matty healy Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/matty-healy/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:12:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Matty Healy: The Activist No One Asked For https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/matty-healy-the-activist-no-one-asked-for/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/matty-healy-the-activist-no-one-asked-for/#respond Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:12:06 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=45476 The Good Vibes Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was cancelled after Matty Healy, The 1975 frontman, protested the country's strict laws against homosexuality by kissing bassist Ross MacDonald. This act of defiance has sparked debate over the right to speak on behalf of marginalised groups.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/matty-healy-the-activist-no-one-asked-for/feed/ 0 Rina Sawayama and Matty Healy: Racism in Executive Music Power https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/rina-sawayama-and-matty-healy-the-role-of-racism-in-executive-music-power/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/rina-sawayama-and-matty-healy-the-role-of-racism-in-executive-music-power/#respond Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:04:43 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=42371 Rina Sawayama all but in name dedicated her song STFU! to 1975 frontman Matty Healy during her Glastonbury set this year. In doing so, she stood up for artists that have been subjected to hateful, racist rhetoric.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/rina-sawayama-and-matty-healy-the-role-of-racism-in-executive-music-power/feed/ 0 Fan culture can be toxic – but not in the ways you might think https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/fan-culture-can-be-toxic-but-not-in-the-ways-you-might-think/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/fan-culture-can-be-toxic-but-not-in-the-ways-you-might-think/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 18:49:06 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=41239 What do you think of when you hear the words "toxic fan culture"? Is it the greed of taking another fan's place by going to a show more than once? Sure, this can be annoying, but should these actions be labelled as toxic? In reality, fan culture has much bigger problems.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/fan-culture-can-be-toxic-but-not-in-the-ways-you-might-think/feed/ 0 REVIEW: ‘Being Funny in a Foreign Language’ by The 1975 https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/review-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-by-the-1975/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/review-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-by-the-1975/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:53:54 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=32669 The 1975’s highly anticipated fifth studio album Being Funny in a Foreign Language combines earnest lyricism and a 1980’s sugar pop sound to bring listeners a reflective insight into frontrunner Matty Healy’s experiences with love, longing and being human.

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