Episode 1541
The 1975 (2019 song)
Sat, 2021-Jul-24 01:05 UTC
Length - 2:00
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The featured article for Saturday, 24 July 2021 is The 1975 (2019 song).
"The 1975" is a song by the band of the same name from their fourth studio album, Notes on a Conditional Form. It was released on 24 July 2019, and included on the album as the opening track in May 2020. It continues the tradition of the band's albums opening with an eponymous song, but where the previous three had a shared set of lyrics sung by Matty Healy, the 2019 song uses different lyrics delivered by the environmental activist Greta Thunberg. She calls for civil disobedience in response to climate change, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in a modified version of her speech "Our House Is on Fire" from the 2019 World Economic Forum.
The song was recorded in June 2019. Proceeds went to the grassroots movement Extinction Rebellion and the song's release coincided with measures by the band to reduce their environmental impact. When touring in 2019 and 2020, prior to COVID-19 lockdowns, the band opened their encore with "The 1975". The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who praised its emotional impact, the message and the transition on Notes on a Conditional Form from the song into the lead single "People".
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:05 UTC on Saturday, 24 July 2021.
For the full current version of the article, see The 1975 (2019 song) on Wikipedia.
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