Matty Healy will have free license to write about his romance with Taylor Swift on any forthcoming release with The 1975 because he didn’t sign a non-disclosure agreement while dating the singer.
Healy, 35, is thought to have provided inspiration for a series of unflattering and occasionally eviscerating lyrics on Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, following their brief relationship in 2023.
Numerous tracks on the album refer to an unnamed wayward boyfriend, among them But Daddy I Love Him, Down Bad, I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) and The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.
But Healy will have an opportunity to respond while writing and recording a new album with The 1975 – the band’s sixth and their follow up to 2022 release Being Funny In A Foreign Language.
Healy alluded to his former relationship with R&B artist FKA twigs numerous times on the album, with stand out tracks I’m In Love With You, All I Need To Hear and When We Are Together believed to be inspired by their romance.
![Matty Healy didn't sign a non-disclosure agreement during his brief fling with Taylor Swift, so is now free to pen his own songs about their romance, according to reports](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/01/84061043-13347583-image-a-92_1714004668724.jpg)
Matty Healy didn’t sign a non-disclosure agreement during his brief fling with Taylor Swift, so is now free to pen his own songs about their romance, according to reports
![The 1975 singer Matty, 35, was surprisingly the focus of 34-year-old Taylor 's heartbreak album which was released last week to rave reviews (seen in NYC last May)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/01/83957675-13347583-The_1975_singer_Matty_35_was_surprisingly_the_focus_of_34_year_o-a-91_1714004383765.jpg)
The 1975 singer Matty, 35, was surprisingly the focus of 34-year-old Taylor ‘s heartbreak album which was released last week to rave reviews (seen in NYC last May)
‘Matty is currently keeping a low profile working on The 1975’s next album. This time last week he had no idea he was about to become one of the most talked about men on the planet,’ a source told The Sun.
‘He has opted to keep silent, but no NDA has been signed. Like Taylor, he uses his music as a form of release and storytelling, it’s naturally caused him to think about their time together and he’s never been one to hold back when speaking his mind.
‘Also like Taylor, he’s moved on and is very happy with his current relationship with Gabbriette Bechtel but there is nothing stopping him from writing about his romance with Taylor and having his say on what she said about him.’
The insider added fans should wait in anticipation for when the band’s next album drops.
It comes as Healy broke his silence on Wednesday on the music which documents their failed romance.
Asked by a reporter from Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday what he thought of the ‘diss track’ he politely replied: ‘I haven’t really listened to that much of it but I’m sure it’s good.’
Swift’s eleventh album was released on April 19 as speculation the diss song was about Healy hit fever pitch around the world.
![Matty and Taylor dated briefly after her split from her long-term boyfriend Joe Alwyn last year and despite the short relationship plenty of songs on the record appear to be about him](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/01/83839817-13347583-Asked_by_a_reporter_from_Entertainment_Tonight_what_he_thought_o-a-90_1714004367970.jpg)
Matty and Taylor dated briefly after her split from her long-term boyfriend Joe Alwyn last year and despite the short relationship plenty of songs on the record appear to be about him
![Taylor is now happily in love with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/01/84061147-13347583-image-a-104_1714005131351.jpg)
Taylor is now happily in love with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce
Choice lyrics refer to a man in a ‘Jehovah’s Witness suit’ responsible for ‘rusting my sparkling summer’.
Healy is known for wearing distinctive black suits during live performances and the pair are believed to have broken up in June 2023.
According to Us Weekly, his reaction has been positive, and the people close to him ‘couldn’t be happier’ with how the record turned out.
A source said on Saturday: ‘Matty still thinks very highly of Taylor but we were all nervous about what she might have said on the album.
‘Matty’s family were worried that Taylor was going to rip him apart. Matty has struggled with life in the public eye, and he’s been doing really well, but the last thing that he needs is for every Swiftie in the world to think he’s a villain.’
Another insider told the publication: ‘He was worried that their story would be shed in a negative light’ but was ‘really appreciative of the heads up’ he got from Swift.
It came after Healy’s family gave a withering assessment of his ex Taylor after she appeared to savage him on her new album.
His aunt appeared scornful of Swift’s candour about her exes, including Matty, when she spoke to . He is now thought to be dating model Gabbriette Bechtel – with whom his aunt says he is ‘very happy’.
Debbie Dedes said of how Healy would react: ‘Nothing surprises him any more.
‘He will not be surprised by the song. Him and her know what went on.’
