The 1975‘s Matty Healy thanked Arctic Monkeys while accepting the Best British Album award at tonight’s BRITs. See the clip below. Bagging their second statue of the evening, the frontman took the opportunity to show his appreciation to Alex Turner and the lads. The Monkeys were beaten by The 1975 in the Best British Group category earlier in the evening. “[Thank you to] Arctic Monkeys for still being such an inspiring and relevant band in 2019,” the frontman said of the Sheffield group. “I know how hard that is.” Advertisement Describing the moment as “mad”, Healy concluded: “Thank you so much, we love you.” "Thank you to my beautiful girlfriend for letting me write that stuff down" – @the1975 Watch The #BRITs 2019 live here: https://t.co/qj4KiENtGs pic.twitter.com/40Knu52VcE — BRIT Awards (@BRITs) February 20, 2019 The 1975 received their second accolade of the night for the critically-acclaimed album, ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships‘. In December last year, Healy explained that he doesn’t ‘like feeling in competition’ with Arctic Monkeys, but believes The 1975 are ‘the band of this decade’. “I’d say the band of the 2000s was Arctic Monkeys and I’d say the band of this decade has been my band. But of course I would,” he said. Elsewhere in tonight’s BRITs ceremony, The 1975 recreated their recent arena spectacle with a performance of ‘Sincerity Is Scary’. Advertisement Earlier in the evening, Healy used his first winning speech to touch on ‘male misogynist acts’ amid recent allegations of abuse levelled at Ryan Adams. Ahead of the double-win tonight, The 1975 played an intimate gig for BRITs week at London’s Garage earlier this week. Reviewing the show, NME said: “This latest intimate outing proves their worth as one of the country’s – nay, the world’s – very best pop groups.”<doc-sep>The 1975 beat Arctic Monkeys to win Best Group at the BRITs 2019 The 1975 Matty Healy and Arctic Monkeys Alex Turner. Picture: Simone Joyner/Getty Images & Didier Messens/Redferns Matty Healy and co have pipped Alex Turner and co to the post in at the prestigious awards ceremony this year. The 1975 have beaten Arctic Monkeys to pick up the award for the Best Group at the BRIT Awards 2019. The Love It If We Made It band, who are fronted by Matty Healy, beat out stiff competition from the Sheffield band and Gorillaz, Little Mix and Years & Years to take home the gong. Singer Healy used their acceptance speech to show allegiance with women amid allegations of sexual misconduct within the industry, referring to a recent article written by Guardian journalist Laura Snapes about the musician Ryan Adams. Watch his speech, where he quoted a journalist friend, below: He said: “A friend of ours, Laura Snapes, said this and I thought that we should all think about it. She said that in music, male misogynist acts are examined for nuance and defended as traits of difficult artists. Whilst women and those who call them out are treated as hysterics who don’t understand art." READ MORE: Why Matt Healy thinks Arctic Monkeys were the band of the '00s and The 1975 are the band of this decade The 1975 at the BRIT Awards 2019. Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images Previously speaking to John Kennedy about his young fanbase, the Chocolate star mused: "Kids are very smart. People are smart. There's so many young women who are into our band and I have learned so much from them". He added: "And there is quite a tight door policy on our band. It can be quite difficult to get into us, especially on our last two records. If you were someone like my age, because you have to like me and that takes time. "I'm annoying at the start, because there's so much. So... you have to let that happen and then you have to go 'actually, I get this.' But we'll get there." READ MORE: Matty Healy says The 1975 could have been a punk band Watch BRITs Critics' Choice Award Winner Sam Fender play Dead Boys in his stunning session for Radio X:<doc-sep>
The 1975 thank Arctic Monkeys as they win Best British Album Matty Healy and co. took home the award for A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships at the BRIT Awards, which took place at The O2, London. The 1975 have taken home to award for British Album of The Year for their third album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and thanked Arctic Monkeys for continuing to be an "inspiration". The Matty Healy-fronted band, beat stiff competition from George Ezra's Staying At Tamara's, Florence + The Machine's High As Hope, Jorja Smith's Lost & Found and Anne-Marie's Speak Your Mind to take home the gong. "Thank you to my beautiful girlfriend for letting me write that stuff down" - @the1975 Watch The #BRITs 2019 live here: https://t.co/qj4KiENtGs pic.twitter.com/40Knu52VcE — BRIT Awards (@BRITs) February 20, 2019 It was the second award of the night for the Manchester-based act, who also won Best British Group. Singer Healy thanked one of the artists they were up against, saying: "We’re so humbled by this award, thank you to the BRITs, thanks to Arctic Monkeys for being such an inspiring and relevant band in 2019, we know how hard that is.” The 1975 also performed at the awards ceremony, joining the likes of George Ezra, Little Mix and Calvin Harris in taking to the stage at The O2. READ MORE: Matty Healy says The 1975 could have been a punk band Watch Matty Healy talk about dealing with drug abuse: Watch BRITs Critics' Choice Award Winner Sam Fender sing Play God in his stunning session for Radio X: