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OK! So this was peak like Matty and Taylor iconic era when they were both really really big and would've met and stuff and OMG just AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! So yeah like they would've met and mingled and stuff and there was a bit of media attention like that Matty liked Taylor but I don't think Taylor really talked about it at all in public. It's more just that the 1975 were just blowing up because of their debut album but at this point Taylor would've been like media trained and she clearly didn't want to talk about her personal life whereas Matty is more just like talk about whatever you're thinking and whatever happens happens so there was something but not a lot of like widespread talk about them but you just know they really liked each other AS WE WOULD FIND OUT LATER... But for now these are the scraps we get but don't get me wrong they are juicy.
Ok so people really thought that Style was about Harry Styles which is like ok??? I get the reasoning behind it but COME ON like they didn't really seem like they had that much chemistry anyway like they were both really big at the time so it makes sense that everyone wanted them to be together and stuff but the way she talks about the song in this interview is like soooooo NOT about Harry Styles like the way they interact nowadays is just like so chill like yeah they went out for a minute but I think it was more of like a better off as friends kind of thing maybe so I don't think that Style is actually about THE Harry Styles because he's not like crashing her wedding.
In this video we see Matty singing fallingforyou and he's CLEARLY looking up at the balcony at someone and then the camera pans and who's stood right there? None other than Miss Taylor Alison Swift!!!!!! Yes
Not Charli xcx making an appearance in this one as well! Foreshadowing....... Anyway yeah like hello this one doesn't need an explanation like just listen to what he's saying lolllll
Like be so serious they were so iconic in 2014 if I was Taylor I would also be obsessed for the rest of my life and there's not really anything anyone can do about that
Not too too much to say at this point like this is after the BIG BANG you know like 2014 was the year of impact and then I think it was more of a mental thing between them so not too many sightings not too many headlines to speak of.
Also just while we're on bleachella this was kind of an iconic Taylor era but I feel like sometimes forgotten because it's kind of the outlier of all of her looks.
Ok so womp womp they're both in relationships in 2018. Taylor Swift met Joe Alwyn in her cancelled era and they started going out and there was a bit of an overlap situation with Tom Hiddleston as well and met gala drama! Matty Healy is going out with Gabriella Brooks and take note of this because she comes up for like one second later. Matty is just out of rehab for this album and in a lot of interviews he talks about this which is really cool and vulnerable. Taylor Swift is not having a good time in the public eye rn and is basically cancelled because of her Kanye West/Kim Kardashian feud which is pretty sad but we just know that Matty was rooting for her the whole time am I right or am I right?
Also just need to mention aren't Taylor's earrings giving the box here? Yeah they are. This whole outfit is giving foreshadowing...
Alright so clearly the key points from this video are the typewriter which WE WILL GET INTO IN A FEW YEARS and writing about falling in love with other popstars... Ok so obviously even while he's in a happy relationship Taylor's off doing her own thing dating other people STILL he is still impacted by her after all those years it's still a fantasy in the back of his mind that they will fall in love and it's not like he's going crazy about it it's just still there...
This music video is important for later so just keep it in mind...
So lockdown but also crazy time for secretly being in love with each other because this was such a reflective era for everyone and even though from the outside everything with Taylor and Joe seemed all honky dory the SONGS she was putting out were kind of crazy for being in a happy relationship like yeah Reputation and Lover I get it she was in love she was happy but folklore evermore like there was some Mattyness going on in there for sure you can't deny it. And also at this point Matty had been going out with FKA Twigs and she does appear on Notes on a Conditional Form so there's that but when lockdown actually happened they didn't stay together which is pretty sad tbh because they seemed like a really cool good couple so RIP them I guess.
Yeah so Matty tweeted this in 2019 before folklore evermore so let's just say... Inspo for Taylor maybe? Like yeah she clearly cares about his opinion like they are each other's muses!
Be a cowboy you say...
Oh yeah and TAYLOR was there as well eeeeeek!
Oh right also there is a video I can't find it from these 2020 NME Awards where Taylor is like talking to someone and then Matty walks up like next to her, doesn't SAY ANYTHING just like taps her on the shoulder and they hug like idk it's kind of strange like I just get the feeling they stayed kind of in contact. Like maybe every now and then they would like reconnect but always the wrong time and stuff. But it is especially strange because she went to these awards with Joe Alwyn himself soooo...
YOU ARE A COWBOY LIKE ME. Sorry what was that Taylor? SORRY???? And it's also just like a beautiful song about tiptoeing and not knowing if the love is unrequited or real like omg. I just think it's so crazy like that is their life like they lived this crazy crazy existence AND they're songwriters so it will forever be immortalised for everyone else to relate to and obsess over forever. Crazy.
