Personally, I’m not surprised by the Taylor Swift + Matt Healy story whatsoever. If it’s true and they’re really dating, it actually answers a lot of questions I had about her split from Joe Alwyn and the mysterious leaks about how Alwyn couldn’t handle her fame. Seen through the prism of “Taylor only leaked the Alwyn split when she already had Healy in the wings,” everything fits and it makes more sense if you consider the idea that Taylor and Joe had been winding things down in January-February of this year. Apparently, Matt Healy was also winding down his relationship, with Meredith Mickelson, around the same time.
Matty Healy reportedly split from model Meredith Mickelson just weeks before he started dating Taylor Swift. The 1975 frontman, 34, was said to have been romancing the model, 23, who has built up a large following on social media, before they parted ways in February.
A source told The Sun: ‘Matty was seeing Meredith while he was in LA in February – but things fizzled out when he went to New York at the end of the month. They’re still on good terms but haven’t been romantically involved since then.’
It comes after Matty and Taylor’s reported new romance was revealed on Wednesday- just weeks after her split from actor Joe Alwyn. The singer is said to be ‘madly in love’ with Matty after their long-term friendship blossomed into romance. The duo – who first met in 2014 – are now gearing up to go public with their romance during her concert in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, reports The Sun.
An insider told the publication: ‘She and Matty are madly in love. It’s super-early days, but it feels right. They first dated, very briefly, almost ten years ago but timings just didn’t work out.’
The source went on to insist that there was no crossover in Taylor’s love life, despite news of her split from Joe emerging last month, insisting that the pair actually broke up in February.
Taylor is currently in the middle of the US leg of her The Eras Tour while The 1975 are on their At Their Very Best concert tour, but the source insisted they have kept in constant communication by texting and Face Timing.
The source added: ‘As two international megastars, they understand the pressures of one another’s jobs better than anyone, and are incredibly supportive of their respective careers. They are both massively proud and excited about this relationship and, unlike Taylor’s last one — which was very much kept out of the spotlight, deliberately — she wants to ‘own’ this romance, and not hide it away. Taylor just wants to live her life, and be happy. She’s told pals Matty is flying to Nashville over the weekend to support her on the next leg of her tour.’
“They are both massively proud and excited about this relationship and, unlike Taylor’s last one — which was very much kept out of the spotlight, deliberately — she wants to ‘own’ this romance, and not hide it away.” Six years of hiding away in Nashville and London and now Taylor is ready for a big, splashy romance? Sure. I mean, if she’s super-public with Healy, then I will enjoy it. I also think Taylor should just own the fact that she loves a jumpoff and she loves to overlap relationships. Some women are just like that (J.Lo). Taylor is so wrapped up in this persona of “it’s always the guy’s fault and she’s always the one getting hurt,” she can’t admit that she started something with Matt Healy and promptly dumped Joe Alwyn and then blamed Joe for the split because he didn’t “get” how famous she is.
Photos of Taylor wearing The 1975 t-shirt in 2014:
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- Matty Healy – lead vocals – The 1975 are an English pop rock band which originally formed in ’02 when several of the band members were in school together. They have recently released their third album “A brief inquiry into online relationships.”,Image: 535149536, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: Dafydd Owen / Avalon
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- Matty Healy (Matthew Healy) of The 1975 performs at Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, 24th January 2019.,Image: 535190789, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: Mike Gray / Avalon
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- Matt Healy of The 1975 performs at Leeds Festival 2019, Bramham Park, Leeds, 24th August 2019,Image: 536967489, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, Model Release: no, Credit line: Mike Gray / Avalon
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- The 1975 – Leeds Festival, Bramham Park. Friday 26th August 2022. Photography by Hannah Meadows for Avalon/RETNA The 1975 Main Stage East Friday 9:20 pm Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn calls The 1975 “one of the most extraordinary things to happen to the festival” The Manchester band will headline the dual event this weekend, having stepped in at the last minute to replace Rage Against The Machine. Matty Healy and co. first topped the bill at R&L back in 2019. Photography by Hannah Meadows for Avalon/RETNA.,Image: 716826474, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Hannah Meadows Photography / Avalon
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- Lead singer Matt Healy of English pop rock band The 1974 headlines the Main Stage East at Reading Festival 2022, Little John’s Farm, Reading, England, UK on Sunday 28 August 2022.,Image: 717247586, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit agency and photographer as Justin Ng/Retna/Avalon when publishing., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
