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Not evenTaylor Swiftherself could have masterminded this one.
(Healy is also, as Swift has professed to love, a London boy.)
But Healy doesnt exactly have the precisely manicured public image that one would expect from Taylor Swifts Boyfriend.
(Not even his track record of talking about Swift is clean.)
And that was all happening against the backdrop of Swifts biggest album cycle and tour ever.
Now, Swifts new album,The Tortured Poets Department, casts a long shadow on this short relationship.
Like it or not, theres a lot to catch up on.
Stylespraisesthe performance and album on Twitter.
However, she continues, Its not like Ive sworn off love.
My life is just not conducive to bringing other people into it right now.
Im very childlike and romantic about lots of things, but Im realistic about this.
WHAT, she writes repeatedly, tagging the post #thats my favorite band though.
Afterward, she swaps phone numbers with Healy backstage.
November 20, 2014:False rumors fly that Swift went to the 1975 show with Styles.
One sourcetoldEntertainment Tonightthat they were very friendly towards each other.
Other fans said they spotted Styles at the show with his One Direction bandmate Niall Horan.
However, a friendtoldTheMirrorthat Styles didnt even go to the show.
November 21, 2014:Swift posts photos and video from the show to her Instagram.
Lets just see what happens, Healy replies.
I mean, bloody hell, what am I going to do?
Go out with Taylor Swift?
Shes a sensation, I wouldnt say no.
Exclusive taylor and karlie making out #confirmed, a fantweetedwith the photos.
Her birthday is December 13.
(Guess Swift never got that birthday present.)
February 25, 2015:After the BRIT Awards, Swift and Healy bothattendthe Universal Music after-party.
Swift arrives with her friend Kloss.
Swift is also pictured with Calvin Harris, the EDM producer whom she met earlier in the night.
The supportive producer even shows some PDA after one of Swifts wins.
(Goulding willlater take creditfor setting the pair up possibly that night at the BRITs after-party?)
He explains, If I had gone out with Taylor Swift I wouldve been, Fucking hell!
I am NOT being Taylor Swifts boyfriend.
You know, FUCK.
Healy also refers to their history as a flirtation, effectively confirming there was some romance at the time.
He also goes on to admit he doesnt understand Swifts fame.
She wasnt a big impact on my life.
Its just interesting to me how interested the world is about Taylor Swift.
March 18, 2016:After immediate and strong backlash to his quotes, Healyclarifieshimself on Twitter.
This suggestion makes me really sad.
I personally have a lot of respect and admiration for her.
Why would I not?
That same day, theQwriter, Laura Barton, defends Healyin a columnforTheGuardian.
She writes that his comment was an afterthought that she did not expect to be controversial at the time.
And yet even he wrestles with these culturally entrenched views of gender roles.
I would never slag Taylor off, I think Taylors amazing, Healy replies.
And Healy adds that hed like to produce it.
It, unfortunately, wasnt the time for me to pitch my post-rock Joni Mitchell project, he says.
Shell do it, he adds.
Shes smarter than both of us, mate.
She knows what shes up to.
The album features two songs written by Alwyn under the pseudonym William Bowery.
On social media, she calls it the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.
But, he does add, I would love that!
October 21, 2022:Swift releasesMidnights, her first album entirely co-produced by Antonoff.
On multiple songs, she expresses trepidations about marriage.
The only kind of girl they see / Is a one-night or a wife.
Indeed, the press has been speculating about a possible Swift-Alwyn engagement a lot by this point.
It was for reasons not to be criticized, he tells KROQ hosts Kevin Klein and Ally Johnson.
He also calls Swift amazing.
In front of the queen?
Swift also meets Healys mom, the broadcaster Denise Welch, backstage, and Welchpostsa picture together to Instagram.
Healy laughs at the hosts accents on the podcast and encourages them.
March 17, 2023:Swift begins the Eras tour, her first tour since 2018.
Alwyn does not attend.
April 6, 2023:The Healy episode ofThe Adam Friedland Showgetsremovedfrom Apple and Spotify without comment.
April 8, 2023:Swift and Alwyn have broken up,Entertainment Tonightconfirms.
A source tells the outlet the couple split weeks before, after six years of dating.
Its why [Alwyn] hasnt been spotted at any shows, the source says.
Its not because Im annoyed that me joking got misconstrued, he says.
Its because I dont want Ice Spice to think Im a dick.
He goes on, I am genuinely sorry if I upset her, because I fucking love her.
The source says they are madly in love and it feels right.
That same day, performing in Manila, Healymouthsthe words, This one is about you.
You know who you are.
I love you, before singing the 1975s song About You.
Before performing cardigan, Swift mouths the same words Healy did days prior.
Also at the show,Swift announces her rerecordedSpeak Now (Taylors Version), out July 7.
Later, a rainstorm doesnt keep Healy from watching SwiftsthirdNashville show, where heappearsto be wearing another1989shirt.
May 8, 2023:Jack Antonoff reconnected them, a sourcetellsEntertainment Tonightof Swift and Healy.
Antonoff is there too.
May 13, 2023:Healy performs with Bridgers again at one of Swifts Eras tour shows in Philadelphia.
Afterward, hewatchesSwifts set from a box with her father, Scott.
Swift, who is from Pennsylvania, has said she considered the Philadelphia dates to be her hometown shows.
#TSErasTourPhillyMATTY HEALY AND TAYLORS DAD JAMMING!!
#SpeakUpNowpic.twitter.com/3sBsPAvALK
May 18, 2023:Swifties arent the only ones who are mad about Swift dating Healy.
Alwyn feels slighted and is distraught over Swifts new relationship, a sourcetells theDaily Mail.
And I just want to thank you for being a part of that.
Its not just the tour.
I just sort of feel like my life finally feels like it makes sense.
She then plays Question …?
offMidnightsas a surprise song.
May 26, 2023:Swift and Ice Spice release their Karma remix.
Watch her put ya ops on a throne, Ice Spice raps on the song.
Swifttells Spotifythat Ice Spices team first reached out to her, and she then offered the remix.
Healy is not in attendance.
Is it all a bit?
Will he ever address it?
he says at the beginning of the set.
All of these questions and more will be ignored in the next hour.
Meanwhile, the U.S.Sunreportshes shipped a bunch of music equipment to New York to work with Swift.
Healy adds that he wanted to goad fans a little bit with the appearance.
And I kind of want them to do that, because theyre demonstrating something so base level.
Taylor , this guy is gonna give you scabies, she writes.
June 2, 2023:Healy kisses a security guard during the 1975s set at Northside Festival in Denmark.
Minutes before the TMZ report,Swift reveals the tracklist ofSpeak Now (Taylors Version).
Daddy is less literal but seems to be about the fan backlash to her relationship with her wild boy.
The jurys still out on whether The Smallest Man in the World refers to Healy or Alwyn or both.
This post has been updated.
