Matty Healy Reveals Why He's 'Not Interested' in Writing About 'Romantic Liaisons' After Taylor Swift Split

Mar. 15, 2025

Matty Healy and Taylor Swift.Photo:Francois Durand/Getty, Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Francois Durand/Getty, Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

When writing music,Matty Healywould rather not touch on his personal life.

During an appearance on Joshua Citarella’sDoomscrollpodcast on Tuesday, Oct. 22, The 1975 frontman revealed his thoughts on writing songs about previous relationships.

“Last year I became a way more well-known public figure for loads of different reasons. The only reason that I was interested in is kind of like, what I was doing,” Healy, 35, who datedTaylor Swiftfor a few months in 2023, said.

“So 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,” he continued. “And fair enough, do you know what I mean?”

On The 1975’s first record, Healy was more open to writing about heartbreak and “all these stories about relationships” — but he doesn’t feel the need to do that anymore.

“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,” he said.

While Healy is choosing to keep his relationships out of his song lyrics, Swift, 34, detailed theirshort-lived romanceon her latest studio albumThe Tortured Poets Department. The singer-songwriter seemingly sings about him on songs including “Guilty as Sin?,” “Fresh Out the Slammer,” “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” and “loml.”

On “loml,” Swift seemingly revealed their relationship was not meant to last as she sang about rekindling an old flame, only to see the romance crash and burn.

The 1975 released their fifth album,Being Funny in a Foreign Language, in 2022. Most recently, they collaborated withCharli xcxon “I Might Say Something Stupid,” which was featured on herBratremix album.

Since his split from Swift, Healy has moved on with modelGabbriette Bechtel. After going public with their romance in September 2023, the coupleannounced their engagementin June. Swift, meanwhile, has been dating Kansas City Chiefs starTravis Kelcesince last summer.

source: people.com