The 1975 singer Matt Healy rants at David Cameron over EU referendum leaflet artwork
'Being White and middle class I have never felt truly f**ked over by the British Government. Until now'
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Your support makes all the difference.The lead singer of The 1975 is not happy with David Cameron.
Matt Healy was upset by neon lighting shown on the EU referendum guide, which he claimed riffed off artwork promoting The 1975’s album.
In a series of tweets which have since been deleted, he wrote: “You can't imbue my identity as an artist with something as divisive as The @eureferendum it's totally taking the p**s @AcademyFilms.
“Being White and middle class I have never felt truly f**ked over by the British Government. Until now.
”Oi @David_Cameron come up with your own visual identity you toff prat. You should know better even if you are a MASSIVE Tory."
But it seems his frustration at the artwork was misdirected. The leaflet was actually produced by the Electoral Commission, who told BuzzFeed they were inspired by a leaflet they created for the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum, which was published 18 months before The 1975 released their album.
“It also has that neon artwork because that worked so well, and we tried to re-create the success of it,” a spokesperson said. “There’s lots of campaign material and we needed something with the same aesthetic. We think the artwork looks cool and eye-catching and hopefully everyone’s going to read it.”
Healy made his peace with Mr Cameron shortly after.
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