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The 1975 Wanted to Write This Album ‘From the Gutter,’ but They Changed Their Mind—Here’s Why

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy implied that he almost started doing hard drugs again before they started work on their second album.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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The 1975 have written some very lush rock music over the past decade. There was one album, however, that they wanted to write “from the gutter.” Ultimately, they ended up changing their minds for a very understandable reason.

On February 26, 2016, The 1975 dropped their sophomore album: I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It. It was the follow-up to their acclaimed 2013 self-titled debut album. The second record was instantly a hit, featuring massively successful singles like “Somebody Else” and “The........

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