The 1975’s Matty Healy seemed to dismiss 5 Seconds Of Summer as a “faddy” band in a new interview extolling the virtues of his own.
Fresh from a hugely popular performance at Glastonbury Festival, during which they introduced themselves as “your new favourite band,” Healy spoke to MTV about what makes his band great.
“One of the things that I love about The 1975,” he said, “is now I’ve realised that we're kind of this gateway band. Gateway bands used to exist, but they were normally shitty - you know, bands that straddled between the truly alternative scene and the mainstream market. A soft, easy band for the kids to transition from the Backstreet Boys to fucking Cannibal Corpse or whatever it may be.”
He continued, ”With us, of course we're gonna get a lot of kids who were into, I don't know, 5 Seconds of Summer. And then they get inside and they realise: I can stay here. I can grow with this band. This isn't a faddy thing. This isn't the Backstreet Boys. You're not being told to like us.”
Meanwhile, you can read Healy’s powerful speech in the wake of the EU referendum results here.
