Here's Everything You Need To Know About Matty Healy, Now That He's Reportedly "Hanging Out" With Taylor Swift
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Matty Healy has become one of the most talked about people on the internet in less than a week.
Like, just take a glance at Taylor Swift stan Twitter or TikTok, and you'll see just how many people are talking about him.
Last Wednesday, the Sun reported that Taylor Swift and Matty are dating and "madly in love." And okay, call me a skeptic, but when this rumor came out, I truly did not believe it one bit.
However, things shifted when Matty showed up in Nashville for Taylor's Eras Tour this past weekend. And while neither Taylor nor Matty have confirmed anything, fans are totally invested.
Just let it be known that Matty was in the Philippines performing with The 1975 on May 3-4, and Taylor's Nashville weekend was May 5-7. He even played onstage with Phoebe Bridgers during night 2, when she opened for Taylor this weekend.
And now this morning, Entertainment Tonight reported that they're "having a good time hanging out," and were reconnected by their mutual friend Jack Antonoff.
The source also told ET, "Taylor and Matty like each other. Taylor has a crush on Matty, and they are having a good time hanging out. Matty also thinks Taylor is awesome and incredibly talented, too. They dated briefly in the past."
So, if you're not suuuper familiar with Matty, but after this weekend you can't get enough, here's everything you need to know about him:
1.Matty was born on April 8, 1989 (the same year as Taylor), and he's an Aries.
2.He's best known as the frontman for the English band The 1975.
Aside from being the lead vocalist, he writes the band's music and plays guitar and piano when necessary. He's also infamous for having some of the most chaotic energy onstage at their shows, and during their most recent tour, At Their Very Best, he invited fans onstage to kiss him and even ate raw meat.
3.He was originally the drummer for The 1975, but said that when he met George Daniel, the band's current drummer, it "changed [his] life."
4.His mother is Denise Welch, who's best known for her roles on Coronation Street, Waterloo Road, and Hollyoaks. Matty's father is Tim Healy, who's best known for roles on Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Benidorm, and Still Open All Hours.
5.In fact, as a teenager, Matty appears in a few episodes of Waterloo Road as an unnamed extra.
6.He's literally the inspiration for Roddy, aka the rat, from the 2006 movie Flushed Away.
"There’s a meme that I’m a specific rat, which, is it the kid from Flushed Away," he told the audience during their concert in Brisbane earlier this year. "This is actually doing me damage. I’m not cashing in on anything there. But we’re all friends, and I’ve seen that meme so many times, and it’s made me laugh."
He added, "As you know, my parents are actors...[my mother's] godfather is a producer, and he produces movies. I wasn't actually close with him until I was around about probably 14 years old, or something like that. But anyway, he was looking for inspiration for a movie he was producing called Flushed Away. So, um...it is genuinely based on me. And I know that seems ridiculous, but if you do enough internet research, you'll be able to find out that it's true."
And folks, the facts are facting! Denise's godfather, Ian La Frenais, was one of the screenwriters for Flushed Away.
7. After rumors swirled about a collab with Taylor, he admitted he did actually work with her on her most recent album Midnights — the songs he worked on just didn't make the cut.
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"It was for reasons that are not to be criticized," he said. "She's amazing." He also said that if she ever wanted to record an acoustic album, he'd be down to help her out.
8.Phoebe Bridgers and Jack Antonoff are among the music geniuses who've collaborated with him and The 1975.
Matty said that Taylor actually got a sneak peek of their album Being Funny in a Foreign Language because of Jack. Phoebe has joined the band onstage before, and she appears on their song "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America."
9.Back in September 2022, Matty revealed that he has "zero commercial ambition" after saying no to going on tour with Ed Sheeran.
"I tend to say no to stuff for money," he said. "I don't know how you can write this up without it being rude or inappropriate, but I just got offered a four-month tour next year of stadiums with the biggest singer-songwriter in the world that would've made me money that I've never even seen or heard of in my life."
10.He has synesthesia, which is the perceptual phenomenon where one sense comes through as another. He explained that when he's writing a song, "there’s a color there."
11.Over the years, he's also been open about his addiction to heroin and benzodiazepines, and is currently in recovery. Several of the songs on The 1975's album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships are about his experiences with addiction and rehab.
12.Back in 2015, and during the peak-Tumblr era, Matty was rumored to be dating Halsey after she appeared at one of their concerts. Many fans even believe that The 1975's songs "The Sound" and "She's American" are about her and their relationship.
Halsey's song "Colors" is also rumored to be about Matty, though neither have ever confirmed.
13.He's also been linked to FKA Twigs, and the pair dated for about two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, but broke up in early 2022. Fans also speculate that The 1975's songs "I'm in Love with You" and "When We Are Together" were written about her.
She also appeared on The 1975 album Notes on a Conditional Form.
14.He had a dog named Alan, and during the pandemic, he began training a puppy named Mayhem.
15.He's also infamous for "shitposting" on his social media accounts, which he's deleted and reactivated several times throughout the years after trying to get canceled repeatedly.
The dictionary literally describes "shitposting" as "a contribution to an online forum that is off-topic, false, or offensive, with the intent to derail the discussion or provoke other participants." His posts and rants have gotten to the point where several internet users have criticized him and his motives.
But last month, he announced at one of his shows that his era of being a "fucking asshole" was coming to an end.
16. However, onstage and off, he's extremely vocal about abortion and LGBTQ rights.
Matty with a pride flag on stage in Munich (via @SADGIRSCLUB ) pic.twitter.com/DVPVgHYH8N
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“All that woke shit that I used to crack on about…I come from art,” he told NME. “My grandad was one of the first drag queens in the UK. I genuinely believe that a lot of the best art comes from transgressive communities like the gay community and cultures of color. If you want good art and good shit, then leave people alone, let them do their thing! Don’t be racist and don’t oppress women! I’ve not said anything revolutionary…”
17.Matty also denounced Donald Trump when he was elected president in 2016 and admitted he cried when he heard the results of the election.
"The thing is right, the obvious thing is it is very sad to see not just young but young, progressive voices of change being drowned out by regressive ideals, it is sad," he said at one of his shows after the election in London. “If we are the liberals, if we are the left, if we are the young, the Black, the Muslim, the gay, whatever we are, we have to understand that all of this shit, these paradigms of race and all this kind of stuff, it seems to make sense, but that’s not really what it’s about. ... A lot of these people who voted against what I believe the majority of us stand for, most of those people are so disenfranchised by political systems that they wanted a change, and it’s our responsibility, yes, to be pissed off but to be not patronizing and be compassionate and be understanding.”
18.Matty is currently banned from Dubai, after he kissed a male fan onstage at one of his concerts in 2019.
In a now-deleted tweet, he said, "I don't think we'll be allowed back due to my 'behavior,' but know that I love you, and I wouldn't have done anything differently given the chance again."
19. And finally, Matty went viral on TikTok this past winter while on tour with The 1975 because of his unscripted autotune moments.
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"Don't like menthols," when a fan threw menthol cigarettes on the stage. Or "Someone's fallen down over there, Go and fuckin' sort 'em out. Stop standing there like a bunch of dickheads," after someone fell in the crowd.
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