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The 1975 (2019 song)

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 24, 2021 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:35, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg

"The 1975" is a song by the band of the same name and the first track on Notes on a Conditional Form (2020), their fourth album. In the song, Greta Thunberg calls for civil disobedience in response to climate change, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Each of their three previous albums began with a self-titled track that used a different set of lyrics, beginning "Go down / Soft sound", but the lead vocalist Matty Healy thought it was important to give a platform to Thunberg, the "voice of this generation". After the recording in Stockholm, they released the song earlier than intended—on 24 July 2019. Proceeds from the song were donated to the grassroots environmental movement Extinction Rebellion, at Thunberg's request. The band opened encores at their performances with the song, before the COVID-19 pandemic halted their touring. It received positive reception from music critics, many of whom praised the album's transition from the end of "The 1975" into the punk rock song "People". (Full article...)