The 1975: they’re still the hottest band in Britain – but is the pressure getting to

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Matty Healy has had a year, and it’s only July. The 1975 frontman started 2023 on a sold-out world tour, and by March the indie-pop band had won their fourth Brit Award. But Healy’s propensity for rubbing the internet up the wrong way started to detract from the music: comments made about US rapper Ice Spice on The Adam Friedland Show podcast in February, where Healy joined Friedland and others in mocking Ice Spice’s heritage, were widely condemned as racist.