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGGOMG GET READY FOR THE PACE TO PICK BACK UP!! 8 years on from 2014 and Matty and Taylor are back in the game!!!! Both are producing their albums with Jack Antonoff who is like besties with Taylor but this means that they're probs in the studio together. They definitely recorded some stuff together which didn't make the cut but Matty is talking about Taylor again posts about her on his Instagram story their WILDEST DREAMS are finally coming true and they're only getting closer this time around I know it
Matty Healy posts this on his Instagram story LOL!
DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?!??!?!?! The girl in the video is like 100% Taylor Swift come on like when you look at this next to the Delicate music video you just can't argue it!! Also like I wanna get it right this time?? Hellooooooo! And the whole concept of the music video is like thinking back to his younger years with a girl and dancing and trying to relive those moments and like hello like let's think back to 2014 they were both young and iconic and liked each other but after all those years they're linking back up and like omg can't even!!!!
Ok and now I want you to remember this video for later...
SOOOOOO many songs on Midnights are about Matty Healy like what springs to mind issss Question...? and Labyrinth and Paris obvi because of the song Paris by the 1975!! Tell me I'm wrong.
ALRIGHT SUE ME!! I'm gonna be completely honest and say that this was not 2022 it was actually 2023 but it was literally January so not really and also this is obviously fits this era more. This is like before? they went out or before everyone clocked they were going out so that's why I'm putting this video here. OK so this is like the MOST public like obvious thing that happened between them I'm not gonna lie. This was before the Eras tour started so she hadn't performed any Midnights live yet. And then she also does THE CITY which is actually crazy behaviour. Yeah this is just so crazy it's hard to believe it even happened. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
ACTIVE ERA!!!!!!!! OFFICIAL ERA!!!!!!!!!!!! Honestly like wasn't this such a crazy time? Short lived defo but wow! OMG! Omg don't worry I'll tell you everything. Tbh there is so so so much to say about 2023 like...... Wow it's just crazy isn't it?!?!!? To be honest I don't know the exact timeline of this year but I do know that there was SO SO SO MUCH that happened like not only were they officially a COUPLE but they were both on tour as well so like there's just so so so so so much to say!!! Ok don't have a go at me if the order is wrong though ok.
She played Hey Stephen just for him because it's his fav song apparently aw <3
^ Just Tay Tay and Denise chilling backstage just family things. Oh yeah also like Matty would hang out with Taylor's dad at the Eras tour as well. Like wow they were really serious it seems.
So this video is Taylor on the Eras Tour and as we know for every show she does like 2 or 3 surprise songs and she'll mash them up sometimes but it's like a big thing because like each show has a very specific couple of songs that she plays so like people really care about surprise songs like yeah it's a big thing basically. Anyway, on this night so the 20th of May 2023 she's speaking to the crowd and obviously like you can tell she seems really happy really fulfilled in her life like she's like omg guys I'm just so happy rn and it's not just tour it's like my life makes sense. Any guesses? It's because of Matty Healy because they're finally together after all these years of like being in love with each other from a distance basically. And then she sings QUESTION...? Which is honestly insane because that's a crazy song. Basically Question...? is a song from Midnights which Taylor described as an album which explores 13 sleepless nights from across her life and this song is like about her kissing someone at a party and then like it gets complicated or something and she wants to ask a question, the question being do you still think about that night like I do basically. So the song is ABOUT MATTY. And before she sings it here she's like wow this song is sooo nice love this song and obviously it's deeper than the song for her especially because it's literally about her literal life obvi. It's just pretty crazy tbh. But it is cute. But it is sad when you know the full story. I'll link the actual song as well so you can listen to the whole thing it is kind of a crazy song honestly.
OMGOMGOMGOMGOGMGOGM I FORGOT!!! Ok if you listen to this like the actual release the first thing you hear is the 'I remember' and you can also hear throughout the song the like ahhhhaha of 'Out of the Woods' like what the actual hell what the actual hell. I don't know people think Out of the Woods is about Harry Styles because they apparently got into a car crash together but I don't know I just like to think all of 1989 is about Matty lolz.
Also all the vault tracks from 1989 are Matty-adjacent as well and even if they actually aren't like they will have been because as we can see there was a Matty verse on Slut which means that they were defo hanging out in the studio while she was re-recording 1989 WHICH IS JUST SOOOOO AAAAAAA like literally do you know what I mean. Like if we trace it all back to 1989 era like AAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Insanity.
