Matt Healy mocks his ex Taylor Swift’s songs: ‘They’re such obvious compositions…’

The lead singer of The 1975, Matt Healy, recently shared some shocking and important details about his previous relationship with Taylor Swift, the worldwide pop sensation.

Healy subtly criticized Swift’s songwriting technique while discussing the direction of his band’s next album during an appearance on the Doomscroll Podcast.

Due in large part to his unflattering words regarding Swift’s approach to writing music based on personal relationships, his remarks have immediately generated controversy.

Healy clarified that no songs from his brief connection with Swift would be featured on The 1975’s upcoming album when asked what fans may expect from it.

This contrasts sharply with Swift’s well-known approach of incorporating personal experiences into her songs, which has continuously struck a chord with her devoted following around the world.

“I just naturally make melodically quite relatable music,” Healy said. Thus, objectively, I hope that my next record will be a fun 1975 record. And it will cover the same topics as my records: communication, death, sex, love, and all the major issues.”

Healy, however, showed a clear lack of interest when asked if his music would consider his connection with Swift. Without mentioning Swift by name, he implied that writing about his well-known relationship with her would be too “obvious,” criticizing her composing technique in a subtle way. Healy clarified:

“I used to write about relationships a lot more and stuff like that. Maybe I’d be inclined to kind of reflect on my experience as a person, do you know what I mean? And more as an artist, but honestly, I would kind of just be lying.” Healy said.

“You know, if I made a record about all the stuff that was said about me or my casual romantic liaisons or whatever it may be that I’ve kind of become known for just because I was famous, I think that’s an obvious thing to draw from.”

Swift’s well-known practice of using her music to reflect on her relationships, as evidenced by albums like Red and Midnights, stands in sharp contrast to Healy’s remarks.

Fans quickly saw that Healy was making an obvious jab at Swift’s approach without even identifying her.

Given Swift’s own emotional engagement in writing about love and grief, many found his casual reference to their relationship as simply “casual romantic liaisons” to be condescending.

Healy went on to criticize, saying that as an artist, he finds songs about intimate relationships, particularly ones that are a few years old, boring.

He said: “The idea of making a record about something that personally happened to me that, by the time I put it out, is gonna be, like, two years old – I see people doing that, as well, and it’s just not interesting.”

Healy’s comments infuriated Swift’s followers, many of whom respect her for transforming personal situations into moving songs.

His claim that this type of songwriting is “obvious” or “boring” seems to downplay a facet of Swift’s talent that has helped her achieve international recognition.

Swift has a loyal following and chart-topping albums as a result of her ability to turn personal tales into approachable, emotionally driven songs.

Healy stressed that his creative concentration remains elsewhere in spite of the criticism, adding that his next album will go further into subjects outside of his personal life.

“I’m sure there’ll be some kind of love songs on there. I think that yeah, I’m not in the world of, ‘Did you see what happened? Here’s my version of it,’ kind of thing. I think that’s for other artists to do,” he added.

There is no doubting the popularity of subjects like these in music, even though Healy may want to avoid writing about personal experiences.

Swift’s reputation as a worldwide celebrity has been solidified by her personal narrative, and many will be closely observing how her admirers react to Healy’s scathing remarks.