The 1975 - The Birthday Party

Hard to believe that this song and "people" will be in the same album

Do you ever look at someone, and wonder: _what is going on inside their head?_

Looks like a pop version of Black Mirror. Sounds like a breeze. Reads like a junkie's notebook. Feels fuckin cool.

My computer would be lagging so hard if this was a game,

if u ever look at matty and wonder "what is going on inside his head?"
here's your answer.

Why is the chaotic thing whilst also being the most calming thing I’ve ever seen

The part at 2:36 is a reference to Narcissus. When Narcissus looked at the water and saw his own face he fell in love with himself. Narcissus then realizes he can’t materialize his reflection and ends up committing suicide. Here Matty sees a digital screen and can’t resist its beauty. It is with reference to the superficiality of modern technology and how we can’t gain anything material or meaningful from it and it can lead to depression and suicide.

love how the robot is singing Somebody Else when matty first walks in, its a mood

this made me feel an emotion that doesn’t exist yet

Matty after spending too much time on the internet looking at memes of himself

"Let's go somewhere I'll be seen, as sad as it seems"
This... hits a little bit harder right now.

Why isn’t anyone talking about “I depend on my friends to stay clean. As sad as it seems.”

I know a 51-yr-old father of 3 adult kids isn't their target demographic, but ever since i saw them on SNL 4 years ago, i knew i'd have been a fan of these guys as a young lad, so i've followed them since. Good stuff

Sad song and sad video that describes Matty’s current mental state where although having broken his addiction to drugs feels sad and lonely and finds temporary pleasure on the internet and memes that ironically are with him inside the same simulation that is supposed to make you feel wholesome with something that isn’t real.
Hope isn’t lost evident in the scene where Matty kisses himself although struggles to do so with passion, but shows he is trying to reach out and connect with himself to achieve self love.

This just describes exactly how I feel, I feel trapped in an online world that I don’t even want to be in. But online is the only place where I feel seen... and this isn’t just my struggle it’s a generational struggle. The internet is robbing us of all our time and connections, we need to break out somehow because it’s breaking so many of us.

All of their videos for this album LOOK like how dreams FEEL. People say The 1975 are overrated, I disagree and think they are severely overHATED.
Not even a huge fan but proud to play them everyday and feel euphoric x

This is basically whats going on in my brain at 2am when i should be sleeping

"Danny says we're living in a simulation"
The simulation :

Director: "how weird do you w-"
Matty: "yes"

Who else loves Matty's sleepy voice??

This art style looks like the kids from 'Polar Express'

Release IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) as a single immediately pleeeeeeeeeeeease

what sims expansion pack is this

i cant wait for my grandkids to look at this and wonder what happened in my lifetime

I wonder if this is talking about the birthday party of Snowflakesmasher86’s less important friends

the world seems calmer after listening to this song.

I feel like this should’ve been 2 hours long

I think what’s kind of sad is that this whole video describes going offline, away from it all, but really, it’s just another simulation Matty enters which is kind of ironic. It just gives me this cold, melancholic chill.
Maybe it connects to his struggle with addiction somehow, both with drugs and his attachment and resonance towards the internet temporarily, relating with it....

This video really does a good job of depicting the millennial struggle, or at least a part of it. Not everyone has been in the exact situation of Matty having to off drugs, but the concept of finding solace in the internet while simultaneously being consumed by it is so prevalent to our generation.

the song is so calming that the mv doesent seem disturbing at all

Director: How would you describe this music video?
Matty: It’s kinda like....’Ready Player One’ on acid, filled with this kind of comforting vibe or feeling, and it makes me feel drowsy yet completely awake and contemplating, really the reason I started taking drugs in the first place....

