The frontman was speaking in this week's NME cover story The 1975‘s Matty Healy has spoken out after a sample of his voice at the NME Awards 2020 was used in Slowthai‘s recent track ‘Enemy’.
The song, which arrived earlier this month, opens with a sample of Healy addressing the audience after Slowthai’s appearance at the event was marred in controversy. “Everyone, send your thoughts to Slowthai,” Healy can be heard saying. “Fuck knows where he is, but god bless the boy.” Later in the track a female voice declares: “Slowthai, you have officially been cancelled.
C**t.” Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read, Healy explained how the Northampton rapper had contacted him to approve the sample.
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