Fans join the online ribbing as Matt Healy drags Maroon 5 for claiming The 1975 copied their album cover art
One of the latest (and hilarious) feuds between celebrity artistes has just reached a tipping point on social media. This time, it's between the music icons Maroon 5 and The 1975, who have traded jibes with each other on Twitter. Other artistes then chipped in on the debate, and the Twitterverse had a nice, long laugh together.
It all started when the talented British rockers The 1975 unveiled the artwork for their new single, 'Me & You Together Song' which will be part of their forthcoming studio album ‘Notes on a Conditional Form’, which was recently pushed back to a February 2020 release.
However, the pop art-esque cover for the new single didn't escape the attention of the band Maroon 5, who noticed that it closely resembled their album artwork for their 1997 release, 'The Fourth World', back when the American pop-rock band went by the name Kara's Flowers - they changed it circa 2001.
In a spiky tweet posted by Maroon 5, they pointed out the similarities between the cover art of the two musical releases, saying, "Hey @the1975, you guys big Kara’s Flowers fans?" accompanied by photos of the two music releases side by side. They certainly do look like they're mimicking each other, but this kind of 4-color art motif has been around for a while now, and has been seen on quite a few album covers and film posters over the past few decades.
