Credit: Vijat MohindraThe 1975 frontman Matt Healy wants you to know something: he knows you think he's pretentious, and he agrees with you.
"I know I am pretentious, but I'd be the first person to tell you that," Healy tells The Guardian. "And I'm not apologizing, because I'm bored of indie bands that are terrified of doing anything that could be perceived as aspirational, so they don't affect the status quo of their little cliquey band world."
He adds that "it's way more pretentious to pretend you don't care about something."
"There's this elite thing, where everybody's petrified of the idea that you could want your music to reach lots of people, but that's what excites me," Healy says. And he's more that happy to show you that at The 1975's live shows.
"You know, if you hate our band, you hate our band, but I challenge anybody with a preconception to come and see us live and not enjoy it a bit," he says.
You'll have your chance to do just that during The 1975's current North American tour, which concludes December 4 in Orlando.
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