“Give Yourself a Try” is The 1975’s first single after their year-long hiatus. The song aired on Annie Mac’s show on BBC Radio 1 as Hottest Record on 31st May.

The song is featured on the band’s third studio album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships.

The music video was released June 1st, an infamous date within the fandom that comes from a beat-era book given to Matty at a yard sale. This book is called On the Road by Jack Kerouac.

In the back there were all these mental scribblings, it was almost suicidal, and it was dated at the bottom ‘1st June, The 1975’. The use of the word ‘The’ really stuck with me. It was the perfect band name.

Diane Martel, who also directed the Love Me music video, directed two videos for the song, one being a lyric video that appeared on Spotify shortly after the release, and the other being the official music video that was published on YouTube. She posted several pictures on her Instagram and Twitter before the videos dropped but deleted them shortly after. You can still find one of the photos on Matty’s Instagram.

Prior to the song’s debut, The 1975 posted a graphic to each of their social media accounts that included the lyrics: