The vocalist of the band ‘The 1975’ is involved in great controversy. The singer has been involved in several dimes and diretes, since he made some comments that netizens have described as ‘ insensitive ‘, Matt Healy made a post with the following message : “Please stop telling people to support you and be your support, nobody wants your EP or your merchandise, right now, Laura, we are going to die.”

— Billy Ellis // (@BILLYELLIS24) March 17, 2020 Many people have expressed their disagreement because they consider that the singer could be demeaning the work of independent musicians , emphasizing that he has asked for support for his projects, becoming a worldwide phenomenon , referring to this action as being very ‘ selfish ‘. Also, netizens took the singer’s publication as a ‘ misplaced joke ‘, due to a critical situation that the world is going through due to the COVID-19 virus , this global contingency has been out of control, there are many countries in which Very extreme measures have already been taken. After that tweet , the singer returned to post another message: ‘I eliminated that joke in case someone somewhere gets offended’, the singer’s fans and followers commented on his position on the matter , some defending him and others, on the other hand ‘canceling it’, later Matt Healy, replied to some users of that social network ‘Sorry, I am bored’ He also clarified that it was a joke about what happens on social networks , which was not a serious comment, ‘making that jump (conjecture) is dramatic and ridiculous in my opinion, I will not continue to apologize for everything Twitter says’

Also Matt Healy – “Don’t support local artists in times of crisis” — pol (@PolHamilton) March 17, 2020 What do you think of Healy’s statements?

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title: “Matt Healy Is Criticized After Making A Joke Of The Covid 19” ShowToc: true date: “2023-04-16” author: “Harriet Liew”


The vocalist of the band ‘The 1975’ is involved in great controversy. The singer has been involved in several dimes and diretes, since he made some comments that netizens have described as ‘ insensitive ‘, Matt Healy made a post with the following message : “Please stop telling people to support you and be your support, nobody wants your EP or your merchandise, right now, Laura, we are going to die.”

— Billy Ellis // (@BILLYELLIS24) March 17, 2020 Many people have expressed their disagreement because they consider that the singer could be demeaning the work of independent musicians , emphasizing that he has asked for support for his projects, becoming a worldwide phenomenon , referring to this action as being very ‘ selfish ‘. Also, netizens took the singer’s publication as a ‘ misplaced joke ‘, due to a critical situation that the world is going through due to the COVID-19 virus , this global contingency has been out of control, there are many countries in which Very extreme measures have already been taken. After that tweet , the singer returned to post another message: ‘I eliminated that joke in case someone somewhere gets offended’, the singer’s fans and followers commented on his position on the matter , some defending him and others, on the other hand ‘canceling it’, later Matt Healy, replied to some users of that social network ‘Sorry, I am bored’ He also clarified that it was a joke about what happens on social networks , which was not a serious comment, ‘making that jump (conjecture) is dramatic and ridiculous in my opinion, I will not continue to apologize for everything Twitter says’

Also Matt Healy – “Don’t support local artists in times of crisis” — pol (@PolHamilton) March 17, 2020 What do you think of Healy’s statements?

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