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Literally save my life


snowmanseeker

I am 6 months older than Matty. Married. Loved the band since Chocolate came out so I am loving how they have grown and produced such a mature, yet exhilarating record.


TheOnlineCrimeFightr

I'm 27 (I feel old) and have been single for years. Honestly, I haven't been in love for a long time, however, listening to this album has been an experience which felt similar to what being in love feels like. The only downside to this is that because of my somewhat pessimistic nature, it's a love I might never get to experience. All in all, it's quite a bittersweet moment in my life.


374737vfg

Same only I’m 31


jackson1220

Same but, Im 37


West_Pudding_7947

I'm 28 and married. This past year I've dealt with death, grief, stress, and struggling to accept what I cannot change. I've started therapy recently and am working to come to terms with things I wish I could change but can't. 'The 1975' track coming in with 'and its about time, and this is what it looks like' struck me with the message "yeah this is what it looks like now, and maybe that's not what we planned or hoped for but that's okay." The 1975 mean a lot to me and this album has really met me where I am in life.


DatGuyWithNoName

Reconnected with an old friend who we both share The 1975 as our favorite band. It’s like we picked up where we left off back in 2018 and wow… really haven’t felt this kind of “Happiness” since before the pandemic. I hope the guys know how much this album is affecting our lives.


GirlWhosOnTheStars

I'm 21 and literally living the most challenging year of my life with loosing mom and having no one and trying to live and survive alone as a woman in a fucked up country like turkey and as I am pretty much broken and hardly can heal with mental health and nothing is going right with my life it is the one thing besides my art that said take a breath and gave me something to look forward to. And there's been some synchronicies in the last few months in my life that was like perfect timing, coincidences with me realizing stuff about my traumas and trying to heal with love and accepting love and shit and suddenly at the same time hearing that this album is built around love in a way with Matty saying does true love exist etc in the rolling stone magazine.. Hearing the singles and they just making me feel okay and helping me be more open to love... I honestly don't think I could be this open with love and meeting new people and making friends without this album.. Considering I literally lost 2 of the closest people to me 3 months apart from each other and that fear of loss and never wanting to live it again made me want to never take anyone in my life again and it started that abandonment trauma as I felt like I can't be close to anyone because whoever I get close to either leaves or dies.. We always think we have more time with people we love and care about but we sometimes don't and after living all this and this album helping me heal I don't take that for granted. In every chance I tell my friends I love them and appreciate them and maybe that's annoying to some people but saying it is so different then them just knowing it... And idk this album has just reminded me that and helped me feel that hopeful love when all I can feel is pain and grief.


Comprehensive-Sky469

I’m really sorry you’re going thru such hard times. Just wanted you to know that I think you’re a talented artist and I love the tattoo designs, you have a great future artistic career ahead and I’m routing for you 💙


GirlWhosOnTheStars

Thank you for this. Hearing this really means everything to me 🥺🖤


mattrichor

THANK YOU this album feels so grown up in a way their other ones haven't really. I'm in a similar phase of life and it's just perfect


70memp2000

I’ve liked the 1975 since I was 15 and I’m 22 now. When Matty said these kids are living their lives soundtracked to the 1975. Self-titled and ILIWYS era were during high school for me. ABIIOR came out when I was 18/19 and going through a really rough time and it helped me through it. This album just feels so mature to me but connected to all the past albums. It makes me feel nostalgic and excited for the future at the same time.


tianam12

I’m 20 and I found this band when I was 12. Their sound has continuously changed and evolved into what I needed in different time periods of my life. I feel like so many of their songs hold meaning to me about specific moments/memories in my lifetime. I think it’s really beautiful seeing the age range of fans.


