In 2017, The 1975 announced their third studio album would be titled ''Music for Cars'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/04/the-1975-music-for-cars-new-album/|title=The 1975 Announce New Album Music for Cars|date=2017-04-27|work=Spin|access-date=2018-12-02}}</ref>, in reference to their [[Music for Cars|third extended play of the same name]]. Lead signer Matty Healy stated on Twitter that the band would release the album in 2018, followed by the release of an album under the name Drive Like I Do's, the band's previous moniker, debut album in the spring of the next coming years. On 31 May 2018, the band released the single "[[Give Yourself a Try]]" from their third studio album, now titled ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''. With the release came the announcement that ''Music for Cars'' was no longer an album, but rather an "era" containing two albums, scrapping the planned Drive Like I Do album in favor of releasing a fourth studio album in May of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Beats1/status/1002263450632925184|title=Beats 1 on Twitter|website=Twitter|language=en|access-date=2018-12-02}}</ref>.
