The 1975 got Twitter talking at tonight's (February 22) BRIT Awards, not because of them winning Best British Band (although they did do that too) but because of their performance of 'The Sound'.
Things started off normally enough, with furious keyboard mashing and lead singer Matt Healy jigging about the stage as he does, but then we started to get some very brief messages in front a pink background flash up some screen.
Here are GIFs showing what flashed up on screen:
Obviously, people got really confused by this:
Let's clear this up a little bit. First of all, this wasn't just a livestream thing: Digital Spy has people in the BRITs audience and the message flashed up on the screens in the arean as well.
Secondly, we present the video for the song they performed tonight, 'The Sound'.
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You'll notice that a lot of the messages are exactly the same, and were taken from comments made by The 1975's critics over the years.
Obviously the people who have seen the video found this hilarious, not just because the band are pulling off the same trick, but that so many people are confused by it:
Of course there was a fair bit of sass wheeled out too:
Earlier in the night, when winning their award, The 1975 gave an impassioned speech about popstars using their platform to speak out on social issues.
For more from the BRIT Awards, you can check out our live blog for all the goings-on, a gallery of all the red carpet outfits and, if you really just want the important bits, a list of all the winners.
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Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he's covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of TV and movies both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! I'm a Fish.
