Matty Healy Confirms The 1975 Staying Out of Politics: 'We Need More Love and Friendship'

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy says the band will be speaking less about politics going forward.

The 36-year-old musician gave a speech during the band’s set at Glastonbury Festival about what he sees as the band’s “legacy” and their recent silence on current events.

According to Matty, staying silent about politics recently has been a “conscious decision” and one that the band plans to continue for the foreseeable future. He used the speech he gave during The 1975‘s set to explain his decision.

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“People who are watching this may — I don’t know… They may be disappointed in the lack of politics in this show and our forthcoming shows and probably our future shows. I want you to know that it’s a conscious decision,” Matty said during a break between songs in their set. “We honestly don’t want our legacy to be one of politics. We want it to be that of love and friendship. I’m not trying to be too earnest, but you can go out into the world and there’s loads of politics everywhere. We don’t need more politics. We need more love and friendship.”

Matty went on to encourage anyone feeling inspired by his band should aspire to have close friends rather than wanting to achieve great levels of fame.

Following the speech, the band played “I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)” and “Love It if We Made It,” one of The 1975‘s songs that makes several political references throughout its lyrics.

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