Beabadoobee has praised The 1975‘s “awesome” new album, saying that “no one’s fucking ready” for how good it is.The singer-songwriter, who is this week’s NME Big Read cover star, said in the interview that The 1975 singer Matty Healy has been sending her songs from ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ to listen to ahead of its release in October.Beabadoobee (real name Bea Lauss) was reflecting on The 1975’s help on her fifth EP, 2021’s ‘Our Extended Play’, which led to Healy co-writing ‘You’re Here That’s The Thing’ and ‘Pictures Of Us’ for her new album ‘Beatopia‘.
Their friendship also secured Lauss the position of being able to hear new The 1975 music in advance.“I’ve heard a few songs off of it – he’s [been] sending me one like every day; it’s sick,” Lauss said of Healy. “And it’s fucking awesome.
No one’s fucking ready.”Previously uncomfortable with the idea of collaborating in general, Lauss told NME that she has since learned to embrace it and has Healy and co.
to thank for encouraging her to approach songwriting more collaboratively.She said that Healy is “like an annoying older brother”, adding: “Matty’s amazing at lyrics, so he really helped me in that way.
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