Taylor Swift‘s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, has been making waves since its release last week. Fans rave about possible references to The 1975 frontman, Matty Healy. Amid the speculation, Denise Welch, Healy’s mother, weighed in on the narrative.
During an episode of the British talk show Freewheeling womenHost Nadia Sawalha broached the subject with Welch, asking, “Taylor Swift has a new album out, have you heard it?” Welch jokingly replied, “I didn’t know she even had an album out. I haven’t heard anything about it. Anyway, I wish her all the best.”
Healy himself recently broke his silence regarding Swift’s album. When paparazzi approached him, he said, “I haven’t really heard much about it, but I’m sure it’s good.”
Since the publication of TTPDFans have speculated that several songs on the album are about Healy. This came as a surprise to many Swifties considering there were only singers romantically connected for about a month after that Swift’s six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn.
The title track from Swift’s album It is believed to be about Healy. In the song, Swift sings, “You left your typewriter in my apartment / Straight from the tortured poet department / I guess some things I never say / Like, ‘Who uses a typewriter anyway?'”
This line points to Healy, thanks to a previous video interview he did GQin which he said: “It’s not that romantic to have a notebook, but I also really like typewriters. I don’t have one with me because it’s really inconvenient, but the thing is with typewriters and writing with pen on paper, there is a kind of commitment that comes with the ceremony. So you have to concentrate a little better.
Swift’s songs “But Daddy I Love Him,” “Fresh Out the Slammer,” “Guilty As Sin?”, “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” and “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” are also included It is believed to be about Healy.
Alwyn also seemed to have an influence on the album, in particular “See you then, London.” And “The Black Dog.” Also part of TTPD is Swift’s newest friend, Travis Kelcewhich Swift seems to be singing about “So high school.” And “Alchemy.”
“Travis is so supportive of the entire album and loves being a part of Taylor’s story,” a source said said ET in the wake of TTPDPublication. “He’s a Swiftie through and through and very proud of her.”
The source added Swift: “Expressing herself through her music has always been therapeutic for Taylor. It gives her the opportunity to move forward, feel empowered and turn her experiences into art.”
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