The 1975 delete social media after teasing the date 1 June

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Matty Healy

The 1975 seem to have disappeared.

Twitter accounts for both the band and the individual musicians seem to have been wiped, leaving fans confused as to where they have gone.

The band have been teasing the date 1 June as a big day for The 1975, with frontman Matty Healy sharing a cartoon on Instagram that suggests a new direction.

Part of the cartoon shows a figure named "old Matty" strangling one labelled "new Matty".

The cartoon still appears on his Instagram feed, external

It also puts importance on the colour pink.

"As much as we would like things to stay the same, change is an inevitable part of life," some of the text says.

"We can't simply go on forever, always staying the same, never evolving.

"So we must leave, with a parting, 'We love you', we are already gone."

Newsbeat asked The 1975's representatives what was happening with the band but they refused to comment.

While some fans are worried this means the band are quitting, others think today marks a reinvention for The 1975.

Given that their manager, Jamie Oborne, has previously described demos of their second album as "insane" it seems unlikely this is the end for the band.

Oborne tweeted: "Arrrrgggggghhhhhhhh @the1975 album 2 demos are insane everyone better hold on tight!!!!!!", external

Chocolate, from their debut album, was voted as Zane Lowe's hottest record of 2013.

The band's self-titled album topped the Official Album Chart in September of that year and stayed in the top 40 for 15 weeks.

Asked at the time about when the band would be releasing new music, Healy said: "We've been writing so much. We're going into the studio in January 2015. 2014 is gone, it's booked up."

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The 1975 play their final gig before recording their second album

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