And Debbie, who as sister of Healy’s celebrity mum Denise Welch has known him since birth, went on: ‘She writes about all her relationships, doesn’t she?
‘I don’t think it will come as a shock to him at all.
‘He’s very happy in his new relationship so I’m sure he will be focusing on that.’
And hinting that Healy has his own version of the relationship that he has been too respectful to share publicly, Debbie added: ‘As my nephew, we know a bit more about what went on than has been in the press.’
Other lyrics in the song suggest the unnamed subject of the title ‘tried to buy some pills’ and ‘didn’t measure up in any measure of a man’.
Healy has openly spoken about his drug problems in the past, and has said in interviews he is tired of speculation about his height, claiming to be 5ft 10ins, but dwarfed by other members of The 1975.
He told The Fader in 2018: ‘Everyone in [the 1975] is 6ft 4ins and I’m 5ft 10ins, so everyone thinks that I’m 5ft 5ins.’
![The singer is widely believed to take aim at her ex in the song The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived which has prompted wild fan theories](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/01/83883187-13347583-The_singer_is_widely_believed_to_take_aim_at_her_ex_in_the_song_-a-108_1714005252406.jpg)
The singer is widely believed to take aim at her ex in the song The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived which has prompted wild fan theories
![Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020, a time when fans were convinced they were engaged. Joe has never spoken about their relationship, either during or after](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/09/82542033-13347583-Taylor_Swift_and_Joe_Alwyn_at_the_77th_Annual_Golden_Globe_Award-a-7_1714032991686.jpg)
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020, a time when fans were convinced they were engaged. Joe has never spoken about their relationship, either during or after
Swift found herself in a whirlwind romance with Healy — though neither ever directly confirmed — that started in April 2023 after they were seen kissing in NYC .
But the fling ended as fast as it began after Healy’s ‘bad boy’ image and ‘racist’ remarks caused squeaky clean Swift to face backlash.
She is now happily in love with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce — but it’s clear she still has a few bones to pick with the ‘worst men’ in her life .
Swifties have been furiously speculating about the potential targets of the singer’s songs on the new album – which was initially launched as a 16-song volume before a surprise additional release of 15 songs came two hours later.
The singer, who has reinvented herself over the years as a pop icon and more recently as a folksy indie voice of introspection, describes the album as capturing a ‘fleeting and fatalistic moment in time – one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.’
She added in a post on Instagram: ‘This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up.
‘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.’
It was previously thought that Swift asked lovers to sign NDAs to give her an iron-clad assurance that they will never speak about their relationship unless they want to be sued for millions of dollars.
One leading British lawyer told there may even be binding clauses to delete pictures and control their posts on social media.
Emma Gill, a leading British lawyer who represents high-value footballers and celebrities for Vardags, one of the UK’s top divorce firms, said: ‘Taylor Swift has settled a number of scores in song, yet cleverly ensured her ex-lovers rarely become liabilities’.
Harry Styles and Swift were said to have split after an ‘almighty row’ on holiday and claims he kissed someone else. But the British singer and One Direction star has only been complimentary about Swift.
One of her earliest boyfriends Jake Gyllenhaal said he does not resent Taylor Swift for expressing herself in her music when he was apparently subject to some of her cutting lyrics.
And when asked about his relationship with Taylor, British actor Tom Hiddleston told a journalist: ‘I would rather not talk about this if that’s all right’.
Only John Mayer has spoken of being humiliated by Taylor in her song ‘Dear John’.
Superstar DJ and producer Calvin Harris also hit out at her in a series of tweets – but he then hastily deleted them and has not mentioned it since.
