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Inside Matty Healy's star-studded love life as Taylor Swift 'falls for' the 1975 singer

Longtime friends Taylor Swift, 33, and Matty Healy, 34, have reportedly struck up a romance following the American star's shock split from British actor Joe Alwyn.

Taylor and Matty, who is the son of Loose Women star Denise Welch, are said to be set to make a public appearance together this weekend when TayTay performs in Nashville, Tennessee.

While the Shake It Off singer's love life has been well documented over the years, with Taylor often referencing her famous exes in her award-winning songs, Matty's own dating history also features a few household names.

As the world - and Taylor's die hard fans - react to reports the two singers are duetting on a new romance together, we take a look at some of Matty's most famous relationships prior to wooing Ms Swift.

Ellie Goulding, Taylor Swift, Nick Grimshaw and Matty Healy partying together in 2015 (Getty Images Europe)

FKA Twigs

Matty's last famous relationship came to an end last year, following a whirlwind romance with British musician FKA Twigs.

Rumours the two stars were dating began to circulate way back in 2020, with the former couple making it Instagram official just weeks before the world went into lockdown.

But sadly it wasn't meant to be and the pair called it quits last summer thanks to the age old classic 'work commitments'.

The former couple went public with their romance at the start of 2020 (Instagram)
FKA Twigs has also previously dated Twilight actor Robert Pattinson (WireImage)

"Sadly things haven’t worked out. Those around them thought this was going to be it but it hasn’t been the case," a source said at the time.

"There was no massive row or fallout. When lockdown ended they both found themselves pulled in different directions with work commitments. The whole thing is still very raw and naturally she is upset but she’s got her friends around her who are supporting her."

Many fans of The 1975 believe the band's hit song I’m In Love With You was inspired by frontman's Matty's relationship with FKA Twigs, whose real name is Tahliah Barnett.

Halsey

Taylor isn't the first American singer to catch Matty's eye (Getty Images)
The 1975 frontman was rumoured to be dating Halsey back in the day (Getty Images for Savage X Fenty Show Presented by Amazon Prime Video)

Back in 2015 it was rumoured Matty and Without Me singer Halsey were dating after the American singer was spotted attending on one The 1975's concerts.

The very same year Halsey collaborated with Matty's band on their track Ghost and further fueled the speculation, but things quickly turned sour and it was reported the pair had fallen out.

Halsey even said in a 2016 they was "not friends" with the It's Not Living singer and went on to slam his band in 2018, when they accused The 1975 of "fake activism" in a since-deleted tweet.

The American singer became a mother for the first time in January 2021, when they welcomed a son into the world with their former partner Alev Aydin.

Taylor Swift

The rumoured couple partying with Nick Grimshaw in 2015 (Getty Images Europe)
Matty's mum caught up with Taylor in London earlier this year (denise_welch/Instagram)

In news that broke the internet on Wednesday night, it was reported Matty and Taylor have turned their longtime friendship into something more romantic.

Speaking to The Sun, a source close to the Blank Space hitmaker said: "She and Matty are madly in love. It’s super-early days, but it feels right.

"They first dated, very briefly, almost ten years ago but timings just didn’t work out.

"Taylor and Joe actually split up back in February, so there was absolutely no crossover."

They went on to add how Taylor "cannot wait" to see the British star again and the pair are "massively proud and excited" about what their future holds.

The rumoured union between the two megastars follows Matty's mother Denise posing with Taylor backstage at a gig earlier this year.

Former Coronation Street star Denise beamed as she cosied up to her son's possible love interest in January, just moments after Matty welcomed Taylor on stage in London to perform her song Anti‐Hero live for the first time.

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