccentricities and onstage antics.[243] Early in his career, Healy had been known for his ever-changing hairstyles and fashion which included wearing his collection of vintage shirts,[244] and skirts on tour.[245][246] He has described this period as him having an identity crisis, and his style as "sexually confused Edward Scissorhands".[247][248]

He has built a reputation as an unusually candid interviewee. 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."[77] 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."[249] 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 ... It was one of the rare interviews that you find yourself fascinated to transcribe."[135] 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."[250]

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".[251] He first used the online pseudonym Truman Black as a teenager to prevent fans of his parents messaging him on Facebook,[252] and later used it as his handle across his public social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.[253][252][254][255]

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.[256][257] 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.[258][5] 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'."[256]

Healy remained active on Instagram. He partnered with Amnesty International to raise awareness of various online petitions.[259] According to NME, Healy also showed a "sensei-like mastery of [...] shitposting": "His Instagram stories have been awash with eyebrow-raising jokes, artful trolling of hardcore fans, and explicit attempts to get cancelled".[260] 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".[5]

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, very cool", which is a direct quote of a tweet from Donald Trump,[261][262][263] Healy marched on the spot and raised his left hand, leading to online debate about whether the gesture was intended as a Nazi salute.[264][265][117] In November 2022, Healy had denounced West's recent antisemitic remarks, saying that "grief" and "mental health issues" did not excuse them.[266]

Healy appeared on the leftist irony podcast The Adam Friedland Show in February 2023.[267][265] He agreed to be a guest partly to provoke a reaction from his fanbase.[5] During the episode, he laughed as co-hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen joked about the possible origin of Ice Spice's stage name and ancestry using various accents.[268] These comments were later widely and incorrectly attributed to Healy.[269] Ice Spice would later recall that Healy has personally apologised to her multiple times for his appearance and they remain on good terms.[270][271] Healy also joked about watching internet pornography in which black women are "brutalised", supposedly from the controversial website Ghetto Gaggers.[272] 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.[5] The New York Times music critic Jon Caramanica described the public response as an example of context collapse.[273]

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 ... I can't perform off the stage anymore."[274][275] 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,[255][276] Healy has clarified that he had "performed exaggerated versions" of himself "in an often misguided attempt to fulfill the kind of 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."[277]

Personal life

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Healy resides in northwest London.[278][279][103] He was in a relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks (2015–2019)[280] and English singer FKA Twigs (2020–2022).[281][282] He has been in a relationship with American model and musician Gabbriette since September 2023.[283][284] They got engaged in May 2024.[285]

Healy performing in Germany in 2014

Healy identifies as straight[28][286][287] and has said he is not attracted to men in a "carnal, sexual way".[288] In 2019, Queerty reported that Healy had come out as an "aesthete".[289] 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."[290][291][292] Healy was a "gangly and effeminate" teenager and was drawn to George Michael, Prince and Michael Jackson rather than traditional figures of masculinity.[293][133][294] 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 ... The idea of making a self who is cis, white and straight more interesting by aligning themselves with that culture really makes me wince."[144]

Healy has had vision correction via LASIK surgery.[23] He has been clinically diagnosed with ADHD.[5] 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."[295][296] Healy is a recovering heroin addict,[297][298] and has also had issues with cocaine and benzodiazepine abuse.[299][16] In late 2017, he spent seven weeks at an in-patient drug rehabilitation clinic in Barbados,[300][301][302] following an intervention by his bandmates.[28] 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 Burroughs were to me when I was a teenager makes me feel ill."[77] As of 2022, Healy still smokes marijuana.[303][129]

Discography

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See also: List of songs by Matty Healy
Healy performing in Argentina in 2017

The 1975

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Main article: The 1975 discography

Extended plays

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Studio albums

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Truman Black

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  • "And Then the Sand We Sink In" (2023)[304]
  • "Loads of Crisps" (2024)[305]

Other work

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Videography

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Tours

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Accolades

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See also: List of awards and nominations received by Matty Healy

Among Healy's accolades are four Brit Awards,[315][316][317] and two Ivor Novello Awards including Songwriter of the Year.[318] He has also been nominated twice for the Mercury Prize[319][320] and Grammy Awards.[321]

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Matthew Timothy Healy (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and performer best known as the , rhythm guitarist, and principal songwriter of the band , which he co-formed as a teenager in , . Originally playing drums in early iterations of the group, Healy shifted to frontman duties, contributing to the band's evolution from local covers act to global act signed to Records, with debut album The 1975 released in 2013. The 1975 have since issued five studio albums, including the chart-topping A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) and Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2022), earning acclaim for blending indie rock, synth-pop, and electronic elements while exploring themes of modern alienation, mental health, and substance use—drawing partly from Healy's own experiences with opioid addiction and recovery. The band has secured multiple Brit Awards, such as British Album of the Year in 2019 and Best Rock/Alternative Act in 2023, alongside Ivor Novello recognition for Healy's songwriting and Grammy nominations for tracks like "Give Yourself a Try." Healy's public persona, marked by improvisational live antics and candid commentary on cultural and political topics, has sparked notable incidents, including a 2023 performance in where he protested the country's anti-LGBTQ laws by kissing bandmate Ross MacDonald, resulting in the band's set cancellation, a shutdown, and subsequent legal demands for damages exceeding $2 million from organizers. Earlier, remarks mocking aspects of rapper Ice Spice's heritage drew onstage apologies from Healy but highlighted tensions with expectations of performative in music circles. These events underscore Healy's rejection of conventional boundaries in art and discourse, often positioning him at odds with institutional norms in the industry.