LYRICS:
Hello, there's a place I've been going
There's a place I've been going
Now I'm clean, it would seem
Let's go somewhere I'll be seen
As sad as it seems
I seen Greg and he was like
"I seen your friends at the birthday party
They were kinda fucked up before it even started
They were gonna go to the Pinegrove show
They didn't know about all the weird stuff
So they just left it" (So they just left it)
I was wasted (I was wasted)
And cold, minding my business
Then I seen the girls and they were all like
"Do you wanna come and get fucked up?"
Listen, I got myself a missus, so there can't be any kissing
"No, don't be a fridge, you better wise up, kid
It's all Adderall now, it doesn't make you wanna do it"
"This ain't going well", I thought that I was stuck in Hell
In a boring conversation with a girl called Mel
About her friend in Cincinnati called Matty as well
You pulled away when I went in for the kiss
No, it wasn't a diss
You put the tap on to cover up the sound of your piss
After four years, don't you think I'm over all this?
"That's rich from a man who can't shit in a hotel room
He's gotta share for a bit"
You make a little hobby out of going to the lobby
To get things that they don't have
Does it go through ya when I'm talking to ya?
You know that I could sue ya if we're married
And you fuck up again
Impress myself with stealth and bad health
And my wealth and progressive causes
Drink your kombucha and buy an Ed Ruscha
Surely, it's a print 'cause I'm not made of it
Look, the fucking state of it
I came pretty late to it
We can still be mates 'cause it's only a picture
All your friends in one place
Oh, we're a scene, whatever that means
I depend on my friends to stay clean
As sad as it seems (4x)

director: how many memes do you want?
matty: YES

"If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)" NEEDS TO BE THE NEXT SINGLE PLEASE

Director: how much meme characters do u want?
The 1975: yes

My ex showed me this song right before I check into rehab. When I finished up rehab she ended things because it was just too much for her, I put too much weight on her shoulders. This song is still a beacon of hope for me, brings back memories that all serve as lessons for the future ♥️

wow, this is a true representation of 21st century surrealism

everyone: this is so deep. the color of the sky represents the feeling matty has in the inner conscience of the left side of his responsive soul. each individual blade of grass is a separate word which matty uses to describe the hate-filled and soulless world that he believes he can change.
me: matty just kissed himself

Need a girlfriend that loves The 1975

i cannot explain how i love this band so much. your songs have gotten me through all college and graduate years. i love you.

THIS IS ART, BUT MY BRAIN IS TOO SMALL TO UNDERSTAND THIS

I’ll be honest with you, I thought a brief enquiry would be them peaking, but holy moly I cannot wait for this album and it looks like notes will be a masterpiece!

I was released from jail yesterday morning after 6 months down, I painted my nails baby blue & hot pink while listening to this great piece of music, I still haven't been to sleep yet! Thanks to the 1975!

Possibly the most philosophical music video I’ve ever watched.

This broke my heart. He loved her and because of his lifestyle he lost her and lost touch with himself so he had to seek help. We’re all in a weird state of this. Numbing ourselves with media, memes etc... It’s so real and raw. Gosh this band keeps getting better 🖤

I know one thing for sure: I'm never going to watch this when I'm high

I think this video portraits the impact of social media and Internet (in general) on self-imagery, our forms of understanding the world, the way we communicate with each other... And how addictive and dangerous it can be to just get carried away in smoke and mirrors.
And it does it with a mesmerizing, unsettling and yet beautiful aesthetic. Props to the band and everyone involved in this amazing project! 🙌

I’m a 55 yr old mom and I love them! The first time I heard Chocolate I was hooked. Introduced them to my 17 year old and took her to see them last year! Matty is an amazing wordsmith and his lyrics are deep. Profoundly deep.