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- Dusseldorf, GERMANY – Celebrities attend the 2022 MTV EMAs at the PSD Bank Dome in Dusseldorf, Germany. Pictured: Taylor Swift BACKGRID USA 13 NOVEMBER 2022 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- West Hollywood, – 51592489 Singer Taylor Swift is seen leaving a studio before heading over to Fred Segal to do some shopping in West Hollywood, California on November 22, 2014. The superstar singer has reportedly moved on from ex Joe Alwyn with 1975 frontman Matt Healy. In 2014 a then 25 year old Healy gave an interview to Shazam Top 20 where he talked about meeting Swift who at the time was dating DJ Calvin Harris, “I met Taylor Swift, that was really nice,” the British rocker told host Angus O’Loughlin. “We exchanged numbers. Let’s see what happens. I mean bloody hell, what am I going to do? Go out with Taylor Swift? She’s a sensation, I wouldn’t say no.” Pictured: Taylor Swift BACKGRID USA 4 MAY 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: FameFlynet / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- West Hollywood, – 51592489 Singer Taylor Swift is seen leaving a studio before heading over to Fred Segal to do some shopping in West Hollywood, California on November 22, 2014. The superstar singer has reportedly moved on from ex Joe Alwyn with 1975 frontman Matt Healy. In 2014 a then 25 year old Healy gave an interview to Shazam Top 20 where he talked about meeting Swift who at the time was dating DJ Calvin Harris, “I met Taylor Swift, that was really nice,” the British rocker told host Angus O’Loughlin. “We exchanged numbers. Let’s see what happens. I mean bloody hell, what am I going to do? Go out with Taylor Swift? She’s a sensation, I wouldn’t say no.” Pictured: Taylor Swift BACKGRID USA 4 MAY 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: FameFlynet / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- West Hollywood, – 51592489 Singer Taylor Swift is seen leaving a studio before heading over to Fred Segal to do some shopping in West Hollywood, California on November 22, 2014. The superstar singer has reportedly moved on from ex Joe Alwyn with 1975 frontman Matt Healy. In 2014 a then 25 year old Healy gave an interview to Shazam Top 20 where he talked about meeting Swift who at the time was dating DJ Calvin Harris, “I met Taylor Swift, that was really nice,” the British rocker told host Angus O’Loughlin. “We exchanged numbers. Let’s see what happens. I mean bloody hell, what am I going to do? Go out with Taylor Swift? She’s a sensation, I wouldn’t say no.” Pictured: Taylor Swift BACKGRID USA 4 MAY 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: FameFlynet / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
Those pictures from 2014 make me so tired of long, scraggly pandemic (sorry, “mermaid”) hair.
I forgot how cute and polished her lob was. I now have a little Gollum type voice in my head whispering that I should cut my (admittedly) scraggly, long pandemic era hair. But the pandemic and WFH life also made me super lazy when it comes to styling my hair, so pandemic hot mess express me will probably win.
Still not convinced this is true and serious, but if it is, I wonder if the leaks are coming from his camp and whether that is going to be a problem for her team. Team Swift always control the narrative.
yeah, I’m not buying this in the slightest.
also… she doesn’t have a lengthy history of jumpoffs, she had one brief period where she used Tom Hiddleston between Calvin and Joe, and she’s been pretty open about that in her songs since reputation…
anyway, I might believe they’ve hooked up, but I doubt they’re seriously dating and she’s going to incorporate that into her show tonight. especially since the Sun is the only one getting supposed insights into this. guess we’ll see!
Well said; the only thing that gives me pause is People, the second publication to report on T&J’s breakup, had a profile piece on Matt Healy yesterday, which felt a little fishy regarding timing. I hope it’s just People trying to get some extra clicks off the rumors, but as you said, we will see.
Does Taylor give the DF stories?! That seems unlikely, so yeah, if this is actually a thing, Matt Healy is absolutely leaking, Pinkosaurus.
In the very beginning of her publicist blitz on the split with Joe Alwyn, the article mentioned something similar to the hint that it wouldn’t be surprising if she would date anotehr London Boy soon.
The Sun is the first one that leaked this pair. And The Sun was the first that leaked Joe Alwyn back in May 2017. And I have seen quite a few anonymous sources coming from her camp published on DF and The Sun. It wouldn’t surprise me if she has PR connections with those British tabloids.
And finally, I still haven’t seen any detractions from her anonymous sources yet.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how old am I for never having heard of the band 1975? Like…. really really old? Or just old old?
Me too! I have no idea who he is and never heard of the band.
Well, I’m old and I know them, but I’m quite the music fan – they’re big in the UK and parts of Europe, don’t know about the US.
I’ve always thought they’re really over-rated (also am quite the music fan!) but Matty Healy is apparently a bit of an icon & young things go weak at the knees at the mere mention of him. Caitlin Moran did a really funny piece about him & her daughters’ reactions a couple of years ago.
