The 1975 "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

[@mickia7423]

“Girl of your dreams... ya know what I mean?” “No” 💀

[@emmam74]

I legit snorted lmao

[@hoshihamz]

I died laughing this is such a MOOD

[@captainmappy3959]

His comedic timing is genuinely on point. I'd love to see him do a really scuffed stand up routine in the middle of one of their shows

[@keriannehemmer6864]

LMAOOOO

[@CallMeLexis]

The polar opposites of the cover photo for the video and matty in the video is sending me

[@Amymilee8]

rocking that hobo artist aesthetic

[@yisus5799]

duality king

[@Throughrainorshinee]

Lmfaoo right, I clicked on this and when the video played I was like 👁👄👁

[@scicf4606]

He legit reading

[@kaildelune]

bro if I ever seem him on the streets I'm gonna go "ALEX?!?!?!!"

[@camskye534]

NO FR

[@giuliagerolaa]

AHAHAHAHHA

[@Flamminblizzard]

GREAT IDEA

[@muskaan3711]

When he said "alex", I thought the girl mistook him for Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys.

[@sonicobsessions947]

Matty is so spontaneous he forgot about the editors who's going to deal with this

[@Dunbie_]

I like to think that every time Genius decide they’re explaining a 1975 song that the editors roll their eyes and complain to each other behind their bosses backs

[@rethacharicema]

@@Dunbie_ LMAOOO

[@cathowe2208]

I’m convinced it’s why the video ended the way it did 😂😂😂

[@carlyy2]

I would love to see the unedited version!

[@abigail-pc8tk]

mattys hair is a literal representation of me trying to say positive during quarantine

[@matthewhawkins2858]

this is old, he shaved the top, it's just straight mullet now

[@sidneyhelton2169]

@@matthewhawkins2858 you mean rathawk/motail.

[@len2656]

I snORTED

[@florsparvoli6331]

Omg yes

[@meowbitzy]

this comment literally makes no sense

[@arshia4589]

the thumbnail was a clickbait

[@chiara6727]

LMFAO

[@gidya5719]

True

[@lilywigg]

LMAO PLS-

[@muskaan3711]

Lmao true i didn't even notice

[@skgt7764]

"You fall in love with somebody on the internet and you don't know what they look like. In real life you want to explore each other's body, physical presence, the person that you love," and, "You're not gonna see each other for 2 months," made me go, "Wow, that hit close to home."

[@kristinebalwit8034]

Yes

[@nnehila9379]

"the twins are the twins in my band. the pair of twins that are physically in my band. my band has twins. two twins are in my band. I have a band and two twins are in it. did I mention that I have a band and two twins sing and dance in that said band. I have a band"

[@REscapes]

Fucking laughing my head off at your comment, I picked up on this too 🤣👌

[@jesicahill4018]

If there was a “Matty language” translation app...

[@cathowe2208]

“We’ve been a band for like ten years”

[@hoshihamz]

Catherine Howe “we’ve been in a band since we were 13”

[@lirakins1404]

I died reading this 😂😂😂

[@MichailAfanasevicBulgakov17]

oh god I thought this song was supposed to be about being naive. turns out it's just as deep and sad as the other ones.

[@24britters]

LMAO i know me too, i was like oh....

[@ChampionBuddhaBoy]

I think a lot of songs are written with a very naive and narrow minded idea. It isn’t until weeks after the songs finished that a lot of artists realise what they were really trying to say. John Mayer and the Weeknd talked about this in some interviews.

[@rethacharicema]

Tbh SAME!!!

[@Ana-yh8ek]

YEAH ME TOO LOL

[@matildepaquete8634]

I used to be an ATHEIST now I'm just an atheist vibes.