This is me when I’m trying to sleep and my brain is just like: we’re not done here I just had a crazy thought

This song is almost like a timeline:
0:10 PAUSE -> there is a drain/hole where arrows are pointing GO DOWN , the opening of every album!!!
0:12 robot receptionist humming somebody else
0:38 Detox - referencing his rehab from drugs in a sense
throughout the song/video it likes revisiting his past
0:55 from comment: Intimacy in his eyes -> forefront of the band, love and intimacy influenced Matty into song writing
1:03 The creation of the band
1:10 live display of settle down, facedown backdrop and darkness from eps and first album
1:52 ILIWYS
2:06 somebody else
2:10 Ballad of me and my brain (guy hitting himself)
2:30 Shes american dance????
2:37 Danny says were living in a simulation (Its not living..)
4:50 somebody else
5:19 Love it if we made it dance
5:40 distant reminisces of love theme
there are so many somebody else referencesss
there are two that are a little far-fetched but just is a nice thing for conspiracy or bigger picture lovers

Everyone: this is a sad song
Me: woah this was made in unreal engine

Can't believe this masterpiece turned 2, 2 days ago. Still sounds as new when it was released.

2016- Matty f***s himself in a mv 2020- Matty kisses himself in a mv he rlly does love himself and I love that

I guess they’re not interested in us accomplishing anything within the next day since they wanna put this out here 😪 how am I supposed to focus on my life now

This could represent us (everyone) who is wasting his or her time being in a virtual world where we just watch memes instead of being with real people... it could mean that memes became our only friends. Let's be honest, loneliness is a big thing nowadays because we fill it with these things... we distract ourselves from it cause it's just easier to look at our phones instead of being with someone! with a real person! We are substituting human connection with internet...
We became slaves of it without even noticing. And we became despaired for attention. Because we all wanna be that cool person who has 1 million followers and that has a "perfect life". And we don't even notice that we are being fooled... That none of it is real...

It’s pretty much SIMPLE, and clear as day that the younger generations, including millennials, spend time using humor, and laugh/make a joke out of small, little things; even though deep down they use it to hide the fact that they’re really lonely and sad inside

after listening to PEOPLE this was not the tone i was expecting but i love every second of it

Anyone else notice Somebody Else playing when he walks into Mindshower at the beginning? The robot is also humming the chorus when he walks in!

'I depend on my friends to stay clean, as sad as it seems' Damn....

This still hits in 2023. Means even more to me now

Me & You Together Song: 1990s
Frail State of Mind: 2000s
People: 2010s
The Birthday Party: 2020s

Everyone feeling calm... this just makes me so sad in a surreal way. And i relate to it so much

Other people's dreams: Date with their crush
My Dreams:

*Psychologist:* every dream has a meaning
*My dreams:*

This is what the funny guy in the group does when he gets back home.

It is definitely playing "Somebody Else" in the start of the video and "The man who married a robot" in the background until the end !!!

So many good songs and albums one after the other. I can't remember the last time a band/artist have done this. Very talented! the music, lyrics, image, everything. It's amazing to see and listen to.

This song is the culmination of Matty’s journey through the various addictions he’s faced through his life. All of the heartbreak, drugs, sex and love has all ended in a beautiful song about true mindfulness and spiritual rebirth

Psychologist: All dreams have meaning.
My dreams:

"It's my party, and I'll cry to the end."
Haven't finished listening to this song, but the name reminds me of this specific lyric.

This song is a highly underrated beauty. Can't wait for the album.

This video deserve more views than Bad Guy from Billie Eilish if we are talking about weird things.
Change My Mind.

Now this is really a SOFT SOUND.

