AS the frontman, lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the indie pop band The 1975, Matty Healy is no stranger to turning heads and being the center of attention.
Matty Healy – and his music – have captured the hearts of women all across the globe, and a select few starlets have managed to get The 1975 Londoner to have a change of heart and settle down.
Who has Matty Healy dated?
Matthew Timothy Healy, better known as Matty Healy, was born on April 8, 1989, in Hendon, north London, England.
Healy, along with Adam Hann, Ross MacDonald, and George McDaniel, formed The 1975 in the early 2000s, settling on the band name in 2012.
The band released several EPs before releasing their debut album, The 1975, in 2013, and found mainstream success after releasing their second studio album, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It, in 2016.
Healy’s catchy lyricism, self-deprecation, and genre-bending sounds are often inspired by social, political, and current events, though he also takes inspiration from his own love life.
Matty Healy’s complete dating history, including casual flings, ex-girlfriends, and rumored relationships, are listed below.
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Aliana Lohan
Matty Healy was first linked to Aliana Lohan back in 2014.
Ali is an American singer, actress, model, and television personality, though she is perhaps best known as Lindsay Lohan’s little sister.
Radar Online was the first to report that the couple were hooking up in December, after meeting each other through Lindsay.
“Ali always thought he was super hot and was really into his music,” a source previously told the outlet.
“So she started going to all his shows, and they started hooking up on and off.”
While neither Ali nor Matty ever confirmed the romance rumors, Ali wouldn’t be the first – or the last – woman to appear at one of Matty’s concerts.
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Halsey
Matty Healy moved on from Ali to fellow singer-songwriter Halsey.
Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, known professionally as Halsey, was also spotted at a 1975 concert in 2015, sparking a media frenzy that she was dating the Chocolate singer.
The duo even collaborated on a song together for Healy’s band, titled Ghosts.
In an interview with Billboard in 2015, Halsey confirmed the duo dated.
“I spent a lot of time watching him and he spent a lot of time loving being watched,” she said.
“But if you think he’s the first red-wine-drinking, pretty-boy rocker in skinny jeans I’ve been associated with, you’re out of your f***ing mind,” she added.
Fans have also long speculated that one of the singer’s most famous songs, Colors, is about Healy.
The lyrics read: “Your little brother never tells you but he loves you so / You said your mother only smiled on her TV show / You’re only happy when your sorry head is filled with dope / I hope you make it to the day you’re 28 years old.”
Not only was Healy around 26 to 27 years old when the duo started dating, but he also has a younger brother and a famous mother – actress and TV personality Denise Welch.
He also has publicly discussed his past struggles with addiction, including alcoholism and heroin abuse.
The duo never confirmed they were an item, and within a few months, Healy moved on to another leading lady.
Halsey, meanwhile, has been linked to actor Avan Jogia since mid-2023, making their relationship Instagram official in October 2023.
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Gabriella Brooks
Beginning in mid-2015, Healy entered a relationship with model Gabriella Brooks.
The duo, who dated for four years, went public with their romance at the Brit Awards in 2017.
Healy and Brooks remained together throughout his band’s rise to the mainstream and through his heroin addiction and subsequent stint in rehab.
Healy’s longest relationship to date ended in the summer of 2019 after Brooks reportedly was over the singer’s partying ways.
“Matty is great when he’s on form but he isn’t the easiest person to be with and leads a very unconventional life,” a source told the UK Sun at the time.
“He parties a lot at home when he’s there and Gabby had just had enough.”
“She doesn’t want to lead her life like that,” the source added.
During a 2020 interview with The Guardian, Healy confirmed that he was the reason the duo broke up.
“My 20s was f***ing chaos and I didn’t live a domestic life so there are lots of things I’ve just not learned. I’m not emotionally very mature,” he said at the time.
“There have been times when it does damage my relationship and I ask myself: ‘Why do I value my career so much?’ I’m trying to relinquish that idea.”
“I want to have a period in my life when I’m not conflicted about it.”
As of April 2024, Brooks has moved on and is reportedly dating Miley Cyrus‘ ex-husband, actor Liam Hemsworth.
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FKA Twigs
Tahliah Debrett Barnett, known professionally as FKA Twigs, is a British singer, songwriter, and dancer.
From 2020 to 2022, Healy and Twigs were in a relationship, with Twigs even providing background vocals for The 1975 song If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know).
