Matty Healy Tells College Student That The 1975 Have a Ton of Music in the Pipeline

It’s been more than three years since The 1975 released their fifth studio album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language. But according to singer Matty Healy, next year could bring a deluge of new music from the group.

Healy spilled the beans on Tuesday (Dec. 2) during a chat with a fan at Gateshead College in England when he participated in a Q&A with students. The student was curious what the band meant when it flashed the word “DOGS” on a screen at the end of their Glastonbury set this summer. When the group closed out the Pyramid Stage on June 27, “DOGS” flashed on the screen in red across the stage, after it was also prominently displayed on drummer George Daniels’ drum kit during the set.

Healy confirmed to the student that DOGS is the name of their upcoming album, then teased, “we made two. It might be one, it might be two… but yeah, we’ve made two albums.” At press time no additional information was available on the album(s) and a spokesperson for the group had not yet responded to Billboard‘s request for confirmation on the band’s album release plans.

According to the NME, in May, the band’s manager, Jamie Oborne teased that the Glastonbury gig was the only one the 1975 would play this year because they are working to finalize their “pretty extraordinary” new album. Those comments came after fans began getting ramped up for the band’s next era in March of this year when they changed their logo and updated their social media profiles.

Oborne was tight-lipped when it came to details, saying only that Healy and company were “making a record at the moment. I don’t know when it will come out, but they’re making one… I think they’ve earned the right to take their time. The world’s gonna be listening, so it needs to be right.”

Being Funny in a Foreign Language was released in Oct. 2022 and peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 album chart.