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Charli XCX makes defiant statement after on-stage snog with Matty Healy in Malaysia

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Charli XCX described The 1975 frontman Matty Healy's on-stage protest kiss, which shut down a Malaysian music festival last year, as "a little divisive, but I think great art is divisive".

In July 2023, Healy made a speech about homosexuality, which is illegal in Malaysia, and kissed bass player Ross MacDonald during the band's headline performance at the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur.

Organisers Future Sound Asia (FSA) cancelled the festival and later sued the band, seeking £1.9 million for breach of contract and losses.

More a year later, The 1975 are set to appear on the upcoming remixed version of Charli XCX's album Brat. The British singer, real name Charlotte Aitchison, told The Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music 1 that she "really wanted" Healy to appear on the new version of her track I Might Say Something Stupid.

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