#Matty concepts

[joe-spookyy]

what if a werewolf was a filmbro

[jojoseames]

While in the theater seeing "Madame Web" for a second time, I got to thinking how in a better, brighter universe, there would have been some kind of fast food tie-in promotion for this movie, with little Madame Web toys for children. Here, I have illustrated the concept as it exists in my heart, with both the toys and the box they would have come in. 🖤

Ink & Digital JoJo Seames, 2024

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

AWAKEN THE AGELESS

by Ari-Matti Toivonen

[wrestletotheground]

manager!matty au anyone?

girlie having a secret affair with her boss yk the vibe 🤭

[cainveins]

I want to listen to that two hour long matty healy interview but that would mean I'd have to listen to matty healy talk for two hours

[thegreatestfilmnevermade]

The 1975 Concept Album (Detailed)

'A Sight For Sore Eyes' by The 1975

I did the 1975's job and came up with some (lots) of ideas for their sixth studio album. Coming (never) to stores December 2024!

Covers + Tracklist + Details about each song, story, genres, etc BELOW

Tracklist

The 1975

Bite The Bullet

Spilt Milk

Clíodna

Make Me Immortal

Stand Out (In A Crowd)

Please See My Lover

Crocodile Tears (Interlude)

Stop Making Sense!

FYI!

Best For Me

My Final Bow

Pistol (In My Hand)

Covers

Would be shot somewhere in London or Manchester. Think (What's The Story?) by Oasis. I sketched other versions but couldn't make it look pretty for Tumblr :(

Ideally, it would be a guy in a black coat walking through a park, this kinda shot like the image below on the left. And the back of it would have the band in a park in the middle of the night, sitting on a bench with a street lamp right next to them. Healy would be leaning against the lamp, the rest of the band would sit on the bench, with one of them lying down in their laps. They face away from the camera. The shot would like the image below on the right.

Story

This, in my deranged, delusional head, is a concept album that follows a single narrative from the perspective of a single person. 

It follows a rockstar who can't remember the day before, permanently in a state of amnesia, but felt entirely compelled to create, perform, and fall in and out of the obsession. He falls in love, obsesses over a muse, yearns to be remembered, to be immortalised. Over the course of the story, he explores his relationship to art, sex, politics, drugs, the ephemerality of life and music, and optimistic nihilism. 

The story is linear - with him finding meaning in the lack of meaning.

Track by track & inspiration

Playlist for direct reference:

Every song has specific inspirations! Most tracks have a specific inspiration from one of their (The 1975's) songs, and another one. Most are inspired by the sound not the lyrical content. Another note: Ideally, they would all transition perfectly into the next, but be able to stand well on their own as well.

The 1975

Song inspiration: The 1975 (Being Funny In A Foreign Language) by the 1975 + Thirteen by Big Star

Guitar driven, slow start. 1/2 bass/drums come in & choir. Build up, and transition perfectly into track two.

Set the scene, as usual. Re-Introduce, welcome back! We're in for a ride! Essentially a prologue.

2. Bite The Bullet (Note: This would be the single!)

Song inspiration: You First by Paramore + Sex by The 1975

Fresh, nostalgic rock sound.

Story starts...The protagonist is in a bad state. He doesn't want to perform, but thousands are waiting. He's resentful to everybody. He owes it only to himself to prove that he can do it.

NOTE: This would have a music video, in my head I picture Harris Dickinson, with like 5 minutes straight of dialogue directed by Noah Bombauch. Looks very A24. Each band member would make a cameo.

3. Spilt Milk (Yes, this is a reference to Milk)

Song inspiration: Antichrist by The 1975 + Scott Street by Phoebe Bridgers

Strings, drama, cinematic quality.

He can't remember who he is, he doesn't recognise anybody he loves. He awakens with no memory, and then meets her. He must create.

4. Clíodna (Reference to Celtic goddess of the sea, the Otherworld, passion and love, and deep beauty)

Song inspiration: Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied by The 1975 + Jackie and Wilson by Hozier

Gospel, bluesy, rock-funk, choir, piano.

