A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships

The 1975 released the album on November 30, 2018. It is the band's third studio album, following I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It and preceding Notes on a Conditional Form. [Source](https://storeus.the1975.com/products/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-digital)

The album includes Give Yourself a Try, TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME, Love It If We Made It, and It's Not Living (If It's Not With You). It also contains the opening track The 1975 and the closing song I Could Never Be Your Friend. [Source](https://storeus.the1975.com/products/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-digital)

Matty Healy and George Daniel were central to the album's production, with Daniel shaping much of its electronic and ambient sound. The record moves beyond straightforward pop rock into programmed rhythms, processed vocals, and digital textures. [Source](https://musicbrainz.org/release/42796ab0-db75-487a-bbbc-0b2a831f3205)

The album examines internet culture, political anxiety, addiction, loneliness, and the way technology changes intimacy. Songs such as Love It If We Made It and I Like America & America Likes Me connect those themes to life in the late 2010s. [Source](https://storeus.the1975.com/products/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-digital)