By james art The 35-year-old music star, who was rumored to have had a brief fling with Taylor Swift in 2023 following her split from actor Joe Alwyn, spoke during an appearance on Joshua Citarella’s Doomscroll Podcast.
Fans believe Swift, 34, hinted at her split with British actor Alwyn and Healy on her latest album The Tortured Poets Department, as well as her current romance with NFL star Travis Kelce.
On the podcast, Healy said, “If I’ve made a record about, I don’t know, all the things that have been said about me, or my casual romantic relationships, or my whatever, that I’ve kind of gotten famous just because I was famous.
“I think that’s an obvious thing to draw from. I just don’t care about it.
“And I think maintaining the status quo is something I always fight against.
“So the idea of making a record about something that happened to me personally, which by the time I release it, will be from two years ago.”
“I see people do that too and it’s just not interesting,” he added.
Summarizing his music, he said: “My work is, hopefully, interesting art pop that provokes, that maybe helps to promote academic subjects that really interest me.”
The first song from Swift’s 2024 album, titled Fortnight, featuring American rapper Post Malone, was interpreted by fans as addressing Swift’s rumored relationship with Healy.
In the song, she sings “I love you too, it’s ruining my life, I only touched you for two weeks” and “Your wife waters your flowers. I want to kill her.”
Although Swift never name-checks Healy, a number of other songs seem to mention him, including Guilty As Sin? on which she sings about “fatal fantasies” about someone from her past while in a relationship.
Last May, Healy made a surprise appearance during Swift’s Eras tour performance in Nashville to perform with her opening act, indie singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers.
Healy, whose band has had hits with songs including Girls, Chocolate and The Sound, is now in a relationship with model Gabbriette.