The 1975 unveil release date for new album Being Funny in a Foreign Language

The follow-up to 2020’s Notes on a Conditional Form will be released on Friday 14th October, as confirmed by The 1975’s official mailing list.

The first track from the album, ‘Part of the Band’, is set to debut as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record tonight (Thursday) at 6pm BST. A video will follow at 7pm BST, recently filmed on a Kent nudist beach.

Being funny in a foreign language- October 14th pic.twitter.com/Knt5c1SFZZ

— The 1975 News (@the1975_mfc) July 6, 2022

Matty Healy posted a saxophone-flecked, 10-second clip of the imminent song on his Instagram page late last month. Elsewhere, the lyrics for ‘Part Of The Band’ were revealed on a series of black-and-white billboards.

This August, The 1975 will make their live return, playing two gigs as part of Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival. The gigs will mark the band’s first live shows since they performed at Dublin's 3Arena back in March 2020.

Last week, Healy rejoined Reddit to share new details on the album, telling fans: “Hey guys I’ve just started doing interviews where I explain the record and it’s context.”

He went on to explain that ‘New York’, a song believed to be a new 1975 track that he performed live in Los Angeles while supporting Phoebe Bridgers last year, is actually by Dirty Hit labelmate Benjamin Francis Leftwich.

“I love the song and it didn’t have a bridge. So when I opened up for Phoebe I kinda wanted to do that old school Greenwich Village folk scene thing where people used to just play songs that were knocking around by other artists,” he explained.

“The bridge was written by me. And then became ‘Part of the Band’. ‘New York’ will be finished eventually but is not a song of The 1975. Love you see you really soon x.”

Being Funny in a Foreign Language tracklist.

The 1975
Happiness
Looking For Somebody (To Love)
Part of the Band
Oh Caroline
I’m In Love With You
All I Need To Hear
Wintering
Human Too
About You
When We Are Together