From Friends to Lovers to Exes: Taylor Swift and Matty Healy’s Relationship Timeline

November 19, 2014

On November 19, 2014, Taylor attended a 1975 concert with her friends Selena Gomez and Ellie Goulding, and she reportedly met Matty for the first time. The “Bad Blood” singer posted photos from the concert, along with a video, on Instagram two days later on November 21, 2014. She captioned the post with “Yeah you wanna find love, Then you know where the city is,” lyrics from one of The 1975’s songs, “The City.”

November 22, 2014

Taylor was spotted wearing 1975 merch in Los Angeles, and earlier that month, Matty had been seen wearing a T-shirt with the 1989 album cover on the front.

November 29, 2014

Matty said he “wouldn’t say no” to dating Taylor Swift after a radio DJ asked him about their relationship and Taylor’s appearance at his concert.

“Let’s just see what happens,” Matty said, per E! News. “I mean bloody hell, what am I going to do? Go out with Taylor Swift? She’s a sensation.”

December 4, 2014

Taylor’s spotted at another 1975 concert, this time with Karlie Kloss. The outing fueled the rumors about Taylor and Matty being a couple.

January 20, 2015

Matty addressed the rumors about his relationship with Taylor and denied they were dating during an appearance on Australia 2Day FM Radio Show, per E! News.

“We met each other, we exchanged numbers in the same way that a lot of people in this kind of world do, and we spoke occasionally,” he said. “She’s the biggest pop star in the world and I’m in Australia. There’s no relationship or anything happening. It’s just funny how people really, really buy into that.”

March 2016

Matty called his relationship with Taylor a “flirtation” in an interview with Q Magazine, per Elle.

“If I had gone out with Taylor Swift I would’ve been, ‘F–king hell! I am NOT being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.’ You know, ‘F–k. THAT.’ That’s also a man thing, a demasculinizing, emasculating thing,” the “Oh Caroline” singer told the publication.

September 2022

As Swifties waited for Midnights to release, rumors began to swirl that The 1975 had collaborated with Taylor on the album. Matty was quick to shut them down and called the speculation “fake news” via X, per People.

However, he later revealed that his band and Taylor had worked on a song together for the album, but that version didn’t make the cut.

January 2023

Taylor made an impromptu appearance at The 1975’s concert in London and performed her hit “Anti Hero” for the first time.

May 2023

A month after news broke that Taylor and longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn split, Matty was spotted attending the Eras tour in Nashville, Tennessee.

May 11, 2023

Taylor and Matty were seen holding hands in New York City’s Casa Cipriani.

“Taylor is happy. She’s very focused on her tour but is enjoying hanging out with Matty when she is off,” a source revealed to People in an article published on May 12, 2023.

May 13, 2023

Matty was seen at another Eras tour performance, and this time he was with Taylor’s dad, Scott Swift.

May 15, 2023

Fans spotted Taylor and Matty leaving a New York City recording studio together.

June 5, 2023

Matty and Taylor went their separate ways in June 2023.

“She had fun with him, but it was always casual,” a source told People at the time. “They are no longer romantically involved.”

April 24, 2024

Almost one week after Taylor dropped her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department — which is believed to contain a few tracks about her romance with Matty — the 1975 frontman broke his silence about it. “I haven’t really listened to that much of it,” he said of the album after being asked how he would rank Taylor’s “diss track” about him compared to the record’s 30 other songs. “I’m sure it’s good.”