Matt Healy of The 1975 performs at Leeds Festival 2019, Bramham Park, Leeds.
Matt Healy of The 1975 performs at Leeds Festival 2019, Bramham Park, Leeds.
Matty Healy’s family have blasted Taylor Swift for writing about their relationship on her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.
The pair dated briefly last summer and new song The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived appears to reference The 1975 frontman with lyrics including “Jehovah’s Witness suit” and “rustingmy (Swift’s) sparkling summer”.
Matty’s aunt Debbie Dedes - who is the sister of his famous mother Denise Welch - told MailOnline: “Nothing surprises him any more. He will not be surprised by the song. Him and her know what went on.
Taylor Swift's new song ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’ appears to reference The 1975 frontman. Photo / Getty Images
“She writes about all her relationships, doesn’t she? I don’t think it will come as a shock to him at all.
”There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted.
”This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.
”And then all that’s left behind is the tortured poetry.”