(Just as an aside & following on from my huge disappointment re Nick Cave, if Caitlin Moran ever reveals herself as a Tory, a royalist, or anything else unsavoury, I think I’d literally weep.)
I am also questioning the “international megastars” claim.
Exactly.
He’s not a megastar by any stretch of the imagination.
The last time I heard about him was 2013.
If this is true I will be surprised. He seems nothing like her type.
Other than being British I guess? I am out of the loop, don’t know who he is and I’m not familiar with the band. So saying they’re both “massively successful megastars” does not ring true to me.
This is the daily mail and I am always massively skeptical of that outlet.
We shall see!
God, ita. Maybe it’s just these pictures and he cleans up nicely but he looks so grubby, oily and unkempt. She goes for clean cut guys and other than one or two when she was younger, they’ve all been in good shape and I don’t think any of them smoked. This just seems really suspect.
I really like their music and Matty writes quite witty lyrics, but apart from that I do not see the appeal. He’s as far from Joe Alwyn as you could get, maybe that’s it…
I love that picture of her.
She did make that surprise appearance at his concert earlier in the year so if they are dating she totally dumped Joe for him.
LOL “source”: “…as two international mega-stars..”
Only one person in this supposed couple is a mega-star and it’s not that dbag. The “source” here is clearly coming from his camp.
I’m pretty ambivalent about Swift but I actually don’t want this for her (or anyone) because he seems like a giant asshole,
Agreed, I listened to an interview with him and he came off as incredibly annoying. He also has really bad yellow teeth which I’m sure Swiftie won’t put up with for long lol. If they are actually dating he’ll be bleached and combed and ready for his close up wearing her t-shirt in no time.
I do think Swift could have leaked the megastar thing to pump him up and make him seem better than her ex… she’s shown herself to be vindictive like that before and very much put one guy against another, claiming this one is so much better because he’s already a megastar and knows how to handle fame (hint hint unlike Joe the horrid monk who hid me away in a tower!!)
I think it’s a rebound fling. After dating someone seriously for 6 years, I definitely see the appeal of just wanting something light, new, fresh, and not serious. Especially while she’s on tour and not going to be stationary for a good while. Sometimes you just need someone to text flirt with and make out every once in awhile.
Which would be great if that was the tone of the reportage. But it’s not. It’s breathless whispers of how “madly in love” she is.
I think she should own it. Have the most fun at peak times but know the expiration date looms. With him, a guy who dates insta-models and kisses groupies, it’ll be sooner rather than later. I mean, I would be shell-shocked (not really) if she wrote songs about wanting to marry this guy with paper (cartilage?) rings.
I’m kind of suspicious that Taylor’s camp haven’t said anything yet to deny. I’m not saying they need to deny every tabloid story, that would be exhausting, but this has become big news and in the past she has sent out a statement denying things when it’s a rumor.
She’s pregnant. There’s no reason to brand this new relationship a “madly in love” without a damn good reason. And as someone here accurately mentioned, her camp controls the narrative. The L word is a big one coming so soon off Joe, and with that obvious gray area…
Yeah, I’m gonna enjoy this absolutely specious speculation for a little while longer.
2 megastars? *cough* OK, DM.
As soon as the first “Taylor maybe dating” story popped up I thought exactly what kaiser wrote. You could see it coming.
ALL of this Kaiser. I wish her fans would realize that the common denominator in all her messy relationships is…her. She is definitely someone who doesn’t know how to be alone and always has another dude in line.
she didn’t date for like two years at one point because people were accusing her of serial dating. if you actually look at the timeline of her relationships, this isn’t true with the exception of Calvin to Tom.
This woman has been messy in relationships her entire adult life. And the details of her relationships (which she has openly shared in her music) kinda proves my point. She IS the common denominator in all of them. And her pattern of blaming the men for everything is pretty steady.
With you @Arizona. Forget Taylor as individual- the reaction to a woman having the audacity to date, break up, move on, be with more than one partner, be with nobody for a while & speak about it is wild. How people twist the details to fit this pearl clutching narrative is nuts. And the “messy relationships” (ie, they happened & ended) with full condemnation compared to famous men who get accolades for much worse than hurt feefees….ahahaha!
Oh please, in the two-year gap you touted in her life, there were plenty rumours of her being hooked up with randos. For instance, I read Lainey Gossip wrote that she was rumoured to pair with that tech guy briefly, who later married the ex-wife of Orlando Bloom (I forgot both names and not bothered to check out). If Matt Healy was once rumoured to have a brief fling with her before Calvin Harris.
Mallory, I am okay with her being messy, but surely it should be responsible and mature to own it, instead of playing all innocence and victims. It’s hypocrit and manipulative.
