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== Music ==

In an interview with [[Annie Mac]] on [[BBC Radio 1]], Healy explained that the album would be inspired by British nighttime culture, adding that it contains references to "the beauty of the [[M25 motorway|M25]] and all those lights and going to [[McDonald's]] and listening to garage records in a haze in a [[Peugeot 205|Peugeot 206]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BBCR1/status/1052983449659817984|title=BBC Radio 1 on Twitter |date=18 October 2018 |website=Twitter |accessdate=15 January 2019}}</ref> He also told ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' that the album has a style similar to English [[alternative hip hop]] music group [[the Streets]] and British [[electronic musician]] [[Burial (musician)|Burial]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975-say-next-album-notes-conditional-form-sounds-like-streets-burial-2430754|title=The 1975 reveal surprise influences for next album 'Notes On A Conditional Form'.|last=Earls|first=John|date=14 January 2019|website=NME|accessdate=15 January 2019}}</ref> In a separate interview, he added that the record has "one of my best lyrics ever."<ref name="nme-krol">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975-matty-healy-2019-album-notes-conditional-form-uk-garage-best-lyrics-2414948|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says 2019 album 'Notes On A Conditional Form' has elements of UK garage and his "best lyrics ever"|last=Krol|first=Charlotte|date=30 November 2018|work=NME|accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref>

On Beats 1, Healy confirmed that the first single will be released at midnight on 31 May 2019, and said that the band are trying to decide between three songs to lead off the next album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Beats1/status/1098567270660329472|title="The first single comes out midnight, May 31st." @Truman_Black says @the1975 are trying to decide between three songs to lead off the next album.|date=2019-02-21|author=Beats1|accessdate=2019-02-21}}</ref> However, they did not release any new music on 31 May nor the weekend. Later that week, Healy stated "I will start putting music out in August but I really don't know when the whole album will be out".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/new-1975-album-music-for-cars-release-date-tour-dates-2151640 |title=The 1975's new album 'Notes On A Conditional Form': Release date, tour dates and everything we know so far |work=[[NME]] |date=4 June 2019 |accessdate=23 June 2019 |author=Connick, Tom}}</ref>

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==Style and composition==

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The album features elements of [[emo rock]],<ref>{{Cite website|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-details-and-artwork-of-the-1975s-sort-of-emo-new-album-notes-on-a-conditional-form-2476868| title= Matty Healy teases details and artwork of the new 1975 sort of emo new album|date= 15 April 2019|website= NME}}</ref> [[anarcho-punk]],<ref>{{Cite website|url=https://en.gramatune.com/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-the-sound-of-a-band-with-no-boundaries | title= The Sound of a Band with no Boundaries |date= 19 April 2019|website= Gramatune}}</ref> [[house music|house]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/review-1975-offer-one-great-161516152.html|title=Review: The 1975 offer one new great song after another |date= 18 May 2020|website= Yahoo News}} </ref> [[UK garage]],<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/21/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review| title= The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form review – music for the no-filter generation|date= 21 May 2020|website= The Guardian}}</ref> & [[industrial metal]]., <ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundigest.com/2019/08/27/the-1975-wake-up-and-get-mad-in-their-latest-single-people/|title=The 1975 Wake Up and Get Mad in Their Latest Single, "People"|last=Gross|first=Kiku|date=27 August 2019|website=Soundigest|accessdate=8 September 2019}}</ref> forming a more intense and electronic sound than the band's previous albums. During a [[/r/IAmA|Reddit AMA]] on 5 March 2019, a fan asked if the album would be a [[emo | heavy emo]] record, to which Healy responded "Kind of yeah".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/the1975/comments/axrn49/its_me_im_here_im_watching/ehvmaj8/|title=ACKLIOS comments on It's me I'm here I'm Watching |work=Reddit |accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref> He later reiterated the comment in an article with ''[[NME]]'' on 15 April 2019; "I'm an active emo man I suppose I’d call myself, I think that bands when they get to a stage that maybe we’re in they wanna kind of graduate into being like a massive rock band whereas we wanna graduate like into being a small emo band, if you know what I mean".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-details-and-artwork-of-the-1975s-sort-of-emo-new-album-notes-on-a-conditional-form-2476868|title=Matty Healy teases details and artwork of The 1975's "sort of emo" new album, 'Notes On A Conditional Form'|work=NME |accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref> The lead single "[[People (The 1975 song)|People]]" marked an experimental and harsh change in sound for the band, with the song incorporating punk, hardcore and industrial metal elements.

The album is a much heavier, intense and electronic album than the band's previous albums. During a [[/r/IAmA|Reddit AMA]] on 5 March 2019, a fan asked if the album would be a [[emo | heavy emo]] record, to which Healy responded "Kind of yeah".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/the1975/comments/axrn49/its_me_im_here_im_watching/ehvmaj8/|title=ACKLIOS comments on It's me I'm here I'm Watching |work=Reddit |accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref> He later reiterated the comment in an article with ''[[NME]]'' on 15 April 2019; "I'm an active emo man I suppose I’d call myself, I think that bands when they get to a stage that maybe we’re in they wanna kind of graduate into being like a massive rock band whereas we wanna graduate like into being a small emo band, if you know what I mean".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-teases-details-and-artwork-of-the-1975s-sort-of-emo-new-album-notes-on-a-conditional-form-2476868|title=Matty Healy teases details and artwork of The 1975's "sort of emo" new album, 'Notes On A Conditional Form'|work=NME |accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref> The lead single "[[People (The 1975 song)|People]]" marked an experimental and harsh change in sound for the band, with the song incorporating punk, hardcore and industrial metal elements.

Further experimentation for the band can be seen in tracks 'Yeah I Know,' 'Shiny Collarbone' and 'Having No Head' which incorporate elements of [[house music | house]], [[drum and bass]] and [[dubstep]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-2657813| title= This sprawling album, which encompasses everything from electronica to anarcho-punk, sees Matty Healy take a wrecking ball to his own ego}} </ref>In an interview with [[Annie Mac]] on [[BBC Radio 1]], Healy explained that the album would be inspired by British nighttime culture, adding that it contains references to "the beauty of the [[M25 motorway|M25]] and all those lights and going to [[McDonald's]] and listening to garage records in a haze in a [[Peugeot 205|Peugeot 206]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BBCR1/status/1052983449659817984|title=BBC Radio 1 on Twitter |date=18 October 2018 |website=Twitter |accessdate=15 January 2019}}</ref> He also told ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' that the album has a style similar to English [[alternative hip hop]] music group [[the Streets]] and British [[electronic musician]] [[Burial (musician)|Burial]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975-say-next-album-notes-conditional-form-sounds-like-streets-burial-2430754|title=The 1975 reveal surprise influences for next album 'Notes On A Conditional Form'.|last=Earls|first=John|date=14 January 2019|website=NME|accessdate=15 January 2019}}</ref> In a separate interview, he added that the record has "one of my best lyrics ever."<ref name="nme-krol">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975-matty-healy-2019-album-notes-conditional-form-uk-garage-best-lyrics-2414948|title=The 1975's Matty Healy says 2019 album 'Notes On A Conditional Form' has elements of UK garage and his "best lyrics ever"|last=Krol|first=Charlotte|date=30 November 2018|work=NME|accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref> These influences inspired the much darker and electronic sound of the album.