Early Life

Family Background and Childhood

Matthew Timothy Healy was born on April 8, 1989, in , , to actors Tim Healy and , who had married the previous year. Tim Healy, originally a welder from a working-class family with Irish roots, rose to fame portraying Neville Hope in the British television series , while , also from working-class origins, became known for roles in soap operas like and later as a panelist on . The couple welcomed a second son, Louis Healy, in 2001; Louis later pursued acting, appearing in productions such as . Healy's maternal grandfather, Vin Welch, was a notable performer, adding a layer of performative arts to the family heritage. His parents' careers, which often required travel and public appearances, shaped Healy's early years; he became accustomed to their celebrity status and the accompanying fan interactions from a young age. Raised initially in due to his parents' professional commitments, Healy later moved with his family to in , an affluent area bordering , where he attended . This relocation reflected the family's transition from the working-class environments of his parents' upbringings to more stable, middle-class settings enabled by their television success.

Education and Early Musical Exposure

Healy received his early education at Lady Barn House School, a private preparatory institution, followed by attendance at King's School in Macclesfield, from which he was expelled for instigating fights. He subsequently transferred to Wilmslow High School, a state secondary school in Cheshire, where he met his future bandmates—guitarist Adam Hann, drummer George Daniel, and bassist Ross MacDonald—in 2002. At Wilmslow, the group began experimenting with music, with Healy initially playing drums before transitioning to lead vocals. After secondary school, Healy briefly enrolled at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute (BIMM) in London to study music but withdrew to focus on the band's development. Growing up in a creative family environment shaped by his parents—actor Tim Healy and actress —Healy was exposed to a wide array of music from an early age, as his parents frequently shared recordings and records with him. This household influence fostered his interest in diverse genres, including a childhood obsession with , whose performance videos inspired Healy to pursue a distinctive style diverging from conventional rock archetypes. By his mid-teens, these early encounters culminated in collaborative jam sessions at , marking the informal origins of what would become in 2002.

Musical Career

Formation and Early Struggles with The 1975 (2002–2011)

The 1975 originated in 2002 at in , , when guitarist Adam Hann assembled a group with bassist Ross MacDonald and recruited Matthew Healy, then aged 13, as the drummer. The lineup began performing covers of punk and tracks in local venues around , reflecting the members' early exposure to genres like and . Healy has recalled starting the band at age 13 with the same core members who remain today, emphasizing the persistence required from . Following the departure of an initial vocalist, Healy transitioned to lead singer, with joining as drummer to complete the . The group cycled through several names during this period, including Talkhouse, The , Bigsleep, and Drive Like I Do, under which they composed original material that would later form the basis of their debut album. These iterations allowed experimentation with song structures and themes of youth, romance, and suburban ennui, though recordings remained limited to demos and self-produced tracks. Throughout the mid-2000s, the band self-released early EPs and singles under pseudonyms like Bigsleep and Drive Like I Do, distributing them via limited physical copies and online platforms such as . Tracks including precursors to "," "Robbers," and "" emerged during this era, often recorded in makeshift sessions with local producers. They gigged extensively in Manchester's underground scene, playing small clubs and house parties to cultivate a following, with performances documented in low-fi videos from as early as 2009. The period was marked by significant challenges, including repeated rejections from major record labels despite persistent touring and self-promotion efforts spanning nearly a decade. Operating independently without or industry backing, the members balanced band activities with day jobs and education, facing financial constraints and lineup stability issues common to unsigned acts in the UK indie circuit. This grind honed their collaborative songwriting but yielded no commercial breakthrough until 2012, when they adopted the name and secured a deal with Records. Healy later reflected on this as foundational to the band's unpolished aesthetic, forged through trial-and-error rather than immediate validation.

Rise to Recognition (2012–2014)

The 1975 began gaining traction in 2012 with the release of their debut EP Facedown on August 6 through Dirty Hit, followed by the Sex EP on November 19, which featured the title track and helped build an underground following through online buzz and live shows. These releases marked the band's transition from local Manchester acts to national attention, with Healy's raw vocal delivery and introspective lyrics drawing comparisons to indie rock influences. In early 2013, the band issued the Music for Cars EP on March 4, propelled by the single "Chocolate," which debuted at number 71 on the UK Singles Chart in February and eventually peaked at number 19, spending 35 weeks on the chart. This success coincided with signing a deal with Polydor Records, enabling wider distribution and a rigorous touring schedule, including a UK and Ireland headline tour extending into early 2013 and a subsequent US tour in the spring. Healy's energetic stage presence, characterized by audience interaction and improvisational elements, became a hallmark of their live performances, contributing to growing word-of-mouth popularity. The band's self-titled debut album, released on September 2, 2013, via and Polydor, debuted at number 1 on the on September 8, selling 31,538 copies in its first week. Tracks like "," "," and "Girls" (the latter peaking at number 32) further solidified their breakthrough, blending pop hooks with alternative sensibilities. Throughout 2013 and 2014, undertook extensive world touring, including US dates and festival appearances such as Hangout Festival in 2014, which amplified their international profile and cemented Healy's reputation as a compelling frontman amid the rapid ascent.

