PSA: No one talk to The 1975 fans today. On Oct. 14, The 1975 released their new, highly-anticipated album Being Funny in a Foreign Language. Die-hard fans have eagerly been waiting for the album’s release, wondering whether the band would feature guest artists on any of their new tracks (I was really hoping for Phoebe Bridgers, but oh well) and if it would live up to the hype of previous albums. But what fans couldn’t have anticipated was The 1975’s unexpected homage to “Robbers” and their old music in their new song “About You.”
“About You” features The 1975’s classic dreamy sound along with Matty Healy’s faded vocals and iconic saxophone playing off in the background, reminiscent of their first self-titled album from 2013, The 1975. Healy wistfully sings lines like, “I know a place / It’s somewhere I go when I need to remember your face,” and “Do you think I have forgotten? / Do you think I have forgotten? / Do you think I have forgotten? About you?” BRB, crying.
The song is making fans super nostalgic, with one Twitter user even describing the song as feeling like “being greeted by an old friend and reuniting with your old self” — and honestly, I couldn’t think of a better way to put it. I already know that I’m going to be playing this song on repeat all day and reminiscing about when I heard The 1975 for the first time back in middle school. Read on for some of the best Twitter reactions about “About You.”