Dirty Hit Limited are the private company behind Dirty Hit, the record label with whom The 1975 have released their entire discography. Healy was appointed director in December 2018 and was active in the role until his termination in April 2023.

Pitchfork were informed that the move was “administrative in nature” though neither The 1975 nor Dirty Hit Limited have commented on the change.

Fans are speculating over the reasoning behind Matty’s termination however, linking his controversial behaviour on social media and on tour to the change in role, though this has not been confirmed by either party involved.

One fan suggested Matty “pretends it’s a choice” following his social media accounts being banned in addition to no longer being a company director, but is ultimately scathing towards his recent actions.

imagine matty’s twitter was actually banned and now his insta is too and he was fired as dirty hit director but he pretends it’s a choice and all “new era of not being a fucking asshole”

— eva (@ratthealy) April 10, 2023

Another fan joked that this is simply due to tax reasons, owed to the timing of Matty’s termination.  

Matty ‘resigning’ from dirty hit at the end of the tax year? He’s just tryna commit tax evasion guys — niche internet micro celebrity land_sam02 (@land_sam02) April 6, 2023

The link between The 1975 and Dirty Hit runs deep, leaving fans questioning what this means for the band moving forwards. Matty has collaborated with multiple artists also signed to Dirty Hit, including No Rome, Beabadoobee and the Japanese House, in essence making Matty the face of the label.

Matty literally is Dirty Hit so like…I’m intrigued

— Emily (@Emily__483) April 6, 2023

Healy is no stranger to being at the centre of controversial news, recently facing backlash for his comments on women as a guest on The Adam Friedland Show, in addition to judging Harry Styles for his “queerbaiting” behaviour and mocking Scottish English.

This followed a string of questionable behaviour during The 1975’s At Their Very Best tour, which saw Matty doing everything from eating raw meat on stage to pulling fans up on stage to kiss them.

so matty healy just french kissed me pic.twitter.com/2v06jUZPBS — giulia (@dntyoumind) January 8, 2023

Matty’s behaviour has been questioned by fans and news outlets alike, ultimately leaving them questioning whether this truly is performance art or whether this show of personality is reason enough for his directorship to be terminated in the interest of PR.

The 1975 are set to play multiple festivals across the UK, with tickets available to purchase here.

07/06/2023 – St. Anne’s Park – Dublin

11/06/2023 – Parklife Festival – Manchester

02/07/2023 – Finsbury Park – London

09/07/2023 – TRNSMT Festival – Glasgow

Stream The 1975’s latest album, Being Funny In a Foreign Language, here.

CARM released the official music video for Land today via YouTube and other social-media platforms. The video features CARM sitting in nature on a stool and seemingly waiting for something, checking his watch over and over again. A symbol no doubt of the times. Bon Iver’s vocals mixed with CARM’s trumpet duetting all throughout make for a calming and nearly nostalgic sound.

While Vernon and CARM have collaborated before on multiple Bon Iver albums, Vernon has made his debut this year as a feature solo artist on many famous new tracks. Japanese House released the single Dionne in August with a feature from Vernon and Swamp Dogg’s Sleeping Without You is Such a Dragg had the pleasure of working with Bon Iver’s lead singer in January at the beginning of the year.

The most famous collaboration Vernon has participated in during the 2020 year however was his work on Taylor Swift’s newest released album Folklore. The fourth track off Swift’s surprise album, Exile, features Bon Iver in a soulful duet that rose to the top of the charts quickly after it’s release.

Vernon has continued to release new singles with band Bon Iver in 2020 on top of the multiple features on other artist’s singles and albums. Bon Iver’s most recent upbeat track, AUATC, has been widely received since it’s August release however there has been no announcements as to whether there will be an album to follow.

Vernon has played live events during the 2020 calendar year in an attempt to campaign for the democratic party for presidential election in the United States of America. He debuted Bon Iver’s new single Things Behind Things Behind Things during a primary event for Bernie Sanders this April and he continues to encourage voting on all social platforms. After the death of the American supreme court judge Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Vernon wrote and performed a song in tribute to her called Your Honor as part of the For Wisconsin voting initiative event.

Land is now another feature in the long line of work that Justin Vernon has done throughout the 2020 year. Whether it be political, or in Land‘s case, pushing the music industry forward with high quality instrumentation, Vernon is certainly busy despite the global pandemic and it’s setbacks. Vernon’s the front-man of the famous indie band Bon Iver and they are just as busy with scheduled tour dates to perform their latest singles and 2019 album I,I late in the 2021 calendar.

Bon Iver UK and Ireland Tour Dates:

24/10/2021 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
25/10 – The SSE HYDRO – Glasgow
27/10 – Manchester Arena – Manchester
29/10 – 3Arena – Dublin
01/11 – SSE Arena Wembley – London (SOLD OUT)