Dive into a world of creativity!
Swiftly - Blog Posts
our field of dreams
Matty Healy heading into Taylor Swift’s apartment, May 2023
Taylor gave us a 1970’s themed game show called Midnights (the title tracks on the first three 1975 albums all start with “go down / soft sound / midnight”) Mayhem (the name of Matty’s black dog) with Me (Taylor and the 1975 both have songs titled “Me”). Just pointing it out because no one gives her credit for that specific batch of easter eggs ⏰🥚
I’ve been looking sad in all the nicest places
Framed photograph of Joseph Beuys’ 1974 performance, I Like America and America Likes Me in the 1975’s music video for “Sincerity is Scary.”
Taylor Swift at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in the “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” music video.
“One More Time”
Cornelia Parker
St Pancras International Station, May 28 - November 2, 2015
Cornelia Parker’s work, One More Time, in 2015, was a working replica of the station’s DENT London clock. Reversed out in black and silver, it became reminiscent of a photographic negative. The black clock was suspended 16 metres in front of the original, so for those alighting from the trains the original face will gradually appear eclipsed.
One More Time was conceived to invoke meditative thoughts on the passage of time, life and mortality: “The clock is the most conscious focus of a railway station, a dominant force. Everyone is watching the clock, checking if they are late.
I’ve been looking sad in all the nicest places
(I’m gonna get you back)
Matty Healy performing the 1975 song “Sex” with Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional at St. Pancras Old Church in London on November 14, 2018.
Sometimes playing pretend is the only way you can truly find out who you are.
Matty Healy during The 1975's 'Still...At Their Very Best' tour at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles (October 2, 2023)