We know all too well that any new Taylor Swift album will be finely dissected, lyric by cryptic lyric, to determine which of her exes or lovers (ahem, Travis Kelce) she’s referring to, but the tables could soon be flipped on the singer. That’s right, ex, and 1975 lead singer, Matty Healy, is rumoured to be releasing music about Swift.
The band is said to be secretly working on their sixth album ahead of Glastonbury Festival in June, with inspiration allegedly being drawn by Matty from the famous fling.
Per The Sun, “Healy will finally open up about his short relationship with the pop queen” with lyrics on one song reportedly reading: “Keep your head up Princess, your tiara is falling.”
The publication also spoke to a music insider who says, “Everyone at the studio thought this was about Matty’s fling with Taylor and their fleeting romance.
“Matty will never publicly comment on his relationships, but he lets his deepest feelings out in his songs and gets everything off his chest.”
Given Healy has remained tight-lipped on his time with Tay Tay, all eyes and ears are sure to be on the upcoming album when and if it drops. The singer has previously said he’s “not interested” in writing music about his love life.
“I would kind of just be lying if I made a record about, I don’t know, all the stuff that was said about me or my casual romantic liaisons or whatever it may be that I’ve kind of become known for, just because I was famous,” he told People in October 2024.
“I think that that’s an obvious thing to draw from. And I’m just not interested in it.”
Swift and Healy dated in 2023 following the Midnights singer’s split from long-term boyfriend, Joe Alwyn. Albeit brief, the couple’s romance was highly publicized and led to what many fans assume is (at least in part) the inspiration behind Swift’s 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department.
While many expected the new music to give an insight into her notoriously private relationship and breakup from Alwyn, it instead seemed to allude to the short-lived affair with the 1975 singer.
Fans have drawn parallels between Healy and tracks from the album including; “But Daddy I Love Him”, “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” and “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived”.