[@danielacruz7179]

A classic

[@xerilaun]

Yesss

[@kampdf19]

why is nobody talking about the story he talked about in the beginning I’m laughing so hard

[@MegaSuperShredder]

hope they will do another one for Nothing Revealed/Everything Denied

[@CallMeLexis]

Joakim Birkelid yes

[@rockthedwaynejohnson8188]

Or Playing On My Mind

[@seasalt3756]

He explained some shit about that on the genius page

[@Soor446]

Omg this is my fave of the album

[@echonicole46]

or what should I say

[@jrwfx2079]

i could listen to him say “the internet” over and over again forever

[@elihookerreese7663]

when matty sings a phrase with the word "online"

[@xerilaun]

Thee intahnet

[@witheredrose5084]

Yeah

[@user77797]

the 1975 interviews are the only genius interviews i’ll watch tbh

[@lemonzemy9200]

Bc they’re actually worth watching 😂😂. Always bring new perspectives on the songs

[@yisus5799]

"the visual world, which is the internet, tell us that everything is amazing and we should want everything and it make us yearn for everything that we don't have and everything that's unattainable" i always try to remind myself this

[@beatriz2364]

he asks: you know what i mean? he replies: no

[@JewelWood16]

PLEASE STOP “SHYING” AWAY FROM THIS TYPE OF MUSIC IM SO SERIOUS

[@ichsnnur5612]

i need studio version of this explanation

[@nathansberry6]

don’t like ACOUSTIC MATTY need ＳＴＵＤＩＯ　ＭＡＴＴＹ

[@abbyolivia]

Lmaoooo

[@cathowe2208]

Matty: (explaining the song’s intellectual meaning) Me: *hee hee nakey facetime*

[@blackparademistress1]

FaceTime go brrrrrrr

[@iko6324]

“You have this weird sexual, not sexual but sexual, but just sexual, intimate ownership”😂😂

[@bydrewelliott]

When Matty talked about having poor Wi-Fi during a rough period in a long distance relationship can REALLY affect the outcome of that relationship... ...I felt that.

[@ItsSamStone]

Been through it too. Def know what that’s like and how that felt. Yikes... bad memories haha.

[@abbyolivia]

I wonder if this had to do with his break up from gabby

[@bobby-up1wx]

my plans for 2020: *the thumbnail* 2020:

[@libbysteven3077]

this clickbait is ASTRONOMICAL

[@brainsnot]

its not even clickbait

[@sarahhannis5216]

euphoric dude this supposed to be funny

[@PAUSEITPLAYITThePodcast]

"Girl of your dreams, know what I mean? No." hahahaha loved that

[@justingates9218]

I love this guy. No faking it with Matty. He's just himself and don't hide who he is. Respect this guy so much. Love you, bro.

[@gabestockley2546]

why are you assed if he doesn’t look like the thumbnail, i’ve never seen a genius video where the artist explains their work so well. the guy is such a great musician and lyricist.

[@reaofsunshine28]

Not gonna lie, I thought this song was about falling in love with a pornstar.

[@_jimso_]

it’s a perfectly valid reading of the lyrics

[@alejandrarangel5501]

Or a webcam girl Lol

[@CurtisPEERS]

That's the great thing about music and lyrics. You're still totally right for interpreting it that way. I thought It was about "falling in love" with some random Instagram model half way across the world.

[@theodorelincoln506]

he’s already written woman

[@Nico-mu7lm]

@@theodorelincoln506 that's about a prostitute, not really the same thing lol

[@chloewebson]

the meaning behind The 1975’s songs are always so bloody deep and meaningful and I really wish people could just listen to the lyrics as well as the sound of the music. I think a lot more people would be open to The 1975’s music if they just listened properly.

[@Asmr_Eclipse]

Sometimes I’m like wtf is Matty talking about but ofc I still nod and smile. The man’s a genius

[@vs-gc9jl]

I'm so upset I don't see mayhem here

[@imogenkell4276]

same bro same

[@ebrarthedesigner]

Please do Nothing revealed/ everything denied I think there's something you should know

[@danaevazquez6833]

The thumbnail confused me a bit.

[@adw19971018]

I think it's from the photoshoot of the abiior era. You can find Matty in identical outfit in the thumbnail of sincerity is scary lyrics breakdown video.