![Harry Styles and Taylor enjoyed a short relationship said to have ended with a big row. Harry thanked her for breaking up with him](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/09/83974327-13347583-Harry_Styles_and_Taylor_enjoyed_a_short_relationship_said_to_hav-a-8_1714033001748.jpg)
Harry Styles and Taylor enjoyed a short relationship said to have ended with a big row. Harry thanked her for breaking up with him
![Tom Hiddleston, pictured with Swift in 2016, has not been keen to discuss their relationship](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/09/83974323-13347583-Tom_Hiddleston_pictured_with_Swift_in_2016_has_not_been_keen_to_-a-9_1714033009137.jpg)
Tom Hiddleston, pictured with Swift in 2016, has not been keen to discuss their relationship
![Calvin Harris did bite back to lyrics written by his ex.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/09/83974319-13347583-Calvin_Harris_did_bite_back_to_lyrics_written_by_his_ex_-a-10_1714033022669.jpg)
![John Mayer said she had humiliated him with the song 'Dear John'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/09/83974321-13347583-John_Mayer_said_she_had_humiliated_him_with_the_song_Dear_John_-a-11_1714033022674.jpg)
Calvin Harris did bite back to lyrics written by his ex. But deleted the tweets. John Mayer said she had humiliated him with the song ‘Dear John’ – they had a 13 year age gap
![Matt Healy with Swift on May 23 last year in NYC. When asked if he they had been a couple he said: 'I wouldn't say no'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/09/83974329-13347583-Matt_Healy_with_Swift_on_May_23_last_year_in_NYC_When_asked_if_h-m-13_1714033034677.jpg)
Matt Healy with Swift on May 23 last year in NYC. When asked if he they had been a couple he said: ‘I wouldn’t say no’
Emma Gill told today that the silence from Swift’s ex-boyfriends suggests she may have got them to sign non-disclosure agreements.
She said: ‘By definition, we’ll never really know what conditions are imposed by non-disclosure agreements – but you can find templates for ‘Relationship NDA’s’ online, and the law is there to protect your reputation and prevent confidential information about you being used for someone else’s personal gain.
‘NDA’s have a toxic vibe, but an honest conversation among mature adults is always sensible and using a lawyer to capture that can give both sides comfort as their relationship progresses’.
‘These days, when so much is shared in public, shrewd millennials are also keen to set boundaries and expectations for social media, not to mention more intimate material, and a pre-nup will now often specify how photos or videos have to be deleted or returned along with the keys to the house or car’.
She added: ‘Kris Jenner apparently has a 100 pages of “dos and don’ts” for anyone dating her family, and breaching the conditions imposed by another star can cost you a million dollars’.
Gill has suggested that Swift may have imposed legally-binding agreements with her lovers to protect her privacy, including financial penalties if they speak out.
‘I have yet to encounter this in Manchester, even among the Premier League stars I represent. But young professionals, who have worked hard to build a decent life are increasingly up front about spelling out some ground rules early on about what they expect as a relationship progresses and what to avoid if they break up’, she said.
‘There are practical considerations when you move in together. Who pays the rent and who stays in the flat if you split up. Pets add another dimension, children raise the stakes and marriage takes commitment to different level with pretty clear financial consequences if you divorce’.
![Emma Gill, Regional Managing Partner - Head of Manchester for divorce firm Vardags, said: 'Taylor Swift has settled a number of scores in song, yet cleverly ensured her ex-lovers rarely become liabilities'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/25/09/83976075-13347583-Emma_Gill_Regional_Managing_Partner_Head_of_Manchester_for_divor-a-15_1714033288744.jpg)
Emma Gill, Regional Managing Partner – Head of Manchester for divorce firm Vardags, said: ‘Taylor Swift has settled a number of scores in song, yet cleverly ensured her ex-lovers rarely become liabilities’
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Joe Alwyn has not been drawn into a war of words with Taylor Swift despite her savage new album suggesting he cheated, shattering her dream of marriage and children with him.
He has faced barbs ever since they split last year.
In fact the British star, 33, has adopted the mantra of the country's late matriarch Queen Elizabeth II - to never complain and never explain - having spent six years refusing to discuss his relationship with the world's most famous woman.
The Tunbridge Wells-born actor admitted he understood the interest in their relationship - but always made it clear that the only person he would ever discuss it with was Swift herself.
'People on the street wouldn't tell strangers about their personal lives, so why should I', the star of The Favourite and Boy Erased said before they split up last year.
Swift and Alwyn were together for six years but split up last year when many believed that they were destined to marry after her disastrous love life and dating some of the world's most famous men.
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that Taylor's unparalleled starpower played a role in the end of her relationship with Joe amid claims by fans that he was unfaithful.
A source close to the singer said at the time: 'The bottom line for the difficulties in their relationship was that Taylor's career took priority over Joe's – which can be awkward for a couple when it's not balanced.
'This drove them apart and ultimately, they both realized they were not on the same page anymore.'
The insider explained that 'it's been hard for Joe trying to make it in Hollywood and not quite becoming leading man material while dating one of the most famous women in the world over the last six years.
'It was easier during the pandemic when it was just the two of them, but once things returned to normal, Taylor Swift the superstar emerged, and their differences were even more apparent.
'They really made a go of it and tried everything they could but ultimately were unable to save the relationship,' the source concluded.
has contacted Healy and Swift's representatives for further comment.