The 1975's Matt Healy has weighed in on the friendships of people he's never met, saying, "People just want to be in photos with people."
The band are on the cover of this week's NME to promote their forthcoming second album, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It, which is set for release at the end of next month.
Speaking of young famous people of his generation, he said, "I see all these celebrities hanging out with one another and I'm very suspicious of whether they're actually friends or not."
He continued, "As soon as famous people of my generation get near each other - you know who I'm talking about, your Cara Delevingne and Kylie Jenner people - they're all a tight group and I don't really know what they represent. People just want to be in photos with people. 'Squad goals'. The phrase makes me die."
Cara Delevingne and Kylie Jenner are both amongst the group of female friends Taylor Swift has surrounded herself with over the past few years. Though bringing them out on stage during shows and posing with them on the red carpet was an effort to show the importance of female support and friendship, it prompted something of a backlash - with many questioning whether the friendships were genuine, and struggling to relate to the glamorous aesthetic.
To read the full interview, pick up your free copy of NME magazine this Friday.
The 1975 will also be touring the new album in March. See the full list of UK dates below. For tickets and more information, visit here.
Saturday 5 March – London – O2 Brixton Academy
Monday 7 March – London – O2 Brixton Academy
Tuesday 8 March – London – O2 Brixton Academy
Wednesday 9 March – London – O2 Brixton Academy
Sunday 13 March – Manchester – O2 Apollo
Monday 14 March – Manchester – O2 Apollo
Tuesday 15 March – Manchester – O2 Apollo
Friday 18 March – Glasgow – O2 Academy
Saturday 19 March – Glasgow – O2 Academy
Tuesday 22 March – Birmingham – Barclaycard Arena
