The 1975

Released: December 15, 2017

Songwriter: Ross MacDonald Adam Hann George Daniel Matthew Healy

Producer: Matthew Healy George Daniel Mike Crossey

[Verse 1]
She had a face straight out a magazine
God only knows but you’ll never leave her
Her balaclava is starting to chafe
When she gets his gun, he’s begging, 'Babe stay, stay, stay, stay, stay'

[Hook 1]
I'll give you one more time
We'll give you one more fight
Said one more line
Will I know you?

[Verse 2]
Ooh, now if you never shoot, you’ll never know
And if you never eat, you’ll never grow
You’ve got a pretty kind of dirty face
And when she's leaving your home
She's begging you to stay, stay
Stay, stay, stay

[Hook 1]
'I'll give you one more time
We'll give you one more fight
Said one more line
There'll be a riot, ‘cause I know you'

[Bridge: Matthew Healy and audience]
Well, now that you’ve got your gun
It’s much harder now the police have come
And I'll shoot him if it's what you ask
But if you just take off your mask
You'd find out everything’s gone wrong

{Spoken: Matthew Healy]
Right, now sing it

Now everybody’s dead
And they’re driving past my old school
And he’s got his gun, he’s got his suit on
She says, 'Babe, baby, you look so cool'

You look so cool
You look so cool, cool, cool, cool (cool, cool)
You look so cool, you look so cool (cool)
You look so cool (so), cool, (cool) cool, cool, cool

The 1975 consists of Matthew Healy (vocals/guitar), Adam Hann (lead guitar), George Daniel (drums), and Ross MacDonald (bass), all of whom are from Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. The four band members, now based in Manchester, met in Secondary School and began playing together as teenagers.

The eclectic four-piece band have amorphous drifts between brooding art rock, crisp electronica, dancefloor R&B, and 80’s gloss pop, as well as lead singer Matthew “Matty” Healy’s stories of lust, intoxication, and the unabashed grittiness of modern youth. Common themes in their lyrics range anywhere from dysfunctional relationships, to the failure of modernity.

Throughout 2012, The 1975 released multiple EPs, which sparked the start of their careers. The following year, 2013, their self-titled debut album took the world by storm. From 2014 until 2015 the band’s focus was on touring, though they did reveal through photos on social media that their next sound would reflect a departure from their previously black-and-white aesthetic.

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