[Verse 1]
Hello, there's a place I've been going
There's a place I've been going
Now I'm clean, it would seem
Let's go somewhere I'll be seen
As sad as it seems
I seen Greg and he was like
"I seen your friends at the birthday party
They were kinda fucked up before it started
They were gonna go to the Pinegrove show
They didn't know about all the weird stuff
So they just left it" (So they just left it)
I was wasted (I was wasted)
And cold, minding my business
Then I seen the girls and they were all like
"Do you wanna come and get fucked up?"
Listen, I got myself a missus, so there can't be any kissing
"No, don't be a fridge, you better wise up, kid
It's all Adderall now, it doesn't make you wanna do it'"
"This ain't going well", I thought that I was stuck in Hell
In a boring conversation with a girl called Mel
About her friend in Cincinnati called Matty as well
You pulled away when I went in for the kiss
No, it wasn't a diss
You put the tap on to cover up the sound of your piss
After four years, don't you think I'm over all this?
"That's rich from a man who can't shit in a hotel room
He's gotta share for a bit"
You make a little hobby out of going to the lobby
To get things that they don't have
Does it go through ya when I'm talking to ya?
You know that I could sue ya if we're married
And you fuck up again
Impress myself with stealth and bad health
And my wealth and progressive causes
Drink your kombucha and buy an Ed Ruscha
Surely, it's a print 'cause I'm not made of it
Look, the fucking state of it
I came pretty late to it
We can still be mates 'cause it's only a picture
[Outro]
All your friends in one place
Oh, we're a scene, whatever that means
I depend on my friends to stay clean
As sad as it seems
As sad as it seems
As sad as it seems

Feels like yesterday waiting for the premier... Was so excited with all the count downs.
Happy 1st birthday to The Birthday Party.
//LOVE//

There's such a lovely sense of melancholy, cathartic loneliness in this song

my therapist: “don’t worry virtual reality matty can’t hurt you.”
virtual reality matty:

I never expected to see meme history in a 1975 music video in 2020 but here we are...

This was def one of those songs that hit immediately. Been on repeat. I feel like this one was overlooked. It’s a vibe for sure. Love it

THIS BAND IS THE BEST BAND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!ITS AMAZING HOW THERE BAND IS PERFECTLY PUT TOGETHER!!!

This song has such a unique and beautiful sound that’s very distinct even for the 1975. Cheers you guys did it again!

If 'The Man Who Married A Robot / Love Theme' was an actual song, this would be it.

Y’all, I don’t know about you but I honestly think Matty’s mind is so full of ideas and thoughts that can change the world. For the better. The 1975’s videos and lyrics are so complex, full of meanings everywhere and we could stay hours analysing them.
He really is an artist. In so many forms. He’s a singer, a poet, a thinker, a painter, an installation artist. I love him and his mind.

This music made me feel so good, I felt the same way I felt while listening to medicine especially at the end of the song. The 1975 is my favorite band of all the times and I love everything they do because I know it always have a purpose

If you're too shy to release this single *now* let me know.

The 1975 have a playlist in their spotify and around some time it was named "At the back of my old house". The songs from that playlist include Time by Angelo de Augustine and The Trapeze Swinger by Iron and Wine. This song resembles the genre of the songs in that playlist and It's just beautiful.

What an amazing discovery for me...I can't describe the feeling but I'm here for it. I didn't know this artist, now I have to listen to all the other songs but this one is going to be played on repeat for days to come.

this is beautiful. these boys don't disappoint. just beautiful, thank you.

Everyone: this song is so sad. it has such a deep meaning
Me: moon wearing sunglasses hehe

Producer: How much effects do you want?
Matty: Yes

Recently been diagnosed with Alcoholism (Alcohol Abuse) and I'm currently 11 days sober. When Matt says "I depend on my friends to stay clean" I genuinely felt that. If it wasn't for my bro's, I honestly don't know where I'd be right now I can't lie. I'll never take my friends for granted ever again in my life

Can't stop listening.

“Watch out! Your crush’s coming! Act normally!”
Me: 3:55

This is the most representative 2020s song in the whole world right now

Greatest band out there right now, they bring back creativity and lyric wise it's on another plan.

This was a trip and a journey at the same time. Thanks.

How close we are to a Matty Healy deepfake is honestly inspiring

From their Debut to now, they never ceased to impress. It’s always different, unique, and is always on repeat for me

This drum and bass rhythm is damn good.. nice message as well.

I’ve recently started studying animation and watching this video makes me appreciate the time spent considering every detail, it’s so well made and helps describe something so personal to their audience good job :)