The 1975 used to have all of their music videos in black and white, which was fitting of the genre. All of their music videos feature the lead singer in them regardless if they are narrative or performance based, apart from a few, for example 'Heart Out', 'Chocolate' and 'Ugh'
The 1975- Somebody else
Narrative
The band have also created what could be interpreted as one single love / break up story throughout their music videos:
Robbers - When the two characters are in love
A change of heart - The characters break up
Somebody else - The fallout for the male character
Inter textual references
Throughout The 1975's music videos they have a lot of links with other music videos. In the song 'Somebody Else' The band reference many of their other songs. An example of this is the reference to the song 'UGH' at the beginning of the video where they have a 3 minute shot which is the exact length of 'UGH' and a lot of the visuals link with the actual song.
In the song there are also photographs on the wall which are from the music video 'Robbers'.
In the video there is also a reference to their song 'Girls' with this neon light
There also is a link with another music video 'Chocolate' in which there is writing on a sign behind the main character in french which translates to 'poetry is in the streets in full living colour'.
This research will help us in creating our music video because we will be able to take the conventions of the band and apply it to our own. For example, the band have used a full narrative video which is common for their songs and so we will also be using a full narrative video.
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