Matty Healy Calls Himself a ‘Poet’ at Glastonbury More Than a Year After Taylor Swift Dropped ‘TTPD’

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Matty Healy used The 1975’s set at Glastonbury 2025 to share a speech that many connected to Taylor Swift.

On Friday, June 27, The 1975 took the stage at Worthy Farm in the band’s first and only performance of the year. In a video shared on X by Variety, the band’s frontman, 36, could be seen holding up a pint of what appeared to be Guinness as he addressed the audience.

“I want to be sincere for a second with everybody,” Healy began. “What this moment is making me realize is that… I probably am the best — I’m probably the best songwriter of my generation.”

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“The best — what do we say? A poet, ladies and gentlemen, is what I am,” he continued. “Generational wordsmith, and I just wanted to remind you in the next couple of minutes, these lyrics is poetry. I bleed for you.”

According to NME — who reported that Healy’s speech came before the band performed their 2013 single “Chocolate” — the musician later said, “I was only joking about being a poet.”

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Many have speculated that Healy served as inspiration for several songs on Swift’s 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department, including “But Daddy I Love Him,” “Down Bad” and “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” — just to name a few.

The pair, who were first linked in 2014, sparked dating rumors again in May 2023 when they were photographed holding hands in New York City — just months after Swift, 35, made a surprise appearance at The 1975’s concert in London.

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They reportedly split up in June 2023.

Though neither Swift or Healy have confirmed the rumors, in April 2024, Healy was asked about the album — which dropped that same month — and appeared unfazed as he told TMZ, “I haven’t really listened to that much of it, but I’m sure it’s good.”

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That October, however, he touched on becoming a “way more well-known public figure for loads of different reasons” during an appearance on the Doomscroll podcast, noting that he was no longer interested in using past relationships for inspiration for his music.

“A lot of artists, they become very interested in their lore, or they become interested in the things that have happened outside of their art that people know about, and they want to address that,” Healy said at the time, per Page Six. “And fair enough, do you know what I mean?”

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“I think that that’s an obvious thing to draw from,” he added, “and I’m just not interested in it.”

Swift has since moved on with NFL player Travis Kelce, while Healy is engaged to model Gabbriette Bechtel.