[@scythera]

i bet the original recording was like 30 mins long. this man talks WAY too much. still love u tho matty lol

[@Kxlalve]

Stfu

[@lemonzemy9200]

I get u. For me, I appreciate that so much thought goes into basically every song the 1975 creates. Main reason why they’re my favorite band

[@StrawberryNinjaNibbles]

“ ‘Girl of my dreams, know what I mean?’ No.” 😂

[@ryadmane]

Tfw you don't talk to the girl who put you on The 1975 anymore

[@pppaulaaa]

F

[@corinajohnson6741]

let me be the next

[@jonathanboutros3253]

So sad we have to associate them

[@sambeard5208]

Brooo

[@SaturatedSunset]

I know that moment, happened to me as well

[@clairoswife]

I thought “girl of your dreams know what I mean” meant a wet dream....... I’ll go home xo

[@madisonwen7875]

leah xo duuude me too. i thought it was about falling in love with a camgirl or some shit lmaoooo

[@24britters]

so did I lol, good thing about music is you can interpret it the way you want

[@ChampionBuddhaBoy]

They probably learnt towards implying the whole webcam love story thing because it fits in well with their whole online relationships theme, but in reality it’s just Matty struggling to deal with a long distance relationship

[@rethacharicema]

LMFAOOOO SAMEE

[@madiemcg]

"not sexual.....but sexual"

[@kanemuraa_9709]

Matty explaining about taking off clothes deserves a TED talk.

[@thisisjanamiel]

As an aspiring songwriter, I really get so much inspiration from Matty whatever he may be talking about. Man, he knows a lot. And I get a lot from it. :)

[@alishaj7369]

we all know the footage he sent them for this video was approximately 2 hours and 75 minutes long

[@Tken10man]

2020 is just not the year for “LOVE” maybe in 2021 though

[@madisonhoward2524]

“Girl of your dreams know what I mean?” “No.”

[@mariakylaenverga6220]

I swear everytime he mentions an ex, Gabby Brooks comes to mind.

[@muskaan3711]

"I'll just see a girl or a guy on my explore page, and it'll be their ARSE-" OML i literally burst out laughing at this. And the fact that he said arse instead of ass made it even more funny.

[@imjalonbrown]

I adore Matty Healy “I can sort this out later” OH MY GOSH LMAOOOO

[@strawberrysnowflake9]

i wanna see the full unedited version of this! i wanna hear more of matty's stories

[@ashlynchin5984]

i feel like some parts of this are about gabby :(

[@seasalt3756]

Well duh

[@fatimaramostrujeque3617]

It's sad. :((

[@RashidAli-hw6cp]

im sorry mind explaining who gabby is

[@natasza1038]

Rashid Ali, they used to be in a relationship for about 4 years and they broke up around a year ago I believe

[@acidoribonucleicoo]

@@natasza1038 i thought they broke up in november 2019??

[@maheenshahbazi3117]

Nobody: Matty: *connotations*

[@dala7354]

LMAO they used the sincerity is scary interview for the thumbnail djsbfjsbrrdjr

[@Madolescence]

"what am I looking for in the girl of my dreams? ridiculous question. I don't fucking know" most relatable thing ever @2:20

[@betsy3522]

can we pls all just collectively decide to call matty alex from now on

[@baellinghams]

"one day, if you have no wifi on the wrong day, and if you're in a long distance relationship where you're not gonna see each other for two months, that can fuck shit up" OH MY GOD THIS IS SO ACCURATE IN ALL LEVELS WTF

[@jayysworldd..]

He looks like he goes to the pub just to drink red bull mixed with moster 😂😂

[@darcyreeves35]

Jay's world more of a red wine kinda guy

[@natser09]

“sexual intimacy ownership” that hit hard

[@olive324]

thumbnail matty: my plans for 2020 video matty: 2020

[@sosa.official]

*If you love The 1975 then you’re real one 🤘🏻🤘🏻*

[@devi5828]

You are the only fake fan here , cuz ur using him for likes kid 😑

[@daisybell9593]

everyone buy and stream notes on a conditional form xx

[@evaramage]

“i don’t fucking know” biggest mood

[@kaybee2199]

Okay great now I just need this for the whole album

[@meganlee7445]

Half the time I never know what he's saying yet everything he says is so relatable

[@TrentonF505]

This song is not what I thought it was about. Having been in a long distance relationship this hits close to home.

[@sstaystrong]

he's such an awesome and brilliant person that it hurts

[@gelaaneybugx]

not sure what i was expecting to see in this video, but i’m definitely glad i clicked 😂 all the love for matty x

[@lilylancaster6546]

Love how deep this song and it is such a BANGER

[@rebecca4568]

i love how indepth Matty discusses each song in these videos

[@lemonzzzzzaist]

Matty explaining their lyrics in genius is so satisfying idkw

[@actuallynotgod6008]

Me: reads some of the comments Me: "okay nice, nice." Me: closes out of the comments section Me: SCROLLS DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE VIDEOS PAGE TO GO LOOK AT THE COMMENTS SECTION AND REMEMBERS THAT THE COMMENTS SECTION MOVED AND THAT I WAS JUST THERE.

