The 1975’s Matty Healy has joined forces with Tiny Habits to share a cover of James Taylor. Check it out below.
The surprise cover was recorded and shared by Healy on his TikTok page earlier this week (Monday November 24), and saw him break out a touching, acoustic rendition of Taylor’s classic 1968 song ‘Carolina In My Mind’.
For the cover, The 1975 frontman was seen with his acoustic guitar and sporting a new mohawk. He is joined in the cover by Boston folk trio Tiny Habits.
The collaboration between the two seems to mark somewhat of a full circle moment too, as the rising band went viral a couple of years back by putting their own spin on The 1975’s ‘Somebody Else’, and have since gone on to open for James Taylor on his latest tour.
@matthewhealy22 DOGS @tiny habits Carolina In My Mind – James Taylor
As highlighted by Stereogum, the new cover comes just two months after Healy went to see James Taylor perform live, and was filmed watching the gig in awe.
Footage of the night was shared by his fiancée Gabbriette, who took to TikTok to reveal that the legendary songwriter is Healy’s favourite artist of all time, and filmed him looking ecstatic at various points throughout the show.
Unsurprisingly, the new post from the ‘Robbers’ singer has got fans hopeful that more new music could be on the way – potentially a follow-up to 2022’s ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’.
“this has to mean an album is coming soon, right?????????????? or am i just delusional,” one person commented on the post, while another suggested: “Im calling it, folky album early spring”.
@gabbriettebb
Others hoped that the collaboration with Tiny Habits could mark a potential return to touring, with the Boston trio opening for The 1975.
‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ scored a four-star review from NME, with El Hunt celebrating it as having “huge, immediately memorable pop bangers with the more complex, neurotic lyrical voice of The 1975’s more recent releases”
“[It] feels like the right next step after pushing experimental excess to its logical conclusion, and is comparatively lean with just eleven tracks to its name,” the review added.
The band’s last global tour ended in March 2024 and saw the members go on an “indefinite hiatus” shortly afterwards – although they did headline Glastonbury as their only show of 2025. and their manager and Dirty Hit label boss Jamie Oborne added that they were finalising their “pretty extraordinary” new album – they also seemingly teased the upcoming album in the closing seconds of their set.
Speculation about a new era has been rife since the band changed their logo and updated their social media profiles, and on top of that, manager and Dirty Hit label boss Jamie Oborne added in May that they were finalising their “pretty extraordinary” new album.
Earlier this month, the band got fans talking when they removed a track from their latest album on streaming platforms as Healy didn’t like it anymore.