The 1975: Greta Thunberg was rejected for collaboration by 'bigger artists' The climate change activist made her musical debut on the group's new album 'Notes on a Conditional Form' on the track 'The 1975' in which she read an essay over minimal orchestral backing, and the 31-year-old frontman was delighted to help the teenager be "documented in a formal place".

He said: Matty claims Greta, 16, was rejected by other artists because they are only interested in being "progressive but safe".

He told the Sunday Times magazine: He told the Sunday Times magazine: