Matty Healy is said to be planning to write about his relationship with Taylor Swift on the next album from The 1975.
Despite saying before that he didn’t intend to write about his brief romances, The Sun have reported that the band’s sixth album allegedly features a track called ‘God Has Entered My Body’, including the lyric, “Keep your head up Princess, your tiara is falling”, rumoured to be referencing Swift.
It’s been speculated that the two singers shared a short-lived relationship in the summer of 2023, following Swift’s split from actor Joe Alwyn. Fans have theorized that Healy inspired much of the material from her most recent album, The Tortured Poets Department.
Swiftie sleuths have pointed to various tracks on the album as mentions of Matty. For example, the title track saying: “You smokеd then ate seven bars of chocolate / We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist”. Healy is a heavy smoker and has previously shared his admiration for Charlie Puth – the first line could also be a reference to The 1975’s hit, ‘Chocolate’.
Whereas other tracks are said to make more subtle allusions to the outspoken rocker, such as “Guilty as Sin?”, as song about a lustful relationship that begins with a reference to Scottish band The Blue Nile, which Healy has said are his favourite group of all time.
The news of Healy possibly writing about his time with Swift is a surprise, since he said before in an interview with Doomscroll that he has no desire to write any music about his short-term relationships.
“Last year I became a way more well-known public figure for loads of different reasons,” he said on the podcast in November, hinting at being the subject of Swift’s album. “I think that a lot of artists, they become very interested in their lore, or they become interested in the things that have happened outside of their art that people know about and they want to address that, and fair enough.”
“Honestly, 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.”
Healy himself is currently loved up with his fiancée, Gabbritte Bechtel. He and the US actress/model were first linked in September 2023, shortly after his breakup with Swift. Bechtel is a musician herself, having been the lead singer for Nasty Cherry, a punk band curated by Charli XCX in 2018.
Meanwhile, Taylor is still going strong with her partner, American football player Travis Kelce. After recent pictures showed her with a new ring, it’s said that an engagement between the two could be on the way.
A singer who’s never been shy of controversy, Healy was recently involved in an online fued with rapper Azealia Banks over X/Twitter, with both musicians trading barbs and threats. Healy has since apologized, whereas Banks has threatened legal action and sought financial compensation – you can read our coverage on their spat here.
