The 1975’s George Daniel says he doesn’t want more attention in going solo: “Matty can have everything!”
nme.comThe 1975’s George Daniel has insisted that he doesn’t want his pursuit of a solo career to bring him more attention.The drummer, songwriter and producer launched his solo career last week, when he shared the debut single ‘Screen Cleaner’ and officially marked his new venture into the electronic dance genre.
It arrived via dh2 – the electronic imprint he spearheads via The 1975’s label, Dirty Hit.Now, in a new interview with The Face, Daniel has reflected on his decision to launch a solo venture and explained that he hasn’t done so in the hopes of bringing more attention to himself.“I have a huge amount of imposter syndrome with this stuff – I think about this every day, like ‘Oh, this is the guy who plays drums and produces this band, they’re successful, now he decides he’s going to do a label because every other video on Instagram is a DJ right now’ – that’s my nightmare,” he told the outlet.He continued, adding that he doesn’t want to be seen in the same way as his 1975 bandmate Matty Healy because of the new material. “The last thing I want people to think is like ‘Oh, George wanted more attention.’ Absolutely not.
Matty can have everything!”While Daniel’s new approach to songwriting is a far throw from the type of music he does with The 1975, he did explain that the two projects had a similar approach – especially when the band was first starting out.“The way we made music initially was actually very dance music in its method.
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