“Thank you. Stop talking. Listen. This is our second NME Award. The first time we were the shittest band. Now it’s for being good, so I don’t know what that proves. I don’t think it proves anything, I think it proves that…hey listen (NME Editor) Mike (Williams) came out this evening and he said if you’re an artist, we have a duty to make pop music didactic. I know this is unfashionable and boring and no-one really gives a fuck but everything is fucked. And if your music isn’t purposefully informative, then there’s no point to it. So let’s make sure that we do that. Thank you.”
Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-matt-healey-everything-is-fucked-vo5-nme-awards-201-1977002#cmbqJyUgZYdHP3E9.99
Personal note: I love when a complete 180 happens and you have the opportunity to say the truth.
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