Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has ended after a long span of 2 years with her visiting various cities and making it one of the biggest tours of all time. Her fans or what people call them “Swifties” have been a very huge supporter of her all throughout her musical journey. But other than her music, her personal life and a long list of relationships have also been a topic that her fans are very curious to know about.
Her list of relationships includes popular celebrities and artists like Jack Gyllenhaul, Harry Styles, her current boyfriend Travis Kelce, it’s a really long list. One of the most noted relationships of Taylor Swift was with the English singer-songwriter and record producer Matty Healy. With the beginning of their relationship in December 2014 to rumors of them again being together surfaced on the internet in 2024, we are going to talk in detail about Matty Healy Taylor Swift relationship timeline.
Matty Healy Taylor Swift First Meeting
Matty Healy is a English singer-songwriter and record producer who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the pop rock band the 1975. He met Taylor Swift for the first time at the backstage of one his band’s concerts. The concert took place in Los Angeles and Taylor was attending the concert with her friends, Ellie Goulding and Selena Gomez.
But at their first meeting Matty had no idea that he could get in a relationship with the famous Taylor Swift. Once when Matty went to the Australian radio program Shazam Top 20, they talked about Matty and Taylor’s first meeting.
The host of the show pointed out that Healy and Swift might become one of the most popular celebrity couples. To this Healy said “I mean, bloody hell, what am I going to do, go out with Taylor Swift? She’s a sensation. I wouldn’t say no.”. Various rumors claimed that Taylor’s ex Harry Styles was also present at the Los Angeles concert but the rumors turned out to be false.
Matty Healy Taylor Swift Early Relationship Rumors
Now it was December, 2014 and the rumors started to surface that Taylor has started dating Matty Healy. The main reason for that was fans were already speculating that Matty and Taylor might be in a relationship. Us Weekly also reported on 10 December 2014 that they might be in a private relationship. One of Taylor’s friends told them “It’s very new and they’re having fun. They’re seeing where things go.”. And at the same time Taylor was also spotted at the concert of 1975 that took place in New York.
Denial Of Relationship By Matty Healy
After a few days of the rumors of their relationship spreading on the internet, Matty went as a guest on the Shazam Top 20 show. He completely denied that there was any relationship between him and Taylor Swift. He said that all the rumors were fake and false news is spreading on the internet. This was Matty’s statement “It is bloody fake. It’s all fake. It’s all a farce. There’s no, like, relationship or anything happening. We met each other. We exchanged numbers in the same way a lot of people in this kind of world do. And we spoke occasionally, and then she’s the biggest pop star in the world. I’m in Australia.
There’s no, like, relationship or anything happening. It’s just funny how people really, really buy into that.”. He also added “As much as it’d be amazing for me if it did, unfortunately it didn’t.”
Matty Healy Statement On These Rumors
The rumors about Matty Healy Taylor Swift relationship were constantly surfacing on the internet with one news after another. With a lot of rumors and every journalist questioning him about Taylor, Matty got a little carried away with all the attention and gave the following statement. His statement was “So the one time I did have a flirtation with a girl, it ended up going everywhere…I mean, I got on E! News and people were like, ‘Who’s Matt Healy?’ so that was cool. But I didn’t make a big deal out of it myself. It’s not really anything to talk about, because if she wasn’t Taylor Swift we wouldn’t be talking about her. She wasn’t a big impact on my life.”.
He also added “I was for a very short time immersed in a celebrity world that I found confusing and scary. At that time, I had fears of being ‘somebody’s boyfriend’ (remember this is all speculation as we never dated!) before even being recognized for my music or presence as a person in my own right.”.
This sparked a lot of conflict for the people who loved Matty. Matty,gave another statement after this with the sole target to clarify what he meant from the above statement. He said that he would occasionally act like an idiot and would perform work idiotically. He also said that the rumors about him and Taylor Swift made him get immersed in the celebrity world.
His statement in a summary meant that if there are rumors going around that you are dating someone as popular as Taylor Swift then you would also get carried away. Him getting carried away might be the reason for Healy giving such a statement.
Taylor Swift Matty Healy Collaboration
After all the rumors and all the talks the public settled down and would not further discuss the relationship between them. This gave the artists time to be able to work together without any kind of problem. In November, 2022 rumors were spread on the internet that Matty and his band 1975 are working with Taylor Swift and would soon release their work together. Firstly, the rumors were completely denied but later the members of 1975 confirmed that they worked with Taylor on her album Midnights. But their music did not fully make up for the cut that Taylor had for her album. But this gave the band a chance to work together with Swift.
Matty Healy Taylor Swift Confirmation Of Relationship
Finally in May, 2023 the relationship between Haley and Swift was confirmed. This confirmation included a lot of appearances of Matty at Taylor’s concert. Matty took a long 17 hours flight from the Philippines to Nashville to support Taylor for her first ever performance at Nashville. Various reports at that time also confirmed that Taylor and Matty were spotted together at various locations.
At this time they were also seen for their first ever date. This date took place at Casa Cipari located in New York City. Many people thought that Taylor dated Matty and Taylor were in a relationship while Taylor was dating Joe. But, no Taylor broke up with him in February, 2023 as the reports claims. On May 12, Matty was seen performing at the Taylor Swift concert in Philadelphia.
Matty Healy Taylor Swift Break Up
Finally, the news that various fans speculated started surfacing on the internet, about the breakup of Healy and Swift. This was in June 2023 when it was report by TMZ that a friend close to the couple claimed that they had broken up and their relationship did not work the distance. The report claimed for the couple to not make the distance in their relationship. The source also claimed that they were not able to work out their relationship as they were more focused on their career and were not able to give each other a lot of time.
But then again in July, 2023 their relationship was back on. It was claimed by the source that their relationship was back on and that there is just something electric between the couple that they want to make their relationship work. The couple started to make time for each other in between the busy schedule of their tours.
Another really close source to the couple said “They are absolutely not together and aren’t even in contact anymore. She is enjoying being single and has been spending time in the studio and hanging out with friends in New York City. This is all B.S.”.
Taylor Swift Album “Tortured Poets Department”
In April, 2024 Taylor Swift released her long awaited album “Tortured Poets Department”. Many fans were making theories that songs like “Guilty as Sin,” “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can),” and “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” were dedicated to her past relationship with Taylor and Matty. Her songs like “Guilty as Sin,” “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can),” and “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” contained references to her relationship with Healy. Media also asked Matty Healy about his reaction to the alleged “diss track” on him by Taylor. To this query, Matty said that he has not listened to that much of the album but he thinks that it would be good.
Matty Healy On Releasing A Song About His Relationship With Matty
In October, 2024 Matty Healy Taylor Swift, Matty went as a guest in Joshua Citarella’s Doom Scroll podcast. Here he was asked if he would release a track dedicated to his relationship with Taylor. To this Matty replied that he was not the type of artist who would show his love life to his fans through his art. He also said that he has gained a lot of fame in the last few years and using his art to showcase his love life is not his type of thing.
Taylor’s love life is something that all of her fans and the internet is constantly talking about. In September, 2023 various sources claimed that Taylor was in a healthy relationship with the popular baseball player Travis Kelce. All the news regarding their relationship is positive and her current relationship is going really well.
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