The 1975 are a band everyone should listen to

The 1975, my favourite band, are distinguished, musically, morally, lingually, lyrically and fundamentally in their message. I attended their concert on December 13th in Manchester and was greatly impressed. One of the songs our generation should pay heed to: Loving Someone. This is one of my favourites lyrically, and reminds us of the lack of pure, untampered-with compassion and love in our flawed, heteronormative, corrupted society, where leaders encourage hatred and violence. Matty's speech beforehand is also very important and reminds us of the message of the song. Besides, it has also turned into an LGBT anthem after the Orlando shooting with the gorgeous rainbow stage lighting. The band itself has an amazing aesthetic and a unique sound, 80s-come-electronica-come-brooding synths-come-indie-rock. They never hesitate to keep the fans guessing, something we make jokes about in the fandom but it genuinely keeps us hooked to this politically outspoken, eye-opening band. There has never been a time when we have not been reminded of Humanist, liberal, anti-Brexit and -Trump, feminist morals by the speeches Matty, the lead singer who is often joked about as being "pretentious", makes. Furthermore, they encourage rawness and realness. Matty is their figurehead and sure, he's made mistakes, he isn't perfect, but who is? He addresses issues he has been called out for and makes jokes about himself in that self-deprecating manner humankind has been conditioned to find admirable. But, at the core, he is in a brilliant pop group (oh wait - "we're not a pop band!") and is also an activist who speaks his mind and has an excellent sense of humour and a political compass. Some absolute d*ckhead in the comments may argue that the band promotes drug-taking, smoking, etc. but they don't. In their song M.O.N.E.Y, I've always had this weird interpretation that it's Matty talking about how ashamed he is of his past self ("I can't believe that we're talking 'bout him!") who suffered from drug addictions. Also (thought I'd mention this because it's so bloody classic) I once saw a mum on some dumb website criticising the "We want sex!" chant at the end of the concert she most tragically got dragged along to. How scandalously hilarious! I'm actually chortling. (Sex is one of their oldest and most famous anthems, for your information, m8.) Oh, and they're also very close to home, literally, making them even closer to my heart. Originally they're from a small town in Manchester, one incidentally very close to mine. That makes me feel even more attached to them, the fact that they were able to rise so highly from such a modest upbringing and became the best thing that ever came out of Wilmslow. Lastly, can I just say that Matty Healy and Adam Hann, lead guitarist, really couldn't give less of a sh*t about dumbass gender roles?? For two heterosexual men (Matty is self-proclaimed as presenting himself, to some extent, as androgynous) to come onstage wearing full face makeup, it warms my heart. They really don't care about living up to society's expectations and for that, I really love and credit them even more. Come @ me in the comments trying to smash me and my opinion or call the band a "white girl thing to listen to", but I will shatter you. Literally :)