He's confused by everything - except for her. He clings to her, he is desperate for a muse. Someone to idealise. He hates himself for it, his self-awareness getting the better of him, but not enough to stop himself from putting her on a pedestal.

5. Make Me Immortal (I don't know why this title, don't question it)

Song inspiration: All I Need To Hear by The 1975 + I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free by Nina Simone

Soul piano ballad, jazz, gospel, blues.

He must compose, he must write. He must be an artist. He starts expressing his deep seated need to be remembered, despite his own lack of memory. He wants to be heard in an endless crowd and be understood. He faces his mortality, his mighty imagination, and even considers religion. Things get really political and confusing.

6. Stand Out (In A Crowd) (Every song title from here on onward is totally random)

Song inspiration: Playing On My Mind by The 1975 + Virgin Veins by Coma Cinema + Landslide by Fleetwood Mac

Stripped back, calm, vulnerable, acoustic.

Away from the crowd, he returns to his muse. His muse doesn't recognise him anymore, but he hasn't changed - she has. He is stuck permanently, forgetting himself, the world, not quite growing up. Who is he without her? Who is he?

7. Please See My Lover

Song inspiration: Please Send Me Someone To Love by Fiona Apple + Buddy's Rendevouz by Father John Misty and Lana Del Rey

Jazz ballad, blues, strings.

She's gone. He turns to alcohol and dreams of memories that never happened. if he can't have her, he'll have materials, substance, and he will be remembered. Commentary on people's dependency on materials and lack of connections.

8. Crocodile Tears (Interlude)

Song inspiration: When I'm On My Own You Are On My Mind by Labi Siffre + Interlude: I'm Not Angry Anymore by Paramore + That Funny Feeling (Cover) by Phoebe Bridgers

Acoustic interlude, fast-paced guitar driven, end with quiet strings and real external audio (of family, friends, news, etc)

Observations of the world, questioning his place as an artist in the grand scheme of things. Does this even matter? He's trying to move on from her. He sees the hope in people, humanity, but where is it in him? Is art selfish? He doesn't know. He knows we don't know either.

9. Stop Making Sense! (In reference to The Talking Heads)

Song inspiration: Can't Behave by Courtney Jaye + Murder On The Dance Floor (triple j Cover) by Royel Otis + Spiderwebs by No Doubt + Fisrt Date by blink-182 + Me & You Together Song by The 1975

90s-2000s pop-rock, country inspired blues rock

Alright, so there's hope. But right now, he's pissed and wants to dance. No more muse, falling out with his family, friends and he hates every song he writes - the star has turned to further substance abuse to cope. It's cool, though. Doesn't this guitar riff sound sick?

10. FYI!

Song inspiration: Get It Right The First Time by Billy Joel + The Louvre by Lorde + UGH! by The 1975

Funk, synth-pop (hints of disco/electro), new wave (rock)

Drugs and alcohol are epic! Who cares he can't perform for a crowd (or in bed??) anymore! Bigger things to worry about. He feels insanely unloveable in a world of mass communication. Anyway, life sucks, but at least materials are cool. Capitalism doesn't suck all the time. The government has failed us and we've become desensitised, ignorant pricks. Next club?

11. Best For Me

Song inspirations: Real Love Baby by Father John Misty + Sincerity Is Scary by The 1975 + Tired of Being Alone by Al Green

R&B, neo-soul, gospel choir, jazz ballad.

He's wondering how she's doing. He can't remember how it all went down. He just remembers the feeling. He's starting to think adulthood is getting worse - drugs and aging are making it harder to make new friends. Was it always this hard making friends? He starts to reminisce of home, childhood friends. Do they remember him? Do they think of him when they see his name? Does he remember them?

12. My Final Bow (I hate this title so much)

Song inspiration: Movin' On Up by Primal Scream + About You by The 1975 + ARE WE SITLL FRIENDS? by Tyler, The Creator

Britpop, shoegaze, cinematic, pop-rock ballad.

