November 7, 2014: Healy wore a ‘1989’ T-shirt during The 1975’s concert in Milwaukee
Healy took the stage at the Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee wearing a piece of Swift’s “1989” album merchandise. The photos of him performing quickly went viral online.
Swift even reshared a photo of Healy on her personal Tumblr, tagging the post, “#thats my favorite band though #WHAT.”
November 20, 2014: Swift attended The 1975’s concert in Los Angeles
Swift shared a video from the concert on Instagram, which showed her and Selena Gomez singing along to The 1975’s single “The City.” She quoted lyrics from the song in her caption: “Yeah you wanna find love, Then you know where the city is.”
She also shared a collection of Polaroid photos with Gomez and Ellie Goulding, captioned simply, “The 1975 at The Palladium.”
Members of One Direction were also spotted at the show, which sparked rumors of a reconciliation between Swift and Harry Styles. The two singers reportedly dated in late 2012 and split in early 2013.
November 22, 2014: Swift stepped out wearing a tank top with The 1975’s logo
Because Swift has confirmed that clothing is one of her favorite Easter egg mediums, fans theorized that her 1975 merch was a hint about a forthcoming collaboration.
November 29, 2014: Healy said he ‘exchanged numbers’ with Swift and ‘wouldn’t say no’ to dating her
During a radio interview with Shazam Top 20, Healy revealed that he met Swift backstage when she attended his band’s concert in Los Angeles.
“I met Taylor Swift, that was really nice,” he told host Angus O’Loughlin, per E! News. “We exchanged numbers. Let’s see what happens.”
He added: “I mean bloody hell, what am I going to do? Go out with Taylor Swift? She’s a sensation, I wouldn’t say no.”
Around this time, while promoting “1989,” Swift repeatedly said she was happy being single and condemned speculation about her dating life.
“It’s not as boy-centric of an album, because my life hasn’t been boycentric,” she told Rolling Stone in September 2014.
“I feel like watching my dating life has become a bit of a national pastime,” Swift continued. “And I’m just not comfortable providing that kind of entertainment anymore. I don’t like seeing slide shows of guys I’ve apparently dated.”
December 4, 2014: Swift attended another concert, where she was spotted getting cozy with Karlie Kloss
As Seventeen magazine wrote at the time, Swift and her “model besties” had “the ultimate girls night” at The 1975’s show at Terminal 5 in New York City.
Swift was joined at the concert by Victoria’s Secret angels Martha Hunt, Lily Aldridge, and Karlie Kloss, as well as all three Haim sisters. She later shared a sweet selfie with Hunt and Aldridge on Instagram, writing in the caption, “I’m in love with @marhunt and @lilyaldridge.”
At the concert, Swift was photographed dancing with her friends on the balcony, getting especially cozy with Kloss. Some concertgoers also claimed they saw Swift and Kloss “making out.”
The following day, a representative for Swift denied that Swift and Kloss were kissing.
“It’s sad that on the day it’s announced Taylor has three Grammy nominations for ‘Shake It Off,’ I have to shake off this crap,” a representative for the singer told Us Weekly.
December 5, 2014: Tabloids framed Swift’s appearance at The 1975 concert as ‘fueling rumors that she’s dating the band’s frontman’
The day following the concert, publications like Us Weekly, Just Jared, and MTV ran headlines that focused on Swift’s rumored romance with Healy.
Even Vanity Fair got involved in the speculation, publishing an article that detailed the “evidence” of Swift and Healy’s relationship.
December 8, 2014: Swift asked the media to ‘stop accusing all my friends of dating me’
Five days before Swift turned 25, she asked the public for an early birthday present.
“I’d like for you to stop accusing all my friends of dating me,” she wrote in a since-deleted tweet, adding the hashtag, “thirsty.”
January 20, 2015: Healy shut down rumors of a romance with Swift
Healy addressed the speculation during a radio interview with Australia’s 2DayFM.
“It’s all bloody fake. It’s a farce,” he said when asked about Swift, per E! News.
“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. “She’s the biggest pop star in the world and I’m in Australia. There’s no relationship or anything happening. It’s just funny how people really, really buy into that.”
February 25, 2015: Swift and Healy hung out at the Universal Music Brits party in London
She later attended the after-party at London’s Soho House, where she was seen hanging out with Healy, Kloss, Goulding, radio host Nick Grimshaw, and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.
March 2016: Healy said dating Swift would be ’emasculating’
In an interview with Q magazine, which has now been password-protected online, Healy spoke about being publicly linked to Swift.
The “Somebody Else” singer, who had been previously linked to Halsey and more recently FKA twigs, criticized the media’s coverage of his “flirtation” with Swift.
“I didn’t make a big deal out of it myself,” he said, according to NME. “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. It’s just interesting to me how interested the world is about Taylor Swift.”
He continued: “If I had gone out with Taylor Swift I would’ve been, ‘Fucking hell! I am NOT being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.’ You know, ‘FUCK. THAT.’ That’s also a man thing, a de-masculinating, emasculating thing.”
“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,” he wrote, according to Elle.
