Many Swifties believe Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, is partially about The 1975’s Matty Healy.
While most fans speculate the album will be all about her ex, Joe Alwyn, others are suspicious of certain titles and leaked lyrics that seem to describe Taylor’s brief relationship with Matty.
After Taylor and Joe’s breakup last year, the singer went on to date Matty shortly after the six-year relationship ended. Fans and critics had a lot of (mostly negative) things to say about the pair, as Matty has a controversial past.
Nevertheless, though they allegedly only dated for about a month, Taylor seems to have gathered enough inspiration from their romance to create a song or two. In fact, fans seem to believe the TTPD tracks titled “Guilty as Sin,” “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can),” and “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” are about him.
“Did you really think Taylor was going to write a song called ‘I Can Fix Him’ and have it not be about Matty Healy?” one person wrote on X.
“‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’ is obviously about Matty Healy. It’s not about a long term boyfriend,” another said.
Swifties Believe Taylor Swift’s New Album is About Matty Healy
Some of Taylor Swift’s new album allegedly leaked earlier this week, and some of the lyrics — if real — seem to be about Matty Healy.
Specifically, one of the songs supposedly includes the lines: “You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate, we declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist … I scratch your head, you fall asleep like a tattooed golden retriever.”
Again, this is pure speculation, seeing as the uptick in AI might be behind this “leaked” album. Some are even saying there’s no way the lyrics are real.
However, many Swifties are shocked that much of the album might be about Taylor’s short-lived fling with Matty.
Taylor is not one to confirm (or deny) who her songs are about. However, she did mention that writing TTPD helped her through an incredibly dark time.
“It sort of reminded me of why songwriting is something that actually gets me through life,” she said during her Melbourne, Australia Eras Tour concert last month. “And I’ve never had an album where I’ve needed songwriting more than I needed it on Tortured Poets.“