Commercial Breakthrough and Mainstream Acclaim (2015–2018)

The 1975's second studio album, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It, marked their commercial breakthrough upon its release in early 2016. The record debuted at number one on the chart, securing the band's first chart-topping position in the United States. It also topped the with first-week combined sales of 58,000 units. Singles from the album contributed to its momentum, including "The Sound," which peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Somebody Else," which achieved similar mid-tier success in streaming and sales metrics during the period. Supporting the album's promotion, undertook an extensive world tour in 2016, performing 211 concerts across , , and other regions, which expanded their live audience and reinforced their rising profile. The album's bolstered its acclaim, earning a for the , with band members expressing surprise at the scale of their achievements in interviews that year. This period solidified Healy's role as the band's charismatic frontman, whose onstage energy and lyrical introspection drew comparisons to influences like while appealing to a broadening pop-rock demographic. By 2018, sustained their momentum with the release of their third studio album, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, on November 30. The album debuted at number one on the , marking their third consecutive chart-topper there. In the , it reached number four on the , reflecting continued transatlantic appeal amid evolving production styles that incorporated electronic and orchestral elements. Lead singles like "" and "Love It If We Made It" generated buzz through thematic explorations of modern relationships, further cementing the band's mainstream presence before transitioning into more experimental phases.

Experimental Phases and Critical Peaks (2019–2021)

In 2019, The 1975 conducted extensive touring in support of their 2018 album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, including a North American leg from March to June and additional fall dates from September to December. The band received significant recognition that year, winning British Group and British Album at the Brit Awards on February 20, 2019. At the Ivor Novello Awards on May 23, 2019, they secured Songwriters of the Year for A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships and Best Contemporary Song for "Love It If We Made It," written by Matty Healy, George Daniel, Adam Hann, and Ross MacDonald. The band began previewing their next project with the release of "Frail State of Mind" on October 24, 2019, as the second single from the forthcoming album . This period marked an experimental shift, as adopted a non-traditional rollout strategy, releasing multiple singles over nearly a year before the full album. "," released on February 21, 2020, accompanied the initial album announcement, with subsequent delays pushing the release from an original February date to April and finally May 22, 2020, amid production refinements and external factors. Notes on a Conditional Form exemplified the band's experimental phases through its genre-spanning structure, incorporating electronic, art pop, , , heavy rock, garage, country, dance, and folk elements across 22 tracks. The album opens with a monologue by on climate crisis, reflecting Healy's influences from radical art movements, Joan Didion's writings, and personal experiences like a friend's , aiming to create a of an alienated mind without conventional cohesion. Healy described the project in interviews as closing a chapter for the band, emphasizing open-ended interpretation and ambitious swings that prioritized conceptual depth over streamlined pop accessibility. Critically, Notes on a Conditional Form garnered mixed reception, aggregating a Metacritic score of 62 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, with praise for its bold eclecticism and ideas but criticism for bloat and uneven execution. Publications like Pitchfork highlighted its haywire narrative and genre drifts as a spiral into Healy's mindset, while others noted overwhelming filler amid standout tracks. In 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, The 1975 canceled all scheduled tour dates in January, shifting focus to developing a new record rather than live promotion. This hiatus underscored the experimental album's release into a disrupted global context, limiting immediate peaks in live acclaim but allowing for reflective production cycles.

Recent Projects and Performances (2022–present)

In October 2022, released their fifth studio album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, on October 14 via , marking a return to more straightforward pop-rock structures after experimental phases. The album debuted at number one on the and number four on the , featuring singles such as "," "," and "I'm in Love with You." To promote the record, the band launched the At Their Very Best tour in late 2022, which Healy directed with immersive staging and thematic explorations of modern life, including critiques of digital culture and personal relationships. The tour included high-profile shows like on November 7, 2023, later documented in a Prime Video special. An extended leg, dubbed Still... At Their Very Best, ran through from September to December 2023, culminating in arena performances across the and . Healy contributed to external projects during this period, including songwriting and features on Beabadoobee's album , released July 15, 2022, where he provided vocals and co-writing input on select tracks. In March 2024, he shared an ambient solo track, "Loads Of Crisps," via , described as an experimental piece diverging from his band work. The band headlined Festival's Pyramid Stage on June 28, 2025, delivering a 90-minute set blending hits like "," "About You," and "The Sound" with newer material, praised for its energy despite Healy's restrained stage antics compared to prior tours. A live album, , recorded in in 2024, was released on August 3, 2025, capturing the tour's production. As of May 2025, were actively developing their sixth studio album, with as their sole confirmed performance that year.

Artistic Contributions

Influences and Inspirations

Matty Healy's musical influences draw from an eclectic array of genres, reflecting a deep engagement with , , , and ambient sounds. In March 2025, he shared a comprehensive list of his all-time favorite albums, featuring works by (), The Fall (Hip Priest And Kamerads), & His Magic Band ( and ), (multiple entries including and ), and (Amnesiac and ). These selections underscore Healy's appreciation for raw emotional intensity, avant-garde experimentation, and introspective lyricism, which inform The 1975's genre-blending approach. Healy has particularly emphasized 1980s albums as foundational to his aesthetic, citing The Blue Nile's Hats (1989) for its dramatic romanticism and British restraint, Talking Heads' Speaking in Tongues (1983) for its rhythmic innovation, My Bloody Valentine's Loveless (though released in 1991, influential in his 1980s retrospectives), and Liquid Liquid's Optimo EP (1983). This era's synth-driven pop, new wave, and shoegaze elements are evident in The 1975's polished production and nostalgic synth textures, as seen in albums like I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (2016). Additional favorites from the decade, such as The Sugarcubes' Life's Too Good (1988), highlight his draw to quirky, emotive indie sounds that blend accessibility with subversion. Beyond music, Healy's inspirations extend to , visual , and cultural critique. For the 2020 album , he drew from Joan Didion's essays on (e.g., ), post-World War II movements like and Gutai for their radical repurposing of forms, and internet memes as markers of societal fragmentation. Figures like and also shaped the record's ambient and performative layers, while personal events, such as a friend's , prompted reflections on legacy and reconnection. These non-musical sources contribute to Healy's lyrical focus on modernity's contradictions, emphasizing self-examination over conventional protest.