On stage, vulnerable. This might be the only place he feels truly loved. No matter how much he forgets, he will never forget the feeling, the pure thrill, of performance. He pleads to the crowd to love him forever. Immortalise him. He reveals he has been hiding a new muse (he doesn't remember her), he won't make the same mistake (he doesn't know what it was).

13. Pistol (In My Hand) 

Song inspiration: Lostmyhead by The 1975 + I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes) by The 1975 + Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin

Britpop power ballad, cinematic, hard-rock, slow buiild.

He's back where he started - not wanting to perform. He's crashing from the intense substance abuse. He wants to remember. He can't remember how it feels to be hugged anymore. This time he doesn't bite the bullet, and doesn't go out. He wants to call his dad.

Ends on a voicemail to his dad because he isn’t remembered.

END OF ALBUM.

Anyway, this was all for funsies. I'm excited for whatever album they'll release next, I am really pulling and praying for a bluesy/rock album. Get religious and political, have some epic references to mythology even, you know? Whatever they do, whether it's another 80s synth party, or electro ambience, or heavy metal, I'm sure they'll smash it out of the park.

I have put way too much time into this so: Logging out!

[applesfallingfromblondehair]

Chatting with friends about the new pics Patty posted today and @its-a-soft-science came up with this genius interpretation of them.

Matty's sitting in each of the four chairs, each representing one member of the band, and sort of doing impressions of all of them. Let me demonstrate:

this is Matty (duh)

this is George, who these days is very cool and detached-looking and I feel like Matty's just missing those stupid yellow sunglasses to complete the picture

this is Ross, and specifically Ross while "sitting and necking a beer and thinking about kindness and football during a song with no bass" (not my words, but they're too good not to include)

and this is Hann, constantly facepalming at Matty's shenanigans and bullying and cancellations because he is, in fact, the dad of the band.

This is a genius concept, and my friends are also geniuses ✨

[grocerystorelist]

thinking about confessional girl starting to go to sunday mass and getting on her knees in front of priest matty to receive communion and him impassively putting the wafer on her tongue and it riling her up soooo bad because he has just ignored her since that night. she’s giving him her best fuck me eyes and staring up at him through her lashes and he is just standing there like a little bitch but inside he is trying so hard not to stick his fingers in her mouth and press down on her tongue and make her suck them

[the1975attheirverybest]

ohmygod blurb this pleeaaseeee https://twitter.com/strghtoutamag/status/1684421064888307712?s=46&t=xaBoZPI0h5lkCj6vqL_9cg

Ok, even though requests are closed. I'm a people pleaser and don't know how to set boundaries, so here you go. it's a bit short.

warnings: none

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"Hey baby?" Matty settled into the makeshift seat he'd assumed on the toilet cover, leaning his back against the cold bathroom wall and smiling up at her as she scoured her makeup bag in front of the mirror.

"mhm." she mumbled an acknowledgement of his presence, keeping her eyes on her mascara tubes and concealer bottles.

"you're pretty." he chirped, giggling to himself.

"Thanks, Matty." she looked down at the products she'd assembled to make sure she had everything: primer, foundation, concealer, eyebrow pencil, eyeshadow palettes, highlighter and blush combo, lip liner and lipstick, and, of course, mascara.

"No, I mean, you're pretty. You don't need- all THAT" he crossed his legs and pointed to her assembly line. "don't need makeup at all."

she turned to face him, cracking a smile as soon as their eyes met, and blowing him a kiss before turning back to the mirror again.

"I know I don't. I'm stunning. I just do it cuz I like it, not cuz I wanna be pretty."

Matty clapped dramatically shouting out praise and calling her a queen. She chuckled, shaking her head as his applause echoed around the bathroom.

"What's all this, anyway?" he asked as the noise that he'd caused died down.

"You've worn makeup before! You know how it is."

"I usually just put on a bit of color on my eyelids, some lipstick, and called it a day. You....look like you're discovering a new chemical element.... for example, what's that invisible shit that you're putting on right now? I never did that."

