We've once again reached the point where we've apparently gone too long without a cheeky little mard. Enter the 1975's Matty Healy, who is not all too pleased that his band got snubbed by the Grammys.
Quite famously, the Grammys are an often irritatingly off-the-pulse display of the Recording Academy's biases more than being some foremost celebration of musical excellence. Which makes it all the more whiny when artists air their grievances about getting snubbed — although with the 1975's new album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, having been produced by two-year-running Producer of the Year Jack Antonoff (whose albums with Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey were definitely shown love in last week's nominations announcement), you can kind of understand why Healy might feel like he's being Punk'd.
While onstage during the band's second Madison Square Garden show for their Still... at Their Very Best Tour last night (November 15), Healy — presumably continuing his little period-piece bit about American masculinity or whatever — pushed his oversized glasses up his nose and lit up another Parliament to slosh his whiskey glass about, ranting about what "a fucking outrage" it is that they weren't nominated.
"The fact that we didn't get nominated for a Grammy is a fucking outrage. And the reason people don't say that is 'cause it's not a very tasteful thing to say, but I'm way past tasteful," the singer said. "Are you fucking mental? Are they fucking mental?! A Brief Inquiry, I like it when you sleep — nothing! Fuck off! Dickheads. What the fuck are they on about?" Healy carried on, referring to 2018's A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and 2016's I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful but so unaware of it.
He went on to say that "About You" from the band's latest record deserves a Grammy, "just on its own merits," adding, "I mean, I don't really care that much, but it just winds me up."
"I'll tell you what: tell me of anybody who should be nominated in the past four years," Healy's diatribe went forth. "And you know what? I'm not being self-celebratory, but Kanye's one of my heroes. You've gotta fucking believe in yourself."
He admitted that that was "an awkward hero" to have at this moment in time. "But separate the antisemitism," the musician said, as if it were possible. "Just think about the self-belief. And the truth is — no! Shush! Tell me! Literally tell me one band, in the past four years, that could do what we're going to do in the next three minutes," Healy said before the band launched into "Love It If We Made It."
Elsewhere, the frontperson joked that the real reason fans had come out to the show was to hear about his stance on Israel–Palestine. "People like me need to talk about Israel and Palestine. I'm the guy," he said. "Brittany Broski, me, all those people are the people that you need," adding, "Don't be a fucking idiot."
Say what you will about Healy, but he's certainly able to cover a lot of ground in a single evening's worth of stage "banter" (read: monologuing).
For what it's worth, although they've never actually won a Grammy, the 1975 haven't been entirely ignored by the (again, often ignorant) awarding body: "Give Yourself a Try" was nominated for Best Rock Song in 2020, and the band's sophomore album was up for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 2017.
Quite famously, the Grammys are an often irritatingly off-the-pulse display of the Recording Academy's biases more than being some foremost celebration of musical excellence. Which makes it all the more whiny when artists air their grievances about getting snubbed — although with the 1975's new album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, having been produced by two-year-running Producer of the Year Jack Antonoff (whose albums with Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey were definitely shown love in last week's nominations announcement), you can kind of understand why Healy might feel like he's being Punk'd.
While onstage during the band's second Madison Square Garden show for their Still... at Their Very Best Tour last night (November 15), Healy — presumably continuing his little period-piece bit about American masculinity or whatever — pushed his oversized glasses up his nose and lit up another Parliament to slosh his whiskey glass about, ranting about what "a fucking outrage" it is that they weren't nominated.
"The fact that we didn't get nominated for a Grammy is a fucking outrage. And the reason people don't say that is 'cause it's not a very tasteful thing to say, but I'm way past tasteful," the singer said. "Are you fucking mental? Are they fucking mental?! A Brief Inquiry, I like it when you sleep — nothing! Fuck off! Dickheads. What the fuck are they on about?" Healy carried on, referring to 2018's A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and 2016's I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful but so unaware of it.
He went on to say that "About You" from the band's latest record deserves a Grammy, "just on its own merits," adding, "I mean, I don't really care that much, but it just winds me up."
"I'll tell you what: tell me of anybody who should be nominated in the past four years," Healy's diatribe went forth. "And you know what? I'm not being self-celebratory, but Kanye's one of my heroes. You've gotta fucking believe in yourself."
He admitted that that was "an awkward hero" to have at this moment in time. "But separate the antisemitism," the musician said, as if it were possible. "Just think about the self-belief. And the truth is — no! Shush! Tell me! Literally tell me one band, in the past four years, that could do what we're going to do in the next three minutes," Healy said before the band launched into "Love It If We Made It."
Elsewhere, the frontperson joked that the real reason fans had come out to the show was to hear about his stance on Israel–Palestine. "People like me need to talk about Israel and Palestine. I'm the guy," he said. "Brittany Broski, me, all those people are the people that you need," adding, "Don't be a fucking idiot."
Say what you will about Healy, but he's certainly able to cover a lot of ground in a single evening's worth of stage "banter" (read: monologuing).
For what it's worth, although they've never actually won a Grammy, the 1975 haven't been entirely ignored by the (again, often ignorant) awarding body: "Give Yourself a Try" was nominated for Best Rock Song in 2020, and the band's sophomore album was up for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 2017.
