It could have solely been a month since reviews of Taylor Swift’s cut up from ex Joe Alwyn had been made public, however rumors are already swirling concerning the singer’s love life. The newest? That she’s relationship Matty Healy, frontman of The 1975. It is no secret the pair have been pals for years, however the web goes wild with information that they might have taken their relationship to the following stage. So what’s really happening?
On Might 5, the rumors started to look an entire lot extra probably when Healy was noticed at Swift’s Nashville present. In movies and photographs shared on-line, Healy might be seen hanging out with just a few different folks in what seems to be a gated off, VIP part of the stadium. Followers additionally shared movies of him dancing to “Shake It Off” on Twitter. It is also price noting that Healy’s shut good friend, Phoebe Bridgers, joined Swift on stage throughout the present.
The “All Too Properly” singer is at the moment on her Eras Tour, and her cease in Nashville proved to be an vital one. Not solely did her maybe-new-boyfriend present up, however the pop star additionally introduced the upcoming launch of “Converse Now (Taylor’s Model).”
Information of Swift and Healy’s rumored relationship first broke by way of the entrance web page of The Sun, which revealed on Might 4 that the pair have allegedly begun relationship. “She and Matty are head over heels in love. It is super-early days, however it feels proper. They first dated, very briefly, virtually ten years in the past however timings simply did not work out,” a supply instructed The Solar. Swift was certainly noticed carrying a The 1975 band T-shirt again in 2014.
Years later, Healy would open up about his temporary reference to Swift and the following wave of hypothesis and the way it made him sure he would by no means date Swift. “I really feel like I am not superb at relationships,” Matty instructed Q Journal (by way of NME) in March 2016, including that he was afraid of simply changing into “Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.” “The explanation I point out that’s as a result of if I had [properly] gone out with Taylor Swift the very first thing, I might’ve [thought was] ‘F*cking hell I’m NOT being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend,'” he mentioned, admitting, “That is additionally a person factor, a de-masculinating, emasculating factor.”
That Might, Healy would stroll again these feedback barely in a string of tweets (per Yahoo). “I had fears of being ‘anyone’s boyfriend’ (bear in mind that is all hypothesis as we by no means dated!) earlier than even being acknowledged for my music or presence as an individual in my very own proper,” he wrote, persevering with, “I used to be being HONEST about all of the ideas, emotions, and conditions that come alongside when folks ASSUME you might be relationship probably the most well-known girl on the planet. I’m telling you from expertise it is an all-consuming whirlwind and one thing that for me elicited numerous self-exploration.”
Healy went on to reward Swift’s character, writing, “I’ve mentioned on numerous events that I discovered her to be some of the gracious, arduous working, creatively gifted, and delightful ladies that I’ve had the pleasure to fulfill. I personally have numerous respect and admiration for her.”
Regardless of what the newest sources are saying, Healy confirmed the pair by no means dated, concluding, “I did not even date Taylor, however the media’s incessant and brutal obsession together with her has meant that even a man who DIDN’T DATE HER has been so battered by their unending questions that he is inevitably mentioned one thing that may be lifted and moulded into one thing that resembles ‘shade.’ It is actually unhappy.”
Since then, Swift has been linked with Harry Kinds, Calvin Harris, and Tom Hiddleston earlier than settling down with British actor Alwyn. The couple had been collectively for six years and lived in London earlier than splitting this yr. “Taylor and Joe really cut up up again in February, so there was completely no crossover. Each Matty and Taylor have been touring over the previous few weeks, so it has been numerous FaceTiming and texting however she can not wait to see him once more. However as two worldwide megastars, they perceive the pressures of each other’s jobs higher than anybody, and are extremely supportive of their respective careers,” a supply claimed to The Solar. Healy additionally reportedly cut up from FKA Twigs final yr.
Followers of The 1975 went wild earlier this yr when Swift made a shock look throughout the first evening of the band’s At Their Very Finest tour at London’s 02 Enviornment in January. She carried out a canopy of “The Metropolis” and her hit observe “Anti-Hero.” After the present, Swift met Healy’s mom, “Loose Women”‘s Denise Welch, who excitedly posted a photograph of the pair hugging on Instagram. So if the rumors are true, Swift has already ticked the meet-the-family field.
However is that this rumored romance the true deal, or hypothesis? Reps for Swift and Healy didn’t reply to POPSUGAR’s request for affirmation. Whether or not pals or one thing extra, we’re right here for a “Love Story.”