Discover the story of the song > Be My Mistake – The 1975

This song is about a man who is in a complicated situation with two women - his current partner and someone from his past. He is tempted by the person from his past, even though he knows it's not right, and he wants her to be his mistake. He asks his current partner not to wait for him outside his hotel room, and to let him be alone with his thoughts. He wants to drown his sorrows in alcohol and forget about his problems for a while.