The 1975’s Matty Healy has finally weighed in on Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated new album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” In a brief on-the-street interview, Healy was asked to rate Swift’s diss track on the album compared to the 30 other songs. “My diss track?” he responded with a chuckle. “I haven’t really listened to that much of it, but I’m sure it’s good.”
Since its release on April 19, fans have been poring over the lyrics to “The Tortured Poets Department,” speculating about which songs might be about Healy. Some have pointed to a few lyrics that could very well reference their short-lived fling following her split from actor Joe Alwyn.
On the title track, for instance, Swift notes the subject’s love of typewriters, something that Healy has said he can’t live without. She also sings, “We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist,” a musician that Healy has praised in the past. Elsewhere, on “But Daddy I Love Him,” she states that “scandal does funny things to pride, but brings lovers closer,” which could be a hat-tip to the blowback she received for dating him.
Regardless of all the speculation, “The Tortured Poets Department” is on track to be one of the biggest albums in recent memory. It just became the first album in Spotify history to get a billion streams in less than a week, and some are projecting that it could sell north of two million copies in its first week.
Healy’s brief response to the interviewer’s question is sure to add fuel to the fire of speculation about Swift’s new album. Only time will tell if Healy will eventually reveal more about his thoughts on “The Tortured Poets Department” and whether or not he believes any of the songs are about him.
