{"id":11258,"date":"2024-04-26T19:43:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T19:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=11258"},"modified":"2024-04-26T19:43:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T19:43:28","slug":"matty-healy-responds-after-taylor-swift-appeared-to-take-aim-at-him-on-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=11258","title":{"rendered":"Matty Healy responds after Taylor Swift appeared to take aim at him on new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-5859\" class=\"post-5859 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"article-header_meta__N4zeN\">\n<div class=\"article-header_summary__sAc2l\">\n<h2 class=\"summary_summary__q_VAA\">Matty Healy has given his response after being asked how he felt about Taylor Swift\u2019s newest album<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-header_metaWrapper__P4a1g\">\n<div class=\"article-header_author__I1S0n\">\n<div class=\"author-bio_container__mJB1O\">\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>One of Taylor Swift\u2019s ex\u2019s has spoken out after fans insist that some of the songs on her newest album reference him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Matty Healy, the lead singer of the 1975, has responded to claims that he was referenced on\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0latest album,\u00a0<em>The Tortured Poets Department.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The pair were reported to have begun dating back in 2023\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/celebrity\/taylor-swift-and-matt-healy-have-broken-up-419944-20230605\">before reportedly breaking up in June of that year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In particular,\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/music\/news\/taylor-swift-lyrics-matt-healy-tortured-poets-department-471919-20240419\">fans speculated that numerous songs referenced him<\/a> in some way \u2013 naming \u2018Gulity as Sin\u2019, \u2018Black Dog\u2019, \u2018Fresh out the Slammer\u2019, and \u2018The Tortured Poet\u2019s Department\u2019 amongst a few others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd28952a8b7a4673c\/6629f80378028213d7e8dcd0\/GettyImages-1685816710.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd28952a8b7a4673c\/6629f80378028213d7e8dcd0\/GettyImages-1685816710.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd28952a8b7a4673c\/6629f80378028213d7e8dcd0\/GettyImages-1685816710.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd28952a8b7a4673c\/6629f80378028213d7e8dcd0\/GettyImages-1685816710.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd28952a8b7a4673c\/6629f80378028213d7e8dcd0\/GettyImages-1685816710.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd28952a8b7a4673c\/6629f80378028213d7e8dcd0\/GettyImages-1685816710.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd28952a8b7a4673c\/6629f80378028213d7e8dcd0\/GettyImages-1685816710.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd28952a8b7a4673c\/6629f80378028213d7e8dcd0\/GettyImages-1685816710.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd28952a8b7a4673c\/6629f80378028213d7e8dcd0\/GettyImages-1685816710.jpg 3840w\" alt=\"Fans believe that a few songs are about Matty Healy. (Scott Legato\/WireImage)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Fans believe that a few songs are about Matty Healy. (Scott Legato\/WireImage)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In the song, Swift sings \u201cYou left your typewriter at my apartment \/ Straight from the tortured poets department \/ I think some things I never say \/ Like, \u2018Who uses a typewriter anyway?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">And fans believe that this is about Healy due to his comments during an\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tde3nYmKFlI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with GQ.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In the interview, the singer spoke of his preference for typewriters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">He said: \u201cIt\u2019s not that there\u2019s any kind of like, romance to having a notebook, but I really like typewriters, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI don\u2019t have one with me because that is really impractical, but the thing is with typewriters and writing on pen to paper, there\u2019s kind of an element of like commitment that goes with the ceremony of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cTherefore, it requires you to concentrate a bit better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">So, when Healy was spotted out and about in\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/los-angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday (April 24) the topic of Swift\u2019s new album was brought up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">He was asked how he felt about the \u2018diss track\u2019 and gave a surprising response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cMy diss track? Oh!\u201d he said. Healy then laughed and replied: \u201cI haven\u2019t really listened to that much of it, but I\u2019m sure it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The\u00a0<em>Tortured Poets Department\u00a0<\/em>songs<em>\u00a0<\/em>Swifties think reference Matty Healy<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>\u2018Guilty as Sin?\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Swift sings: \u201cDrowning in the Blue Nile \/ He sent me \u2018Downtown Lights\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Healy is known to be a fan of Scottish band The Blue Nile, and \u2018Downtown Lights\u2019 even inspired a The 1975 song.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u2018But Daddy I Love Him\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">This one seems to take aim at Swift\u2019s fans, who\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/celebrity\/taylor-swift-matt-healy-dating-picture-099762-20230512\">continually pleaded with her to break up with Healy<\/a>\u00a0during the brief time she dated him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">At one point she sings: God save the most judgmental creeps \/ Who say they want what\u2019s best for me \/ Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I\u2019ll never see \/ Thinking it can change the beat of my heart when he touches me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Tell us how you really feel.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018The Black Dog\u2019<\/h3>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Swift sings: \u201cI just don\u2019t understand how you don\u2019t miss me \/ In The Black Dog when someone plays The Starting Line \/ And you jump up, but she\u2019s too young \/ To know this song \/ That was intertwined in the magic fabric of our dreaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Healy is a fan of The Starting Line, and covered the band\u2019s song \u2018The Best of Me\u2019 during gigs in April and May 2023, just days before he and Swift were snapped holding hands.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u2018The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">One fan called this \u2018the most brutal song I\u2019ve ever heard\u2019 \u2013 the title says it all, really.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The opening reference to a man in a \u2018Jehovah\u2019s Witness suit\u2019 seems to be a dig at how Healy dresses on stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matty Healy has given his response after being asked how he felt about Taylor Swift\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":73,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}