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Last year, the 1975 announced plans for an indefinite break following the conclusion of their Still… At Their Very Best tour, scheduled to end on March 24. With just over a month of shows left, frontman Matty Healy has continued to reassure fans that their hiatus will turn into something more permanent. At a recent concert in Birmingham, he previewed a few seconds from music the band has been working on for their next album that fittingly reflects their reason for taking the break. “We’re working on a new record…

Lana Del Rey, the 1975’s Matty Healy, Bleachers, and Nick Cave are among the artists who contribute new renditions of mid-20th century songs to the Jack Antonoff-curated soundtrack for the upcoming Apple TV+ series The New Look. Florence Welch, Beabadoobee, Perfume Genius, and more also recorded covers for the series, which focuses on the career of fashion designer Christian Dior and his clashes with Coco Chanel amid the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Paris. The New Look — starring Ben Mendelsohn as Dior, Juliette…

The British singer of 1975, Matty Healy, has found himself engulfed in controversy after kissing his bandmate Ross MacDonald on stage during their Malaysia concert on Friday in support of LGBTQ rights. In his speech, he criticized the country for its anti-LGBTQ laws. While some are appreciating his stance, the Malaysian LGBT community has slammed him for this act, as it could potentially lead them into more trouble. One user wrote, “They did more harm to queer people there by doing that, and you are WHITE, stop…

Every day, the realities of my queerness make me hold on tighter to the ones I love. As a mixed race first generation immigrant, whose mother moved from Malaysia to the UK in the 1960s, I get to enjoy the benefits of the land that once colonised my mother’s. I can walk down the street holding the hand of my lover, and kiss their face, but if we went home to Malaysia, this love would be fined, caned or locked away. Not for me, as a foreigner to my motherland and of Chinese descent, but for my partner, a Malaysian born…

Matty Healy of the 1975 pop group is being condemned by critics for having a “white saviour complex” and seeking to impose “western” values on Malaysia. The accusation comes after he used his recent Kuala Lumpur concert to denounce the country’s harsh anti-LGBTQ+ laws. But he got roars of approval from the crowd. They clearly agreed with what he said.And while some Malaysian LGBT people were critical, others were supportive. They argue that queer rights are a universal human right, not a western one, and that these rights…

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy’s recent appearance at a festival in Kuala Lumpur – where he criticised Malaysia’s homophobic laws and kissed a male bandmate on stage – has strongly angered conservatives in the country.Members of the LGBTQ+ community have also expressed unease over his actions, fearing that the episode risks further exacerbating the hostilities they face.“He gets to fly out of the country and not face the consequences, while our people have to face the brunt of what just happened,” said the drag performer…

Matty Healy made headlines during a recent performance at the Good Vibes music festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In an act of protest against Malaysia`s strict anti-LGBT laws, Healy kissed his male bandmate, bassist Ross MacDonald, onstage. The moment was captured on video and quickly went viral on social media, sparking discussions and drawing attention to the country`s laws and policies surrounding LGBTQ+ rights. Before the kiss, Healy delivered a speech expressing his concerns about the Malaysian Government`s policy…

The remainder of Kuala Lumpur’s Good Vibes music festival was canceled Saturday by the Malaysian government following comments made onstage by the 1975’s Matty Healy slamming the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Organizers said in a statement Saturday that following Healy’s “controversial conduct and remarks,” Malaysia’s Ministry of Communications and Digital issued an “immediate cancellation directive” that forced the three-day festival to shut down. “The Ministry has underlined its unwavering stance against any…

Don’t expect the 1975 to make stops in Malaysia any time soon.The band’s recent set at a Malaysian music festival was cut short after lead singer Matty Healy called out the Malaysian government’s LGBTQ+ policies. “I made a mistake. When we were booking shows, I wasn’t looking into it,” Healy told the crowd Friday at the Good Vibes Festival hosted in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. “I don’t see the f— point, right, I do not see the point of inviting the 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex…

"I do not see the point of inviting the 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with," singer says at Kuala Lumpur's Good Vibes fest The 1975’s set at a Malaysian music festival was cut short Friday after frontman Matty Healy harshly criticized the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ stance onstage. A handful of songs into the band’s headlining gig at Kuala Lumpur’s Good Vibes festival, Healy apologized for even taking the gig in Malaysia, which has strict laws banning same-sex…