It was hard for her not to laugh and pause her precise application and delicate brush work every time Matty spoke. "That's a primer. you put it on before your makeup so that it stays on."

Matty took in her explanation, mulling it over in silence for a moment. She thought she'd satisfied his curiosity, but he spoke again. "like pre-treating a canvas before painting?"

"exactly."

" is that why i used to look like someone had punched me in the eye by the end of every gig back when I wore makeup?"

"sure...let's go with that explanation." she gave him a playful smile through their reflections in the mirror.

"what step are you on now?" he asked, his eyes studying her movements with the reverence of a child looking up at their parents. It was endearing how invested her was.

"Why don't you come over here. Wanna try this stuff? I could do your face..."

"really?" to her surprise, Matty was on his feet instantly.

A willing subject at first, Matty giggled and squirmed whenever her makeup brushes "tickled" his face. It definitely doesn't take her that long to do her own face.

"Alright, all done. you can look in the mirror now." she clasped her hands together, proud of her inspired work. "do you like it?"

"...wow." Matty's lips rounded as he studied himself in the mirror. "I look- I'm glowing. Fuck and the way you made those colors look like they blend together- it's- i'm gorgeous." He turned his face to one side then the other, admiring himself from all angles, then messing with his hair a bit.

"Okay, just let me take a picture of you first, before you wash it off."

He frowned, turning to look at her as she pulled out her phone.

"wash it off? why would I wash it off? after allll that work you put into it-"

"what, you're gonna be seen in public with a full face of makeup on?"

"it's called glam" he made a gesture of flipping his hair. "and, yeah, why the fuck not?"

[oh-bonerline]

Matty: 'Imagine yourself with a little more otter energy, without the presence of doubt, worry, or skepticism.' Those are your three defining characteristics, I think: Doubt, worry, and skepticism. Ross: You're right. That is pretty much what I've got to look forward to.

[stood-onthecliffside]

taylor showing that the narrator (her and not her at once) shifted from the lover house in the eras tour is just a pretty concept in hindsight,, (and a very midnights concept according to me) yes love (self or platonic or romantic or family) changes it never moves in a tangent direction as you expect it,, sometimes moving away from that love into a bigger or a smaller 'house' is exactly what you need and you can't fight it,,, it's like some appreciate big gestures while others small (it is all about finding the balance very mirrorball if you must). the thing is that love and the person who stores this love grow and change everyday- it doesn't make them a hero or villain it simply makes them human.

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

THE THURSANOTH

by Ari-Matti Toivonen

[justanamesstuff]

i’m glad he’s back to shitposting. it’s like a warm hug

It is!!! The world is better when Matty posts GMG! It’s like a little reassurance that the man we love is still there ❤️

[lottiecrabie]

a lot of the time when you work in a restaurant as a teenage girl your work bestie is some next up random man and so i would like to submit adam hann for this role

AH this is so funny. adam taking you under his wing and looking out for you like he’s a mother goose you’ve imprinted on. he has to hear in Graphic details how you and one of his best friends are hooking up in the restaurant Against his will. every time matty does something kinda romantic like kiss your forehead after sleeping together you’re like what do you think this means adam?? coming to his host stand to bother him when it’s quiet. he is just exasperated all the time but he still loves you

[imightgetbetter]

Matty going on a ‘I love my wife’ rant for the TOOTIMETOOTIME intro with the auto tune

it's very much like the birthday show of tour and everyone's been having a good time all day and she's on the side just hanging out and all of a sudden matty's doing his little dance and he's like "my wife's so hot .. she's hot as shit" or something so absolutely ridiculous that has all of them laughing and she's shaking her head and hiding her face and he goes over to her and even goes as far to jump off the stage and kiss her and everyone is laughing and it's so lighthearted but sentimental and sweet because everyone in the room knows it's her birthday and they've already sung to her and it's just him taking the piss out of it at that point

[ready-set-shenanigans]

Just some sketches ive done last few days