“Now I don’t pride myself on being more intelligent, or worldly, or wise, or progressive, or even regressive than the next man but I DO pride self on being honest,” he continued. “I was being HONEST about all the thoughts, feelings, and situations that come along when people ASSUME you are dating the most famous woman on the planet. I am telling you from experience it’s an all-consuming whirlwind and something that for me elicited a lot of self-exploration.”
He also described Swift as “one of the most gracious, hard working, creatively gifted, and beautiful women that I have had the pleasure to meet,” and condemned the “never-ending questions” he has received about their interactions.
September 2022: Healy shut down rumors of The 1975 featuring on Swift’s new album ‘Midnights’
Shortly before the release of “Midnights,” Swift’s 10th studio album, a fake tracklist began circulating online. It included a nonexistent song titled “In My Dreams” featuring The 1975.
Healy shut down the rumored “leak” on Twitter, writing, “I would love that! But unfortunately FAKE NEWS.” (He has since deleted his account.)
Ultimately, the only artist to be featured on “Midnights” was Lana Del Rey, who dueted with Swift for “Snow on the Beach.”
November 2022: Healy said he worked on music with Swift for ‘Midnights,’ but it was scrapped
Swift’s “Midnights” was released just one week after The 1975’s fifth album “Being Funny In a Foreign Language.” Both were coproduced by Jack Antonoff.
During an interview with Audacy’s DTS Sound Space, Healy revealed that Swift heard some of his album in advance, thanks to their mutual friend and producer.
“She heard bits of it through Jack,” he told KROQ hosts Klein and Ally.
Asked if she “returned the favor,” Healy revealed that he collaborated with Swift during the creation of “Midnights.”
“We actually worked a bit on that, but then the version of it never came out,” he said, adding, “It was for reasons that are not to be criticized. She’s amazing.”
December 12, 2022: Healy shared a photo of himself kissing Swift’s friend Phoebe Bridgers
Amid reports about Phoebe Bridgers breaking up with Paul Mescal (and being spotted out and about with Bo Burnham), Healy shared a cheeky photo with the “Punisher” singer on Instagram.
The image shows Healy kissing Bridgers while Burnham stands in the middle with his arms around their shoulders.
Healy captioned the post, “Gay Poets Society,” referencing the 1989 classic film “Dead Poets Society.” (He has since deleted his account.)
Bridgers and Healy have been friends and collaborators for several years; she was featured on The 1975’s “Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America,” the ninth track on their 2020 album “Notes On a Conditional Form.”
Bridgers also made a cameo in the band’s 2022 music video for “I’m In Love With You.”
Similarly, Bridgers and Swift have been friends since collaborating on “Nothing New,” a vault track on Swift’s 2021 album “Red (Taylor’s Version).”
The two singer-songwriters have since praised each other in interviews and posed for prom-inspired pictures.
Bridgers is also one of the openers for Swift’s Eras Tour.
January 12, 2023: Swift gave a surprise performance at The 1975’s concert in London
Swift surprised fans at The O2 in London during The 1975’s At Their Very Best Tour.
She delivered the first-ever live performance of her hit single “Anti-Hero,” as well as an acoustic cover of The 1975’s “The City.”
May 3, 2023: The Sun claimed that Swift and Healy are ‘madly in love’
One month after Swift’s split from Joe Alwyn was made public, The Sun sparked renewed rumors of Swift and Healy’s romance.
“She and Matty are madly in love. It’s super-early days, but it feels right. They first dated, very briefly, almost ten years ago but timings just didn’t work out,” an anonymous source told the British tabloid.
The source also claimed that both Swift and Healy are “incredibly supportive of their respective careers.”
“They are both massively proud and excited about this relationship and, unlike Taylor’s last one — which was very much kept out of the spotlight, deliberately — she wants to ‘own’ this romance, and not hide it away,” the source claimed.
May 5-7, 2023: Healy attended Swift’s tour dates in Nashville
Fans spotted the British rocker watching Swift perform at Nissan Stadium in Tennessee. Just one day before, Healy wrapped the Australian and Asian leg of The 1975’s tour with a performance in Manila.
Healy returned on Saturday for Swift’s second show at Nissan Stadium, joining Bridgers onstage and playing guitar throughout her opening set. (They also shared a quick kiss onstage.)
On both evenings, Healy was spotted in the VIP section alongside Bridgers, fellow tour opener Gracie Abrams, and Swift’s model pals Aldridge and Gigi Hadid. He was filmed by fans singing along to “Lover” and dancing to “Shake It Off.”
He returned once again to watch Swift perform on Sunday, despite a four-hour lightning delay. They were apparently spotted driving to Swift’s Nashville condo after the concert ended, according to photographs published by the Daily Mail.
May 8, 2023: A source told ET that Swift and Healy are ‘having a good time hanging out’
“Taylor and Matty like each other,” an anonymous source told ET. “Taylor has a crush on Matty and they are having a good time hanging out. Matty also thinks Taylor is awesome and incredibly talented, too. They dated briefly in the past.”
Another source told the outlet that Swift and Healy were reunited through Antonoff, though she “isn’t sure” she’s “ready to commit” to a relationship with him.
A representative for Swift has not responded to Insider’s request for comment.
