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Specific praise was given to the production, lyrics and the 1975's embrace of pop music, drawing comparisons to M83, Daft Punk, MGMT, and Passion Pit. "The Sound" appeared on numerous year-end and decade-end lists, including NME, Pitchfork and Time.
"The 1975" is the opening song on the 1975's fourth album, Notes on a Conditional Form. [8] Healy initially said that the band were choosing between three songs to release on 31 May 2019 as the lead single of the album. [25] However, "The 1975" was the first song to be released, on 24 July 2019, and the lead single "People" debuted on 22 August.
The lyrics both celebrate and admonish narcissism, ego and fame, acting as a commentary on modern society's obsession with celebrities. Upon release, "Love Me" received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who compared it to David Bowie and Prince. Reviewers praised the song's unexpected sound, production and Healy's vocals.
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Antonio Harris of Soundigest opined that the music video for "TooTimeTooTimeTooTime" suited the song's technology-themed lyrics, saying: "The song is all about communications among the online age, and [t]he 1975's fan base represents this perfectly." [38] Alessandra Rincón of Billboard praised the colourful backdrops of the visual. [43]
There were no words in the syllables used in the finalised stem, but phonetically the sample sounded like the phrase "loving someone", so the 1975 developed the lyrics around that. [1] Speaking with Dork ' s Ali Shutler, Healy revealed that "Loving Someone" was inspired by the line "Hey kids, we’re all just the same.
Puth spoke about "Somebody Else" in a 2016 interview with Michael Baggs of BBC, revealing it was the one song he wished to have penned himself. The singer praised the track's simplicity, chord structure and Healy's vocals, telling Baggs: "I love the way [the 1975] paint a picture lyrically.
Reviewers praised its 1980s-style production and embodiment of the 1975's signature sound, favourably comparing the song to the music of Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, and the Cure. In her review of Notes on a Conditional Form, Samantha Small of Consequence of Sound deemed "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)" an "Essential Track". [33]