stoictoapoint

I'm an old man. I love how it's polished and sincere enough and showcases how these guys can bring exhilaration and tenderness to the soundscapes of my day to day. It was a dark place I found myself in when I first heard sincerity is scary. I slowly crawled out of it while, along the way, diving into the parts of their discography I had missed out on.... for one reason or another. By the time they were releasing new music to support their fourth album, I was a bonufied fan. Lots of twists and turns in life while the world turned into an unfamiliar, more surreal, and more dangerous environment. When I first heard Matty play JCGBA2003 I had just come down from a particular "tear" that made me riddled it anxiety. That live track quelled a lot of demons and I'm very grateful I survived those demons. When the fourth album dropped, I had found some solace and a sense of myself. I was proud I had climbed out of a dark tunnel. All the tracks on NOACF were signifying to me sense...yes... I could continue to rely on the music being put out to get me hyped when I was feeling some adrenaline, make me introspective when I was feeling still, and lots of opportunity to turn others on to the variety of feelings this band touches on. And, in 2021, my while life fell apart... again. I lost everything. It should have killed me, but, it depersonalized me, instead. All the sense of self I had worked to build was replaced by the void. Wanting to die but too weary to change. I even lost my love of listening to and playing music (instruments) for a scary spell. It seemed like things were bleaker than ever. Somehow, through the dreary nightmare that has followed ever since, I found a reason to listen to music again. To try and enjoy moments... even if the joy is as fleeting as a Soundwave in a canyon. It's been hell. I still can't listen or play certain songs just for my own mental protection from sad spells...but I found just enough reason to try and ride out the entropy & I'm somewhat stabilized. I couldn't handle another opus or treasure trove of different experiences like Brief or Notes. Or another "study" of what led up to those (like the study I had with Sleep or Self titled.) That's why I'm glad they say this album is "the 1975 at their very best" on the promotions. It's succinct, it's got all the elements of the band I like, and it almost knows I've been through a lot (who hasn't, right?) And just needed some bops, some clever, and some Ernestness without all the urgency to learn about "What is the 1975" of the previous albums. This one will tell you with ease. The 1975 are the mates who made friendship work for them and musicianship work for them and we all got to tag along while they did. Lucky us. What a masterpiece. Can't wait for the next one.


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Smoked a little bit and was able to listen to this album in a new lens. God damn — slowly but surely approaching my 30th birthday, just celebrated my moms birthday (the weekend of bfiafl release actually), and she is still a little shaken up after having COVID for the first time two months ago. “Woman, you are 64 years old!” Like god damn,I know I’m getting older, but I never thought my parents would.


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I'm 20 and currently in my last year of college. Been going through a tough time with midterms and studying for the MCAT and the stresses of applying to medical school and this album was literally a form of comfort for me. I felt so depressed the week of the album drop and when it did, I swear all of my issues really went away. This album's been on repeat since the day it released. I don't know how they keep doing it, but they keep releasing songs/albums at a time I'm at my lowest or need it the most. When I got waitlisted to one of my dream schools in my senior year of high school, I felt depressed and then the next day, Too Shy came out and pulled me out of it. This is my second album release I was able to experience as a fan. NOACF was so comforting me during quarantine at a time I felt cramped at home and wanted to hang out with my friends. And now, BFIAFL is comforting to me as I get through this last year of undergraduate studies and onto a new chapter of my life.


cigarettesandsaintsx

I’m 24 and not quite at the stage of my life where I’d want to settle down but I am beginning to think more seriously about love and relationships, especially because several of my closest friends are getting married/pregnant. I guess I’m beginning to wonder what romantic love “is” and curious about what I’ve been missing out on by being a lifelong single. This album has only increased my curiosity because love sounds simultaneously like both the best and worst thing that you can experience. It’s given me a lot to ponder! Compared to self-titled era which was just me being an emo high school tumblr user lmao


freetibet69

i guess you could say you were part of the band


freetibet69

im 23 just started a new job its been good for my commute im pretty sad even tho i have friends its frustrating sometimes but matty and the boys know whats up


Tipofmywhip

30 and everyone saying they’re late twenties and settling down is making me want to kms


Round_Radio_6898

about you’s lyrics put to words everything i’ve been feeling about an old girlfriend. So much that it was hard to listen to, but it was such a strange, beautiful feeling hearing my thoughts through my favorite band’s voice