^^^^ Just pics of Matty at the ERAS TOUR because he was such a supportive boyf we love to see it.
...until he wasn't...
OK so this is mega crazy era because when Taylor announced THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT we all knew she had broken up with Joe Alwyn which was like a 7 year relationship so we all thought that it would be about him, especially since in an interview Joe said he had a group chat called the Tortured Man's club which is super cringe. But then, the NIGHT BEFORE the release some lyrics LEAKED. And everyone was like omg it's actually ALL ABOUT MATTY!!!!!! Because of some lyrics about like tattooed golden retriever was a main one because Joe's not tatted.
So if you remember the About You music video then you will appreciate how INSANE THIS IS like so many people have made side by sides it's so crazy. Like she went there she really referenced him that hard. BECAUSE SHE WOULD like imagine Matty Healy writes About You about you and then goes out with you for like literally 2 weeks and then ghost you????!?!?! Hello like yeah honestly.
I'M NOT KIDDING THIS IS LITERALLY THE CRAZIEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF FOREVER!! Caroline Polachek can't open for this show for the 1975 for whatever reason so Matty steps up to the plate and opens for his own band. But I'M SORRY it's also the craziest performance EVER because this is post-breakup but pre-TTPD soooo like. Also yeah it was 2023 I'M SORRY!! I'm actually sorry but do you care more about the actual years everything happened or the chapters of their story. That's also just reminded me of more lore... But yeah this was so crazy I always listen to this because it's just insane. Like I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You is INSANE. The Sorry? is INSANE. Like........ If I was Taylor and I saw this I would not be able to just go about my life no wonder The Tortured Poets Department is as unhinged as it is like she really could've gone so much crazier.
Genuinely though what a gutwrenching setlist are YOU KIDDING?! Yeah like yeah. Insanity.
Just a quick one on The Downtown Lights... CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY!!!!!! So from what we know like obviously Taylor and Matty have been a kind of almost never quite actual but soooo real thing for like a decade. In Guilty As Sin? by Taylor Swift she says: 'Drowning in The Blue Nile / He sent me Downtown Lights / I hadn't heard it in a while'. Ok. SO. The Downtown Lights is a song by The Blue Nile on their album Hats which was released in.. say it with me.. 1989. Which you may recognise as the year they were both born in ughghghghgh! And Matty Healy has been like vocal about the fact that he really loves this album and you can sooo tell like you can really tell the influence in the 1975's music especially more recent stuff. Anyway, back to the actual actual. So from this lyric what we get is that like Matty would send her this song sometimes and like he hasn't sent it in a while probs because she was in a super long term relationship and blah de blah.. So he sends her it again ALSO THIS IS ACTUALLY WHILE SHE'S STILL WITH JOE THAT'S WHY SHE'S GUILTY AS SIN QUESTION MARK! So he sends her this song which says 'Sometimes I walk away / When all I really want to do / Is hold and love you right' and like 'In love we're all the same / We're walking down an empty street' 'How do I know you feel it? / How do I know it's true?' Basically like what he's saying with this is like me and you, we're on different paths empty streets but we're the same like we're soulmates we get each other even after all this time even despite the distance and stuff like I still get you I still think about you kind of thing (ABOUT YOU ANYONE?!?!?!?). And the act of sending her the song is like confirmation of the whole 'How do I know you feel it'. Like, you can listen to the song and think like omg Matty loml how do I know if you feel the same way about me and then BOOM he sends you the song and you're like ok we're on like that's how you know he feels it. It's just so insane like AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! So she's like no way did he just send me this song like I haven't heard from him in ages what is he playing at and then she's like ok... I fancy me a bit of Matty actually let's get this messy top lip kiss I don't care if I have to cheat on Joe in my mind he's boring now anyway. Anyway so that's just so insane that's the Downtown Lights lore. AND ALSO LIKE HELLO WHO DOES MATTY THINK HE IS HE LITERALLY POSTED THIS POST-TTPD...!
No because he's actually so evil for posting that like wth Matty who do you think you are!!!??!?!?!?!??!?!!
Also can I just say like imagine being Jack Antonoff throughout all this like he produced Being Funny in a Foreign Language and from the sounds of it like he really got on with the band and I reckon he would've been there throughout their whole like reconnection stuff going on which like is so crazy. And then to go from that to making Tortured Poets with Taylor would've been soooo crazy like the amount of goss he was in on must've been so crazy like he will really know all the ins and outs.
'You told Lucy you'd kill yourself if I ever leave / And I had said that to Jack about you so I felt seen / Everyone we know understands why it's meant to be... / Because we're CRAAAAAZY'