Taylor Swift and The 1975’s Matty Healy Finish Relationship Amid Controversy

Taylor Swift, Matty Healy. Mike Dunn/Shutterstock; Jason Sheldon/Shutterstock

A change of coronary heart. Taylor Swift and Matty Healy have known as it quits shortly after their whirlwind romance made headlines, Us Weekly can affirm.

“Taylor and Matt are not romantically concerned,” a supply completely tells Us. “That they had enjoyable collectively, however it was by no means critical.”

The Grammy winner, 33, and the lead singer of The 1975, 34, have been linked in Could, weeks after Us confirmed Swift’s break up from her boyfriend of almost six years, Joe Alwyn. She and Healy didn’t publicly deal with their relationship standing, however the British musician was noticed within the VIP part of Swift’s Eras Tour concert events in Nashville that month. He later carried out with Phoebe Bridgers on Could 13 as she opened for Swift in Philadelphia.

On the time, a supply completely instructed Us that the “August” songstress and Healy have been “hanging out” and “having enjoyable collectively.” The insider famous: “They each respect and admire one another’s expertise. They’ve loads of mutual associates, together with Jack Antonoff.”

In response to the supply, Swift and the “Robbers” crooner have been seeking to “give issues a second likelihood” following a “temporary” fling almost 10 years prior. The twosome beforehand sparked relationship rumors in 2014 when the Cats actress was noticed attending a number of of his band’s concert events. They additional raised eyebrows after they have been photographed carrying one another’s merchandise.

Healy seemingly shut down romance rumors on the time — however his response landed him in sizzling water when he said that it will be “emasculating” to this point somebody as well-known as Swift. He mirrored on the controversy two years later in dialog with Elle.

“I used to be for a really brief time immersed in a star world that I discovered complicated and scary,” the “Happiness” artist defined in 2016. “At the moment, I had fears of being ‘any individual’s boyfriend’ … earlier than even being acknowledged for my music or presence as an individual in my very own proper.”

The “Anyone Else” singer recalled that “90 %” of the questions he was requested amid the hypothesis have been “about both [Taylor] as an individual or what our ‘interplay’ was like.” Regardless of his distaste for the scenario, he asserted that he had “loads of respect and admiration” for Swift herself.

Over time, the duo appeared to stay pleasant. In January, the Miss Americana star stunned followers on the O2 Area in London by popping out to carry out a handful of songs throughout The 1975’s live performance. Healy, in the meantime, claimed a number of months prior that his band labored with Swift on her October 2022 album, Midnights.

“However then [that] model of it by no means got here out. … It was for causes that aren’t to be criticized. She’s wonderful,” he famous in a November 2022 interview.

Forward of the pair’s breakup, a supply completely instructed Us in Could that the “Cardigan” singer was “getting to love [Matty] the extra she will get to know him” and felt “happier than she’s been in a very long time.”

The connection, nevertheless, was closely criticized by followers because of Healy’s controversial previous. The “She’s American” artist has raised eyebrows a number of occasions through the years — most just lately for laughing alongside on “The Adam Friedland Present” whereas the podcast’s hosts poked enjoyable at Ice Spice‘s heritage. The dialog additionally included a dialogue concerning the porn web site “Ghetto Gaggers,” which options degrading content material towards girls of colour.

Healy beforehand apologized to Ice Spice — who collaborated with Swift on a brand new model of her tune “Karma” — throughout a live performance. The producer additional addressed the controversy in a latest New Yorker profile.

“It really doesn’t matter,” he argued. “No one is sitting there at night time slumped at their pc, and their boyfriend comes over and goes, ‘What’s incorrect, darling?’ and so they go, ‘It’s simply this factor with Matty Healy.’ That doesn’t occur. … If it does, you’re both deluded or you’re, sorry, a liar.”

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