[@PeadarBoc]

Absolutely no idea what he's talking about, but I love the song.

[@mari83334]

The “alex” story omgg 💀💀💀

[@AnnyongHaseyo-uq8gn]

I can't understand a single line he explained but i like it that way

[@MyMelodysMusic]

all the songs on notes need a video like this...including the ones without any actual lyrics

[@MaxMax-il6du]

Even the interviews are online now

[@LisaKlee123]

Broo i could listen to him talk for hours on end

[@l.1020]

Got a big English exam tomorrow, and I have to say watching Matts talk is probably the best I can do now to study🤷🏼‍♀️😂

[@carebear3330]

i just want them to do one of these for every song on the album

[@alizahrashid5339]

I didn't know much I needed matty to say baby before he said baby

[@patriciavillano1001]

Everytime I watched Matty's videos I swear to God I'm always in need of subtitles ♥️😂

[@MaddoggMikeTV]

We want to see the original version of too shy 🥺👉🏻👈🏻

[@rachelrobot]

Even when I think a 1975 song is simple and I think I know what it's about, Matty swoops in like nah gotcha

[@Flamminblizzard]

Matty Healy being meme for 7:15 minutes straight

[@Julie-qr9ow]

I'm calling him alex from now on

[@malenayears8633]

did the editor cut the part where matty explained what the story at the beginning had to do with anything? or it wasn't related but he needed to vent?

[@carlyy2]

malena years he was talking about being nervous around a girl and not knowibg what to say which is related to one of the lines in the song

[@graceelena6832]

i could literally listen to matty talk for hours

[@lucybartron1953]

THIS is the quarantine content we need

[@fionndina5204]

I felt the 'no Wi-Fi connection on the wrong day,' so strong. Weird, how the internet has a huge contribution to a relationship. In my case, I've been in bouts of having and disappearing from the internet. I feel like we started to drift off and bounced around multiple angles just trying to keep in touch with each other and then brought about the reoccurring stress to situation at my (offline) world end, it doesn't help at all. We do is to be forgiving (of the situation,) eventually we'll get by alright when we do have the time to find each other. It's weird to get by, talking about a day we missed, talking about what we find, asking about thoughts, a connection, made through an imperfect internet connection, it's impossible, it is made possible I love him so much

[@hypebeastaparel7462]

The effects of quarantine personalized

[@lol0lol0lol]

YES MATTY

[@chantald.2748]

i been waiting for this one TURN IT UP

[@iremkxs]

LMAO the pic they used for the cover

[@Usedtobeagrl]

Matty’s hair is a literal representation of my bits after not getting waxed during this quarantine.

[@babygorladri1790]

Matty said in another interview not so long ago that it was an end to an era and that he was not going to right music for a long time. But this gives me hope sinseizbejdbeisndb

[@crisptrepidation]

thank you, Alex. very cool.

[@stephenbonaobra8651]

"What am I looking for in the girl of my dreams? Ridiculous question. I don't fucking know." LMFAO

[@xerilaun]

😂😂

[@camilaparra2600]

I had to rewind him speaking the lyric “I’m not playing you baby” .... i thought my thirst for Matty had turned only into adoration after being a fan for so long and maturing ... guess not.

[@georgiathomas2015]

“What am I looking for in the girl of the dream dreams? Ridiculous question I don’t fucking know. “Girl of your dreams know what I mean?” No” I love this man more and more everyday

[@yerinbaekscandlelight]

"Girl of your dreams, you know what I mean" Matty, like he didn't write the song: nO, whAt?

[@mj.8908]

Quarantine is really getting to everyone 💀

[@erinfreeman9107]

“Know what I mean?” “...no.” I AM 😂😂😂😂

[@ezpow1390]

THANK YOU FOR THIS

[@mayaramirez9897]

he rly said if ur in a LDR having bad wifi on a bad day can fuck u up BRUHHH LOL