The duo went public at RuPaul’s DragCon UK event in January 2020 and even attended the NME Awards together later that year.
Twigs has had her fair share of famous exes, including Robert Pattinson – who recently welcomed a daughter with longtime girlfriend Suki Waterhouse – and Shia Labeouf, who also welcomed a daughter with his partner, Mia Goth.
Despite parting ways post-pandemic, Twigs was reportedly the inspiration behind Healy’s famous song, I’m In Love With You.
“There was no massive row or fallout,” a source told the UK Sun.
“When lockdown ended they both found themselves pulled in different directions with work commitments,” they added.
“The whole thing is still very raw and naturally she is upset but she’s got her friends around her who are supporting her.”
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Charlotte Briar D’Alessio
After breaking things off with FKA Twigs, Healy spent some time focusing on himself and his music.
A few months after their split, Healy was briefly linked to Charlotte Briar D’Alessio, a Canadian model and social media influencer.
Healy and D’Alessio were first linked together in December 2022, though the duo had reportedly been dating for a few weeks by then.
Though they never made a public appearance together, D’Alessio was spotted backstage at a few of The 1975’s shows around that time.
Still, the relationship, or brief fling, fizzled out by early 2023, when Healy moved on – with one of the biggest pop stars in the world.
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Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift has been a longtime fangirl of The 1975 and was even spotted wearing the band’s merchandise back in 2014.
Eight years later, she seemingly reconnected with the band, and with the band’s lead singer, Healy.
Both were spotted at each other’s respective tours, with Swift even appearing onstage during The 1975’s London concert, singing her hit song Anti-Hero and performing an acoustic cover of the band’s song, The City.
Healy caused a media frenzy when he was spotted being driven to and from Swift’s stadium shows and her home base in Nashville, Tennessee, in May 2023.
He even joined his friend and Eras tour opener, Phoebe Bridgers, on stage during the second Nashville show.
The duo were spotted several times throughout May in New York City, holding hands, hugging, and kissing.
Still, as quickly as their whirlwind romance began, it also ended just as fast.
By June 2023, Healy and Swift had parted ways and haven’t been seen engaging in any PDA since.
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Gabbriette
Healy spent the summer recuperating from dating Swift and the media scrutiny that came along with the relationship.
Following his split from Swift, Healy was spotted engaging in some major PDA with model Gabbriette in September 2023, in New York City.
Gabrielle Bechtel, known as Gabbriette, is an American model, musician, and social media personality.
She is the lead vocalist and songwriter of the punk rock band Nasty Cherry.
Gabbriette is known for her distinct, goth-inspired, 90’s grunge aesthetic, which helped her gain the attention of her agency, IMG Models.
She is also known for her famous cooking and baking videos, which she posts on Instagram and TikTok.
The duo have never confirmed how they met, though it may be between their fellow bandmates.
The 1975’s drummer, George Daniel, is engaged to Nasty Cherry’s founder and band member, Charlie XCX.
Before dating Healy, Gabbriette was linked to fellow model Levi Dylan, Bob Dylan’s grandson.
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Why do fans think The Tortured Poets Department is about Matty Healy?
The Tortured Poets Department, also known as Tortured Poets or TTPD, is the eleventh studio album by singer-songwriter and Matty Healy’s most famous ex, Taylor Swift.
After announcing the album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards to lukewarm applause from the crowd – but widespread excitement from her fans – Swift described TTPD as her “lifeline” album.
Swift says she began writing it shortly after finishing Midnights and finished the album during her Eras tour.
While fans have speculated that the majority of the album is about Swift’s ex-boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, whom she dated from 2016 to early 2023, there have also been rumors that at least one track is about Swift’s whirlwind romance with Healy.
The album, released on Friday, April 19, 2024, reportedly leaked early, with some choice lyrics hitting social media:
“You smoked and ate seven bars of chocolate / We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist,” read the lyrics from the title track.
“I scratch your head, you fall asleep like a tattooed golden retriever,” the lyrics continue.
Many fans are wondering whether the lyrics can be attributed to Healy, who has plenty of tattoos and has a song with The 1975 titled Chocolate.
Fans are also speculating that the songs Guilty as Sin, I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can), and The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, are about The 1975 frontman, largely due to his “problematic behavior throughout his career,” according to Indy 100.
Swift has notably never confirmed what exes her songs are about, so fans will have to decide for themselves if Healy made the cut.