Songwriting Approach and Lyrical Themes

Matty Healy serves as the primary lyricist for , crafting words through a personal, stream-of-consciousness process that emphasizes meticulous refinement and emotional honesty. He often begins by scatting to establish rhythms and rhymes, later honing them into precise lines that balance specificity with universality, as seen in phrases like "Vaccinista tote-bag-chic baristas" from the band's , Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2022). Healy collaborates closely with bandmate on , describing their partnership as symbiotic, where shared vocabulary allows remote work to yield cohesive results, though lyrics remain predominantly his domain. He has likened the lyric-writing process to crafting routines, aiming to condense expansive personal identities—including flaws and anxieties—into concise, multifaceted expressions that provoke thought without overintellectualization. Healy prioritizes lyrics that unsettle him, favoring sincerity over irony to achieve deeper impact, a shift evident in his preference for earnest tracks like "I’m in Love With You" from Being Funny in a Foreign Language, which he found challenging yet rewarding to write. This approach involves retaining vulnerable or self-critical lines despite fears of self-mythologizing or misinterpretation, ensuring the work reflects raw personal evolution rather than manufactured drama. Recorded often during periods of isolation, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, his process underscores a commitment to live instrumentation and thematic maturity, evolving from earlier ironic detachment to direct explorations of human connection. Lyrical themes in Healy's work frequently draw from autobiographical experiences, including struggles with addiction and rehab, as in "It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)" from A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018), where he employs a like "" to narrate his own recovery post-rehab. Relationships and intimacy form a core motif, blending wistful with —evident in ballads like "Be My Mistake," which confronts guilt in casual encounters, and "When We Are Together," reflecting on past breakups such as his split from . Broader social critiques permeate his lyrics, targeting online culture's distortions, fame's insincerity, and political absurdities, as in "Love It If We Made It," which weaves references to , , and into a of tabloid headlines and millennial disillusionment. Recurring explorations of , , and the desire for authentic connection appear across albums, such as meditations on FaceTime-era isolation in Notes on a Conditional Form (2020), where tracks like "Playing On My Mind" infuse anxieties with humor. Healy's themes often intersect personal demons with societal observations, as in rehab-inspired narratives drawing from David Foster Wallace's in "Surrounded by Heads and Bodies," highlighting therapeutic bonds amid disconnection. This blend yields work that critiques performative online personas while advocating unfiltered self-examination, evolving toward greater earnestness in later releases like Being Funny in a , where maturity supplants youthful .

Vocal Style and Stage Presence

Matty Healy's vocal style is marked by an emotive and raw delivery, frequently stretched across intricate, zigzagging melodies that amplify vulnerability. His technique draws from direct emulation of tracks he admires, incorporating a louche, Elvis-like phrasing alongside versatile elements such as falsetto, head voice, and occasional distorted screams for dynamic expression. This approach contributes to The 1975's eclectic sound, blending indie pop with broader influences, though some observers note strain in prolonged live sets due to the demands of his phrasing. Healy's stage presence fuses concert performance with theatrical , often featuring elaborate sets like constructed houses or wax figures to evoke suburban anxiety and intimacy. Signature elements include traversing a travelator in sharp suits while executing smooth, provocative movements, alongside audience interactions that border on chaotic. During the 2022–2023 tour, he incorporated and physical props, such as crawling through televisions or lying with effigies, to theatricalize personal and cultural themes. Critics have described his as polarizing, with praise for its and contrasted by accusations of pretentiousness, self-absorption, or clumsiness, particularly in instances of apparent inebriation or extended monologues. At 2025, his headlining set, featuring casual props like pints and cigarettes, divided audiences, with some labeling it "bland" or "insufferable" amid his provocative antics. Despite such backlash, Healy's approach has solidified The 1975's reputation for boundary-pushing live shows, influencing perceptions of as immersive .

Public Controversies

On-Stage Provocations and Incidents

Matty Healy, frontman of The 1975, has incorporated provocative and theatrical elements into the band's live performances, often blending physical stunts, audience interactions, and political statements to challenge social norms or highlight perceived injustices. These actions, which escalated during the 2022–2023 Being Funny in a Foreign Language tour, have drawn both acclaim for their raw energy and criticism for perceived recklessness or insensitivity, particularly in regions with strict laws on public displays of affection or speech. In September 2019, during a concert in , Healy kissed a male fan on stage as a against the ' anti-LGBTQ+ laws, which criminalize same-sex acts. This act resulted in the band being banned from performing in the country, with authorities citing violations of performance contracts prohibiting political statements or displays deemed offensive to local culture. Healy defended the gesture as consistent with the band's of authenticity over contractual constraints. Throughout 2022 and 2023 tours, Healy's antics included kissing male and female fans during shows, getting a tattoo onstage in Lexington, Kentucky, on December 17, 2022, and consuming raw meat—reportedly licking bacon from a fan's armpit in one instance—prompting health concerns like potential tapeworm infection. Other behaviors encompassed simulating masturbation, performing topless push-ups, spitting toward cameras, and incorporating a nude mannequin resembling himself in fetal position on a moss-covered platform during a Newark, New Jersey, performance on November 7, 2023. These elements, while energizing audiences and generating viral attention, faced accusations of creepiness or boundary-crossing, with some observers questioning consent in fan interactions. The most consequential incident occurred on July 21, 2023, at Malaysia's Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur, where Healy delivered a profane speech condemning the country's laws banning same-sex relationships—punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment—stating, "Technical issues can go fuck themselves, but I don't want to go fuck myself because of a law." He then kissed bassist Ross MacDonald passionately onstage before the set was abruptly halted. The festival's remaining days were canceled by organizers, citing breach of contract, and Future Sound Asia sued The 1975 for $2.4 million in damages, alleging the actions were deliberate provocation rather than standard performance. Malaysia's LGBTQ+ advocates criticized Healy for endangering local queer individuals by inflaming conservative backlash without meaningful follow-through, viewing it as performative allyship in a context where subtlety might better protect vulnerable communities. Healy countered that the kiss was "an ongoing part of the 1975 stage show," not a targeted stunt, and joked on Instagram about the difficulty of avoiding such interactions. In July 2024, the band countersued, and by February 2025, a Malaysian court ruled that individual members, including Healy, held no personal liability, though the case against the band entity persists.

