Things are over between Taylor Swift and the lead singer of the English pop rock band, The 1975, Matt Healy. TMZ reported on Monday that the pair have broken up after about a month of dating.
According to Entertainment Tonight, an insider claimed that incompatibility and scheduling conflicts were to blame for the breakup. “Taylor and Matty broke up,” the source revealed. “They are both extremely busy and realized they’re not really compatible with each other. Taylor’s friends want what’s best for her and aren’t shocked that their relationship fizzled out since she recently got out of a long-term relationship.”
People confirmed the news with a statement from a source: “She had fun with him, but it was always casual. They are no longer romantically involved.”
Swifties were hardly thrilled about Swift’s romance with Healy. First, the pop-rock performer appeared to do a Nazi salute onstage in January — The 1975 fans argued the motion was satire. Then, Healy appeared on Adam Friedland’s podcast in February, making misogynistic and racist comments and specifically called out rapper Ice Spice‘s ethnicity and racial identity. The episode was considered offensive enough to have been removed from Apple and Spotify.
When Swift announced her collaboration with the “Princess Diana” rapper on the song “Karma,” many considered it to be a calculated PR move to make up for or distract from Healy’s words.
Swift’s fans launched a #SpeakUpNow campaign to encourage the pop star to address Healy’s comments. According to Page Six, the statement asked for him to, “use your platform responsibly and intentionally. Advocate for inclusivity, celebrate diversity and promote empathy and understanding.”
Later, Healy apologized to Ice Spice but dismissed the backlash in an interview with The New Yorker. “Nobody is sitting there at night slumped at their computer, and their boyfriend comes over and goes, ‘What’s wrong, darling?’ and they go, ‘It’s just this thing with Matty Healy,’” the musician said. “That doesn’t happen.”
Romance rumors began saturating headlines and newsfeeds in early May. By mid-month, the pair were seen kissing at Casa Cipriani in New York City. An eyewitness told Page Six, “they sat next to each other at a banquette in the lounge.” According to the source, Swift and Healy were “cuddling and kissing.” They were joined by close friend and producer to the stars, Jack Antonoff, who is said to have set them up, according to an anonymous source on Instagram gossip account Deux Moi.
To add to the speculation, Healy attended a Taylor Swift concert with some of her closest friends, including models Gigi Hadid and Lily Aldridge. Granted, he had good reason for being there: he performed with Phoebe Bridgers during the show. But then Swift and Healy were photographed arriving back at her Nashville house on 12:30 a.m. that Sunday.
The sighting came after a video of Swift and Healy saying the same “This one is about you. You know who you are. I love you,” line on stage during their concerts this week went viral. Healy was in the audience when Swift said hers. In another clip from January, Healy said he wouldn’t kiss anyone on stage because “Taylor Swift was in the audience.”
According to The Sun, the Midnights artist was said to be “madly in love” with Healy. The pair had maintained a close friendship since 2014. An inside source told the publication, “It’s super-early days, but it feels right. They first dated, very briefly, almost 10 years ago but timings just didn’t work out.”
Back in 2015, Healy denied romance rumors with Swift but confirmed they would text each other frequently. “Yeah, we met each other, we exchanged numbers in the same way that a lot of people in this kind of world do and we spoke occasionally,” he said on Australian radio.
As if we didn’t have enough problematic commentary from this man, he told Q magazine in 2016, “If I had gone out with Taylor Swift I would’ve been, ‘F***ing hell! I am NOT being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.” He said,“You know, ‘F***. THAT.’ That’s also a man thing, a de-masculinating, emasculating thing.”
In April, Entertainment Tonight reported Swift and her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn called it quits in March, in what was allegedly an amicable split. According to a source, the relationship “had just run its course,” and was “not dramatic.”
Fans began noticing that Alwyn wasn’t around on Swift’s world tour. Looking for clues, fans believed Swift dropped a hint about the breakup at her March 31 concert. Swift performed in Arlington, Texas and replaced the romantic song “Invisible String” with the breakup song, “The 1.” It includes the lyrics, “But we were something don’t you think so?” and “If my wishes came true, it would have been you.”
Alwyn, who Swift’s friends unfollowed on Instagram hinting that the British actor may have done Swift dirty, was reportedly upset by the Healy developments. A source told the Daily Mail, “Joe feels slighted and is distraught after seeing her budding relationship with Matt, but is doing his best to keep busy and focus on himself.”
Hot off the heels of her rebound, it looks like Swift is ready for a single-girl summer.
