WOWZER has someone just hacked the #BRITs2017 live broadcast, is this just happening on my laptop pic.twitter.com/Y5Zq9czdG6
— Ryan Hand✋ (@RyanHand_) February 22, 2017
First of all, congratulations are in order, because British pop-rock band The 1975 just won the Brit Award for Best British Group. To celebrate/commemorate this massive (see, I’m using British slang) accomplishment, the group performed their hit song “The Sound” and had all the insults people have ever hurled at them flash across the scene. It’s the same setup they used for the song’s video, and a cool, subversive way to take back their pride in the face of these ridiculous things people had tried to bring them down with. But since many people watching the Brit Awards hadn’t seen that clip, a lot of viewers thought the band had been hacked!
"Desperate shallow wannabe" purveyors of "boring recycled pop"… and winners of #brits Best British Group @the1975 pic.twitter.com/AGTkypnFxV
— THE LINE of BEST FIT (@bestfitmusic) February 22, 2017
Omfg who hates the 1975 that much that they hacked the brits lmfao #BRITs2017
— charlotte 🌲 (@c_ackroyd) February 22, 2017
What is going on here with the Brits? That weird text over the 1975 performance?????
— Scott Thomas (@scottyspecial) February 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/mhairi_98/status/834499481433432069
Did anyone else catch what keeps popping up on the screen during @the1975 #BriTs performance? #BRITs2017 #The1975 #BritAwards #hacked pic.twitter.com/Km8KqlisHW
— Lauren Elizabeth (@LaurenECull) February 22, 2017
Don’t worry, they figured it out pretty quickly — plus diehard fans knew what was going on
OMG IT WAS FROM THE MUSIC VIDEO GUYS IT WASN'T A HACK 😂😂 @the1975 #BRITs2017 @BRITs
— Ash (@ashgraysongs) February 22, 2017
All these people that 'love' the 1975 tweeting about the brits being 'hacked' hmmmmmmm 🐸☕️
— The 1975 Gifs (@The1975Gifss) February 22, 2017
#the1975 #brits wasn't a hack 😂😂😂 was part of the show I'm in the arena defo planned they're smart lil cookies. More on my IG zoelondondj pic.twitter.com/lcjZMV5urQ
— Zoe London (@zoelondondj) February 22, 2017
Luckily, the words and insults were all part of the band’s concept of standing up against those who had counted them out. And after today’s big win, it looks like the joke is on their haters. Furthermore, the group will be headlining Madison Square Garden later this summer, and just managed to pull off one of the best Sade covers I’ve ever heard. Everything is coming up 1975. Stream their album below if you haven’t heard it yet, we thought it was one of the best pop albums of 2016.