Media Statements and Social Backlash

In September 2019, Healy expressed concerns about the excesses of in an , stating that "keyboard warriors" required boundaries and that public shaming often lacked nuance, arguing for without permanent . This drew criticism from outlets framing his views as dismissive of valid concerns, though Healy maintained that rigid ideological enforcement stifled discourse. Following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, Healy tweeted support for but included a link to The 1975's song "People," prompting accusations of exploiting the movement for band promotion. He subsequently apologized, clarifying the intent was to highlight the track's anti-racism themes without commercialization, yet social media users and commentators persisted in labeling it opportunistic. In October 2022, Healy discussed his decision to quit after a 2020 post perceived as controversial, declaring he would no longer engage in "morally obvious" debates to avoid performative virtue-signaling, which he linked to broader cultural pressures. This elicited backlash from progressive media and fans who interpreted it as evasion of , amid his growing reputation for rejecting in favor of individual merit. During a January 2023 concert, Healy referenced Kanye West's recent antisemitic statements by performing a mock Nazi salute onstage while critiquing West's separation of artistic genius from personal flaws, saying to "separate the antisemitism" and praising West's "self-belief." Videos circulated widely, igniting accusations of antisemitism from social media users and outlets like the Times of Israel, which highlighted Healy's amplification of edgy rhetoric; Healy's defenders argued it satirized hypocrisy in celebrity cancelations, but the incident fueled demands for boycotts. In February 2023, Healy appeared on podcast, where he laughed along with hosts' jokes mocking rapper 's mixed ethnicity—referring to her as an "Inuit Spice Girl"—and admitted attempting to message her privately. The episode resurfaced in May amid his relationship with , sparking viral outrage on platforms like for perceived and objectification, with critics from and others decrying it as emblematic of unchecked privilege; Healy responded that the humor targeted performative offense rather than individuals, insisting "it doesn't actually matter" and later issuing private apologies to , who confirmed in September 2023 that they had reconciled after multiple discussions. Healy reiterated his critique of identity-driven backlash in May 2023 interviews, arguing against judging people by group affiliations and emphasizing personal actions over ideological purity tests, which intensified scrutiny from fans and media aligned with progressive norms. In November 2023, at the Grammys, he again praised West's "heroic" conviction while distancing from bigotry, prompting renewed condemnation. By October 2023, Healy publicly apologized during a performance for "recent wrongdoings," acknowledging harm from his provocative style without retracting his anti-conformist stance, as backlash from left-leaning outlets and —often amplified without full context—highlighted tensions between his irony-laced commentary and expectations of unassailable moral alignment. In July 2023, during 's performance at Malaysia's in on July 21, lead singer Matty Healy kissed bassist Ross MacDonald onstage, criticized the country's laws prohibiting public same-sex affection, and poured beer on himself in , prompting authorities to terminate the set midway and cancel the festival's remaining days. The actions violated festival guidelines and national regulations, leading to an indefinite ban on performing in . Festival organizer Future Sound Asia (FSA) initiated legal proceedings against in London's in July 2024, alleging and seeking roughly $2.4 million (or 1.1 million pounds) in compensation for financial losses, including revenue shortfalls and regulatory penalties. The suit claimed the band's conduct deliberately sabotaged the event, which had drawn international artists and attendees. On February 24, 2025, Fabiana Bettini dismissed claims of personal liability against Healy and the other individual members (Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and ), ruling that FSA failed to establish a direct owed by them personally beyond their contractual obligations as band representatives. Claims against as a corporate entity persisted, with FSA's counsel arguing the protest was premeditated rather than spontaneous. Healy later recounted that the band was "briefly imprisoned" by Malaysian authorities post-incident before being permitted to depart. Separate from the Malaysian case, Healy's May 2023 guest appearance on ""—where he laughed at jokes invoking antisemitic tropes, including references to "Jewish space lasers" in connection to rapper —drew widespread condemnation but yielded no documented legal repercussions or professional cancellations for The 1975. promptly removed the episode following public outcry. In October 2023, Healy issued a onstage apology at the for his recent "wrongdoings," acknowledging missteps amid broader backlash. In December 2024, rapper sent Healy a cease-and-desist letter demanding $1 million in damages over an online dispute involving alleged and , though no formal had been filed as of that date. No additional professional fallout, such as tour cancellations or sponsorship losses, has been verifiably linked to Healy's controversies beyond the Malaysian ban and litigation.

