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ABOUT YOU IS THE 1975 AT THEIR MOST TENDER

By Editor in Chief | 6/16/2026

About You, the closer from The 1975's Being Funny In A Foreign Language, is a layered slow burn that vinyl playback flatters.

Key Points

## A closer that became a centerpiece About You sits near the end of The 1975's Being Funny In A Foreign Language, and it has slowly become the album's most beloved track. The song is a swell of reverb, memory, and duet, the kind of record that rewards the warmth of a needle drop over a compressed stream. ## Why vinyl suits it Some songs are built for the format. About You is one of them. The layered production and the long, patient build are exactly what analog playback flatters, the reason collectors keep reaching for Being Funny In A Foreign Language on the shelf instead of the queue. ## The takeaway The 1975 spent a decade as a singles band that secretly made album people. About You is the proof. Spin it last, loud, and let the side play out. ## Related Reading - [OLIVIA RODRIGO DROP DEAD GETS A PINK PRESS](/article/olivia-rodrigo-drop-dead-pink-vinyl-4c3134) - [YOUNG THUG POWER STILL HITS ON WAX](/article/young-thug-power-slime-season-vinyl-521f38)

Topics: the 1975, vinyl, about you, indie, collecting

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