Love Me

“Love Me” is about rejecting superficiality of fame and embracing the fans. The song’s “genesis” took place shortly before The 1975’s first show at the Brixton Academy in January of 2014. As the lead single for the band’s sophomore album, “Love Me” premiered during Annie Mac’s Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1. During its premiere, frontman Matty Healy explained that the song referred to their narcissistic nature in regard to their rise to fame and expressed how they want to evolve with their fans.

[Verse 1] And hey, would you like to look outside sometimes? (No!) I'm just with my friends online And there's things we'd like to change (Oh! Yeah) Next thing you'll find you're reading 'bout yourself on a plane, fame, what a shame (Oh!) Well, just keep looking, looking, looking, looking! [Chorus] And love me (Yeah) If that's what you wanna do, oh (Yeah? No) And love me (Yeah) If that's what you wanna do, oh (Yeah? No) [Verse 2] You've been reading 'bout yourself on a plane, fame for a change Caught up in fashion, Karcrashian panache And a bag of bash for passion You got a beautiful face, but got nothing to say (Oh!) "You look famous, let's be friends And portray we possess something important And do the things we'd like" "We've just come to represent A decline in the standards of what we accept!" Yeah, yeah, yeah? No [Chorus] And love me (Yeah, oh) If that's what you wanna do, oh (Yeah? No) And love me (Love me, yeah) If that's what you wanna do, oh (Yeah? No) [Interlude] [Bridge] Oh, so sack off your calendar, give it to the people Be the man that gets them up on their feet Say "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh" [Chorus] And love me (Yeah) Oh (Yeah? No) And love me (Yeah) If that's what you wanna do (Oh, yeah)