Political and Social Positions

Advocacy for LGBTQ+ Rights

Healy has publicly stated his support for LGBTQ+ equality, attributing it to his upbringing in environments influenced by the gay community, where he witnessed same-sex affection from an early age. In a 2019 interview, he described himself as an "aesthete" drawn to beauty regardless of gender, recounting instances of kissing men he found attractive and expressing an open-minded stance on sexuality that prioritizes personal connection over rigid labels. In June 2018, contributed funding to establish the New Eel Brook Common LGBTQ+ Centre in , responding to a appeal for £50,000 by providing support at a critical stage to secure the project's viability amid local council funding shortfalls. also participated in The Ally Coalition's 2022 benefit concert, an annual event founded by and to aid LGBTQ+ youth organizations through proceeds from performances. Additionally, in October 2023, donated $500 to the San Diego LGBT Community Center, presenting an oversized check during a moment, though the gesture drew scrutiny for its modest scale relative to the band's resources. During a July 21, 2023, performance at Malaysia's , Healy condemned the country's anti-LGBTQ+ laws—which prohibit same-sex relations and public advocacy for them—declaring that would not perform in nations restricting expression, before kissing bassist onstage in . This action led to the band's set being halted and the festival's cancellation, resulting in a against for contract breaches, though a UK court ruled in February 2025 that the band bore no financial liability for the organizers' losses. While some viewed it as solidarity against homophobic policies, Malaysia's LGBTQ+ activists criticized the stunt as performative and potentially harmful, arguing it reinforced "white savior" narratives, heightened scrutiny on local individuals, and exacerbated crackdowns without consulting affected communities.

Environmental and Climate Activism

Healy has publicly endorsed climate activism, particularly through collaboration with Greta Thunberg. In July 2019, The 1975 released the track "The 1975" from their album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, featuring Thunberg's spoken-word introduction calling for urgent action against the climate emergency, stating, "This is the greatest crisis that humanity has ever faced." The band approached Thunberg after other artists declined the feature, with Healy later crediting her for shifting his previously pessimistic stance on the movement, describing her as "the most punk person I've ever met." The band's efforts extended to practical measures for reducing touring's environmental impact. In 2019, Healy urged fans via to plant trees as a commitment to , aligning with broader endorsements of emergency climate campaigns. By , amid discussions on post-pandemic live music, Healy advocated for "some kind of sacrifice" in concerts to enhance , emphasizing reduced carbon footprints for events he likened to "religious pilgrimages." partnered with the nonprofit Reverb to implement greener touring practices, including powering buses and equipment with . In 2023, performed four "carbon-removed" shows at London's in February and March, billed as the venue's first such events, where emissions were offset through verified carbon removal projects. These initiatives followed the band's 32-date North American tour starting September 26, 2023, reflecting ongoing attempts to mitigate the high-emission nature of global touring, though critics have questioned the net effectiveness of such offsets given aviation and logistics demands.

Criticisms of Performative Politics and Personal Evolution

Matty Healy's onstage protest at the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 21, 2023, drew accusations of performative activism from local LGBTQ+ advocates. During the performance, Healy criticized the country's anti-LGBTQ laws, calling them "fascist" and attributing the festival's restrictions to government suppression, before kissing male bandmate Ross MacDonald. This action led to the immediate cancellation of the three-day event, prompting Malaysian queer community members to label it a "white saviour complex" that prioritized Healy's self-expression over the safety of locals already facing legal risks under Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalizes same-sex acts. Critics argued the stunt, lacking prior consultation with affected groups, exacerbated dangers for Malaysian LGBTQ+ individuals by fueling conservative backlash and government scrutiny, rather than fostering sustainable change. Healy's broader political engagements have similarly faced scrutiny for superficiality. Earlier instances, such as retweeting anti-Islam content in 2017, were cited by observers as inconsistent with his professed progressive stance, suggesting selective or opportunistic advocacy. By 2025, during The 1975's Glastonbury headline set on June 27, Healy publicly distanced the band from political legacies, stating, "We honestly don't want our legacy to be one of politics. We want it to be that of love and friendship," a position that fellow artist Jade Thirlwall condemned as "disappointing" for evading responsibility, particularly given Healy's platform as a white male artist. Thirlwall emphasized that pop artists cannot "cover [their] eyes" on issues like politics, viewing Healy's pivot as a retreat amid prior controversies. Healy's personal evolution reflects a shift from fervent political commentary to reticence. In 2020, he described himself as a "political pop star" driven by necessity, using performances to address social issues like government suppression. However, by late , observers noted a departure from earlier "social justice warrior" tendencies toward views prioritizing free expression over institutional activism, evidenced in his defenses against . This progression culminated in 2025 vows to minimize in shows, attributed by some to backlash fatigue, including the Malaysia fallout and 2023 media storms over personal remarks, though Healy has framed it as a focus on universal themes like connection over division. Such changes have divided fans, with critics interpreting them as maturation away from insincerity, while others see evasion of for past inconsistencies.

Personal Life

Romantic Relationships

Healy's first publicly reported romantic involvement was with model Gemma Janes in 2013, though details remain limited. In 2014, he was briefly linked to model , sister of , following sightings together at events. That same year, Healy began dating singer Halsey, with their relationship lasting into 2015; Halsey later referenced Healy in her music, including the song "Graveyard" from her 2019 album Manic. From 2015 to 2019, Healy was in a four-year relationship with Australian model Gabriella Brooks, which ended reportedly due to the challenges of his touring schedule and her inability to cope with the lifestyle. In 2019, he started dating singer (Tahliah Debrett Barnett), with the couple going public that September; their relationship lasted until 2022, marked by periods of separation amid Healy's substance issues and twigs' recovery from prior abuse allegations against her ex, , whom Healy publicly defended in 2020 interviews. Following the breakup, Healy was seen with model Charlotte Briar D'Alessio in late 2022, including at a party, though the relationship was short-lived. In May 2023, shortly after Taylor Swift's breakup with , Healy and Swift began a brief, highly publicized romance that lasted about a month; they were spotted kissing at a New York Yankees game on May 30, 2023, and Healy appeared onstage with Swift during her in on June 2, 2023, but the relationship ended by June amid public scrutiny over Healy's past comments and associations. Healy was briefly linked to model Meredith Mickelson in early 2023, with photos emerging of them together, but no confirmed duration. Since mid-2023, Healy has been in a relationship with model Gabbriette Bechtel, whom he began dating after meeting at a event; the couple announced their engagement on June 11, 2024, via Bechtel's post showing a black diamond ring, with Healy confirming the news in subsequent interviews.