I agree that Taylor loves to blame the man for everything and as a result I think it has definitely stunted her growth somewhat. Maybe she turned a corned after her break up with joe, or maybe she decided to rebound with a ‘bad boy’. I dunno, but I do think she’s super high maintenance and has main character syndrome, and is probably exhausting to be in a relationship with.
That’s an apt analysis. I’ll add that she’s addicted to love—or the “lavender haze”—and wants to be worshipped. Joe was only good for her when she was trying to hide from the world.
OR—and I think this is an entirely valid theory as well—she’s so heartbroken by the end of what she assumed was the love of her life that she HAD to pivot so publicly. She HAD to be the one to move on first, whether she was ready or not. This is going to be so messy when “Matty” inevitably turns out to be The Worst Revenge Song Inspiration of All Time.
I’m actually going to disagree that Taylor blames every man for the breakup! She’s owned her fault a number of times, going as far back as “Back to December” which is an apology song to Taylor Laurent (lol I know). And she definitely owns breaking Hiddles’ heart. And the Styles songs on 1989 are all complicated: like some accuse him and some recognize that they were a mess together and were equally drawn to the drama. Also, she was with Joe from age 26-33 and fairly stable that whole time! I feel like there’s a cultural narrative that Taylor just jumps from one messy relationship to another and never owns her mistakes and I’m just not sure that’s true. She seems pretty self aware these days, as befits a woman in her early 30’s.
“The source went on to insist that there was no crossover in Taylor’s love life, despite news of her split from Joe emerging last month, insisting that the pair actually broke up in February.”
Nothing has convinced me more that there was, in fact, crossover lol
That said, I dont know the woman, but maybe in her actual life she takes blame BUT when it comes to her persona she still wants to keep that “good girl” image. I will say that she for sure isnt playing hurt from the split.
I don’t know much about this guy myself, but my friend is a fan and says he’s currently on tour in the Pacific. I could believe they hooked up a few months ago if they were in the same place at the same time, but I don’t believe for a second that she’s carrying on a relationship (text based or otherwise) while on tour with a guy who is also on tour on the other side of the world. There’s only so many hours in the day, even if you’ve got a private jet. I think all the leaks from British tabloids indicate that the British half of this rumored ‘romance’ is just trying to raise his profile.
I appreciate the other comments also loling over “two international superstars.” While I’m sure his band is successful and there are fans, there’s one party here who is actually a cultural touchstone (like it or not) and one who is not. The fact that someone is putting out stories trying to imply they both enjoy the same type of professional success and impact indicates someone in there is not okay with that. I hate this for her and for any woman in a similar position.
Anyway. I’ve wondered if now that her reputation has been rehabbed, if she’d go for a public, let’s kiss in Times Square NYE type relationship again.
I like the 1975, but this dude needs a shower. I hope he’s just a rebound because he doesn’t look like marriage material, if that’s what she wants.
Is Matty a common shortening of Matthew in the UK? Seeing it in print just looks so weird to my eye.
I’m Irish American and I have known quite a few “Mattys” among my family and friends. If the man is called Matthew, then Matty would be a fairly common nickname. If his name is Healy and his mother is Welch, then he must have Irish ancestry. And then there is also the famous traditional ballad “Matty Groves”. So yes, it exists.
Thanks for the reply and the explanation!
Loving all the „she‘s messy“ opinions. She’s an attractive young woman who dates. She’s no worse than anyone else. And AS IF we don’t all think that most the time it’s not us who’s the problem.
Dude looks greasy though.
Perhaps Joe ended it, especially if she was unfaithful which wouldn’t be hard to believe considering her ego and taste for attention.
I also think Joe ended the relationship. I don’t think she cheated. I do think possibly she ran into a rebound relationship and wants it public now because she was the dumped one and wants to be seen out happy before Joe is seen with someone.
She may want this news out before Joe goes public with his co-star if that’s happening.
Or her and Joe really ran their course and the rumours about Matty are false.
Are her relationships real or are they material for her work?
I only know about this guy because he was dating FKA twigs when she filed that lawsuit against Shia Labeouf. I don’t know any songs about the band though.
I’m not a hard core Swift fan but I do like her songs. I also haven’t been invested in any of her relationships. But For my opinion, I think the Cut’s article yesterday regarding that everyone is racing to find Taylor Swift’s next boyfriend is more to the point. A week ago they also linked Taylor to Fernando Alonso and he’s just been playing along sarcastically with what the media is saying about it . The other outlets are currently saying “rumored” new boyfriend being careful about the whole thing . The Sun, DM and the Ny Post has said untrue things about HM so I don’t usually take their articles seriously.