Matty Healy's Aunt Says He Is 'Very Happy in His New Relationship' amid Ex Taylor Swift's Release of “TTPD”

The comments came after Swift, 34, seemingly referred to her past romance with Healy on her new album, released on April 19

A relative of Matty Healy is speaking out after the release of his ex Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department.

Healy’s aunt Debbie Dedes told The Daily Mail that Healy, 35, is “very happy” in his new relationship after briefly dating Swift, 34, last year. The update comes after Swift seemingly referred to Healy, 35, in several tracks from her 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Deparment, which was released on April 19.

“She writes about all her relationships, doesn't she? I don't think it will come as a shock to him at all,” Dedes told the outlet. “He's very happy in his new relationship so I'm sure he will be focusing on that.”

Related: Everything Taylor Swift Seemingly Reveals About Her Relationship with Matty Healy on Tortured Poets Department

Healy is currently in a relationship with model Gabbriette Bechtel. The pair were first spotted kissing in New York City in September 2023 and have since made several public appearances together at Healy’s band gigs and Fashion Week.

The 1975 frontman dated Swift briefly last year before they split in June 2023, a month after going public with their romance. They had actually first met in 2014 and sparked romance rumors at the time.

Swifties notably didn’t react well to the 2023 romance after controversial comments made by Healy, which he later apologized for, on a podcast.

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In The Tortured Poets Department, Swift — who is currently dating NFL star Travis Kelce — seemingly refers to Healy in multiple songs, including “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” as she mentions a man in a “Jehovah’s Witness suit” who “tried to buy some pills from a friend of friends of mine.” Healy notably wears a suit on stage and has previously discussed getting treatment for heroin addiction.

Meanwhile, on “Guilty as Sin?” Swift — who was in a relationship with actor Joe Alwyn for six years before dating Healy — sings about the object of her affections sending her the 1989 synth-pop song “The Downtown Lights” by the Scottish band The Blue Nile, which Healy previously referred to as his “favorite band of all time” in multiple interviews.

The album's title track “The Tortured Poets Department,” also seems to reference Healy, with the title of the song itself, and the lyrics, seemingly a joke aimed at Healy for behaving in the manner of famous poets like Dylan Thomas and bringing a typewriter to her apartment.

“You left your typewriter at my apartment / Straight from the Tortured Poets Department / I think some things I never say / Like, ‘Who uses typewriters anyway?’” Swift sings on the track. Healy previously talked to GQ in 2018 about his preference for typewriters.

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Swift also sings about another favorite band of Healy's in "The Black Dog," pop-punk group The Starting Line, while in “Fresh Out the Slammer,” she discusses leaving a relationship that was holding her back and making her feel trapped and “runnin’ back home” to someone “who says I’m the girl of his American dreams.” (Both Healy and Alwyn are British.)

The singer also appears to address criticism of her relationship with Healy in the songs “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” and “But Daddy I Love Him.”

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