Health Issues and Recovery

Matty Healy developed a heroin addiction starting in late 2014, during a period of intense touring and rising fame with The 1975, which he described as a means to counteract the manic highs of success and manage underlying anxiety. The habit escalated over the following years, leading to blackouts, strained relationships, and professional disruptions, including instances where he could not recall recording sessions due to heavy use. By 2017, Healy's reached a point, prompting an intervention from his bandmates, who funded a seven-week stay at a rehabilitation facility in from November to December of that year. There, he underwent treatment including equine to address his dependency on , opiates, and anxiety medications, marking the beginning of his sustained recovery. Healy has maintained sobriety from since completing the program, though he continues to consume alcohol and cigarettes. In subsequent years, Healy has publicly reflected on recovery as an ongoing process, noting in 2018 that it involved reframing his identity beyond drug use and submitting to weekly drug tests to rebuild trust with his band. He incorporated themes of and withdrawal into The 1975's music, such as the 2018 track "It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)," which directly references his struggles and path to . By 2020, Healy likened the isolation of the to a "second rehab stint," emphasizing the mental discipline required for long-term abstinence. He has stated that maintaining is facilitated by stable relationships, which provide accountability absent during his most vulnerable periods.

Reception and Legacy

Critical and Commercial Assessment

The 1975, fronted by Healy, have achieved substantial commercial success, with over 2.7 million albums sold worldwide, including 1.5 million in the United States and 1.2 million in the United Kingdom. Their self-titled debut album topped the UK Albums Chart upon release in September 2013 and was certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in October 2025, having accumulated more than 791,000 chart units in the UK by August 2023. Subsequent releases, such as I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (2016) and A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018), also debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and reached the top five on the US Billboard 200. On streaming platforms, tracks like "Somebody Else" have surpassed 949 million Spotify streams, while "About You" exceeded 800 million, reflecting sustained digital popularity. Critically, The 1975's albums have generally received positive reviews, with Metacritic scores ranging from 75 for I Like It When You Sleep... to 83 for A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, praising their blend of pop experimentation, lyrical introspection, and genre influences from 1980s new wave to indie rock. Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2022) earned an 82, lauded for its refined production and emotional depth amid Healy's personal reflections on fame and relationships. However, some reviews noted divisions, particularly for ambitious but sprawling efforts like Notes on a Conditional Form (2020), where critics highlighted inconsistencies in pacing despite innovative elements. The band has garnered multiple nominations but limited major award wins, including two Grammy nods—for Best Rock Song ( 2020) and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Packaging (2017)—without victories, a point Healy described as an "outrage" in November 2023, attributing it to overlooked artistic merits. They secured four and two , the latter recognizing Healy's songwriting, underscoring peer acclaim in the UK despite broader industry recognition gaps. Commercial metrics and streaming dominance indicate enduring fan engagement, even as critical discourse emphasizes Healy's evolving persona influencing perceptions of their output.

Cultural Influence and Debates

Healy's stage persona and lyrical content have influenced by embodying a self-aware irony toward fame and dynamics, blending vulnerability with provocation to critique modern authenticity. Through The 1975's albums, he addresses themes like , , and addiction, drawing from diverse influences including 1980s and to create a sound dubbed "Healywave" for its impact on indie pop's emotional introspection. His emphasis on amid performative online personas has resonated with and Gen Z, positioning him as a commentator on 21st-century pop culture fragmentation. This influence extends to broader cultural dialogues, where Healy's omnivorous artistic inputs—from protest songs avoiding naïveté to explorations of tactile authenticity—have encouraged artists to navigate irony without full cynicism. In interviews, he has argued that 's boundary-pushing has stagnated due to pressures, advocating for raw expression over sanitized appeal. His public evolution from chaotic impulses to deliberate sincerity has modeled personal growth in the public eye, influencing how musicians engage with and recovery narratives. Debates surrounding Healy often center on the line between genuine provocation and performative excess, particularly in his advocacy for free speech and LGBTQ+ rights abroad. On July 21, 2023, during The 1975's set at Malaysia's , Healy kissed bassist Ross MacDonald onstage while denouncing the country's anti-LGBTQ+ laws as incompatible with live music, leading to the event's cancellation, the band's blacklist, and a 2024 seeking $12.7 million from festival organizers. Malaysian LGBTQ+ advocates criticized the act as Western-imposed and risky, potentially heightening local dangers without sustained impact, while Healy defended it as unaltered from their standard set, unchanged for optics. In October 2023, he elaborated that Western liberals expressed more over the than over Malaysia's laws, highlighting perceived selective . Further contention arose from Healy's 2023 appearance on "The Adam Friedland Show," where jokes about rapper Ice Spice's ethnicity and references to adult site Ghetto Gaggers—intended as mockery of the content—drew racism accusations, amplified amid his brief relationship with Taylor Swift from May to June 2023. Healy apologized in October 2023 at the Hollywood Bowl, acknowledging harm without retracting intent, amid fan backlash questioning his anti-racist credentials given prior defenses of controversial figures like Ye. Healy's critiques of "" , as in the 2022 lyric "Am I ironically woke? The butt of my joke?" from Being Funny in a Foreign Language, have fueled debates on irony's role in versus offense, with some viewing his stance as anti-performative and others as pushback against cultural stifling . In 2025, he warned of "cultural erasure" from venue closures, tying it to broader free speech erosion in ecosystems. These incidents underscore tensions between Healy's authenticity-driven ethos and interpretations framing him as recklessly provocative, often amplified by decontextualization.

