“I’m looking through you / While you’re through your phone / And then leaving with someone else”. The chorus, which consist of lines such as “I don’t want your body / But I hate to think about you with somebody else / Our love has gone cold / You’re intertwining your soul with someday else” explains how Healy doesn’t feel sexual desire towards the past lover, but still finds it hard to understand. The first verse deals with Healy coming to terms and acceptance with the fact that his ex has found a new lover. On Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show, Healy told him: “It’s something that talks about the guilty feelings that you don’t really like thinking about.” The track explores the narrative of an individual who tries to understand their contradictory feelings towards an ex who is now with someone new.
Written by all the band members, “Somebody Else” is simultaneously a heart-breaking love ballad as well as a declaration against needing another individual romantically. The band are from Manchester, but their origins trace back to Wilmslow High School in Cheshire where they played together in their teen years in 2002. The band consists of four members: Matthew Healy (lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist), Adam Hann (lead guitarist), Ross MacDonald (bassist) and George Daniel (drummer).
“Somebody Else” is the tenth track off indie-rock / synthpop British band The 1975’s 2016 album: “I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it”.