Creative Output

Discography with The 1975

, with Matty Healy as lead vocalist, released four extended plays—Facedown (October 30, 2012), (November 1, 2012), IV (May 20, 2013), and (December 2, 2013)—prior to their full-length debut, establishing an early fanbase through indie and circuits. These EPs featured raw, youthful tracks like "The City" and "Sex," which gained traction via streaming and live performances, setting the stage for the band's shift toward polished pop-rock production. The band's five studio albums have all debuted at number one on the , demonstrating consistent commercial dominance in their home market with a combined 329 weeks on the chart as of 2025. Each release showcases Healy's evolving lyrical focus on personal introspection, societal critique, and relationships, backed by genre-blending instrumentation from bandmates Adam Hann, Ross MacDonald, and George Daniel.
TitleRelease dateUK peakUS Billboard 200 peakSelected certifications
The 1975September 2, 2013128UK: 3× Platinum (900,000)
US: Platinum (1,000,000)
I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of ItFebruary 26, 201611—
A Brief Inquiry into Online RelationshipsNovember 30, 201811—
Notes on a Conditional FormMay 22, 202014—
Being Funny in a Foreign LanguageOctober 14, 202213—
The self-titled debut sold over 1.6 million copies worldwide by 2025, propelled by singles "" and "," while later albums like I Like It When You Sleep... marked their first US number one, reflecting expanded global appeal through hits such as "The Sound" and "Somebody Else." No further RIAA certifications beyond the debut were publicly detailed in official records as of October 2025.

Solo and Side Projects

Healy has occasionally released music outside of The 1975 under the pseudonym Truman Black, an alter-ego derived from a former Facebook alias used to evade media attention during his mother's tabloid scrutiny. In March 2024, he shared the ambient electronic track "Loads Of Crisps" via SoundCloud, featuring Auto-Tuned vocals over skittering beats and piano accents, described as a muted pop experiment. Reports emerged in October 2020 that Healy was developing a solo project, marking his first major step independent of amid a period of intensive touring and dual album releases by The 1975. No full-length solo album has materialized as of October 2025, with Healy's efforts remaining sporadic and exploratory rather than commercially structured. Beyond personal releases, Healy has engaged in production and collaborative side work. Since 2012, he has supported and produced music for (Amber Bain), an artist he introduced to the industry, including contributions to her early tracks. In May 2023, he provided guest vocals on her single "Sunshine Baby," a shimmering indie-pop track from her album Ideas Like Weeds. Healy and bandmate also collaborated on unreleased material for Taylor Swift's 2022 album Midnights, though these tracks were ultimately excluded from the final release due to thematic misalignment. A planned 2020 collaboration with ' Mike Skinner for a mixtape failed to materialize. These endeavors highlight Healy's interest in electronic and experimental production, often intersecting with his band affiliations rather than fully diverging.

Tours and Live Performances

The 1975's live performances, led by frontman , emphasize theatricality, audience interaction, and high-energy execution, often featuring choreographed elements alongside improvisational antics. Healy's stage presence includes shirtless displays, physical feats such as push-ups, and direct engagement with fans, including onstage kisses, which have become signature aspects of their shows. Major tours include the At Their Very Best world tour (2022–2023), supporting the album Being Funny in a Foreign Language, which spanned , , , and with multiple legs and guest appearances, such as performing "The City" at a concert on January 12, 2023. The tour extended into the phase (2023–2024), incorporating elaborate staging like intimate vignettes and live debuts, including Carly Holt's vocals on "About You." A notable controversy occurred during the band's July 21, 2023, set at Malaysia's , where Healy denounced the country's anti-LGBTQ laws as "fucking ridiculous," kissed bassist Ross MacDonald onstage, consumed alcohol (prohibited under local rules), and protested by lying on , resulting in the performance's abrupt termination, the festival's cancellation, and subsequent of from . This led to a $2.4 million by organizers against , with parts dismissed in February 2025 by a court ruling that individual members were not personally liable, though allegations of deliberate provocation, including wine onstage, persisted. The incident prompted cancellation of the remainder of their Asian tour dates. Healy's antics have included consuming raw steak onstage during 2022 shows and incorporating props like fake wine for dramatic effect, enhancing the band's reputation for unpredictable, immersive experiences. At on June 27, 2025, where the band headlined, Healy expressed a desire to shift focus from political statements, stating the group's legacy should prioritize "love and friendship" over politics. Performances at venues like have been captured in full concert films, highlighting polished setlists and emotional delivery of tracks like "About You."

Awards and Recognitions

Matty Healy, as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for , has been recognized through the band's achievements in multiple award ceremonies. The group secured the British Album of the Year at the 2019 for A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships, alongside the British Group award that same year. In 2023, won Best Rock/Alternative Act, marking their fourth overall. At the 2019 , Healy and his bandmates received Songwriters of the Year, as well as Best Contemporary Song for "Love It If We Made Love". have earned two nominations for the , including for A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships in 2019. Healy individually received a 2020 Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song with "". Further honors include three wins at the 2020 : Innovation Award, Band of the Decade, and Best British Band. In 2024, were awarded Best Group at the O2 Silver Clef Awards. Healy was named Ally of the Year at the 2019 Diva Awards for his advocacy supporting the LGBT community.

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