Taylor Swift & Matty Healy’s Dating Timeline: Here’s If There Was Any Overlap With Joe Alwyn

December 2014: Taylor Swift and Matty Healy are first linked

Almost a decade before their relationship made the headlines, Us Weekly reported Matty had to make the first move on Swift after the pair swapped phone numbers at his concert in 2014. “I met Taylor Swift, that was really nice,” he told the Australian radio show Shazam Top 20. “I mean, bloody hell, what am I going to do? Go out with Taylor Swift? She’s a sensation, I wouldn’t say no,” he added.

A source told the outlet. “It’s very new and they’re having fun. They’re seeing where things go.” Another source told Radar Online at the time, “Taylor is absolutely gaga for Matt. But what she doesn’t know is that he recently spent an entire week hooking up with Lindsay Lohan’s little sister, Ali!” The source continued, “Ali always thought he was super hot and was really into his music. So she started going to all his shows, and they started hooking up on and off.” Ali and Matty’s relationship was never confirmed.

April 2023: Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn break up

According to Entertainment Tonight, Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s relationship “had run its course.” A source told the site that the breakup “was not dramatic.” and “it’s why [Joe] hasn’t been spotted at any shows.”

The two had been together since 2016. A source told gossip Instagram Deux Moi on the Tuesday before the news broke, “They broke up a few weeks ago, that’s why he hasn’t been at shows and you won’t see him at any. They weren’t married either so you won’t see him at any. They weren’t married either so you won’t see a divorce. It wasn’t dramatic it just ran its course and she’s clearly in a good place with it.”

Eagle-eyed Swifties who love their Easter eggs also noticed that Taylor swapped out a song on her setlist “Invisible String” with “The 1” which points to further proof of the breakup. “You think you can just scroll the setlist? You think you can just come prepared?” Taylor said after her first performance of the song in Texas. “Let it be said about the Eras Tour … there’s high jinks.” The two have yet to comment on the breakup.

May 3, 2023: The Sun reports Matty Healy & Taylor Swift are dating

On May 3, 2023, sources told The Sun that Taylor Swift is reportedly dating The 1975 frontman, Matty Healy. A source told the UK gossip site, that the two “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,” the source said. “Taylor and Joe actually split up back in February, so there was absolutely no crossover.”

“Both Matty and Taylor have been touring over the past few weeks, so it’s been a lot of Face-Timing and texting but she cannot wait to see him again,” the source said while Taylor is in the thick of her Eras Tour while Matty was wrapping up The 1975’s At Their Very Best tour in Manila, Philippines.

“But as two international megastars, they understand the pressures of one another’s jobs better than anyone, and are incredibly supportive of their respective careers. They are both massively proud and excited about this relationship and, unlike Taylor’s last one — which was very much kept out of the spotlight, deliberately — she wants to ‘own’ this romance, and not hide it away. Taylor just wants to live her life, and be happy. She’s told pals Matty is flying to Nashville over the weekend to support her on the next leg of her tour.”

May 5, 2023: Matty Healy attends Taylor Swift’s concert

On May 5, 2023, Matty was seen attending Taylor’s concert at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville. He was spotted by concertgoers and was dancing along to “Shake It Off” with the boygenius members. “never in my wildest dreams did i expect to see matty healy dance during shake it off,” one fan tweeted.

As the queen of Easter eggs, fans also noticed that Taylor was mouthing words to the camera during a performance of “Cardigan” that Matty was mouthing during a 1975 concert in the Philippines on May 3, 2023.

May 6, 2023: Taylor Swift and Matty Healy are seen in a car together

TMZ and Daily Mail reported that Matty Healy was seen leaving Taylor Swift’s concert in Nashville with the “Love Story” singer in her SUV. They were on the way to Taylor’s condo in Nashville according to the reports.

During the Nashville run of Taylor’s Eras tour, Matty also performed with opening act Phoebe Bridgers alongside boygenius co-members Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus. He was wearing Phoebe’s signature skeleton outfit and mainly played along with his guitar.

May 8, 2023: Entertainment Tonight reports that Taylor Swift and Matty Healy met through Jack Antonoff

Entertainment Tonight confirmed on May 8, 2023, that Taylor Swift and Matty Healy were introduced by Jack Antonoff, a mutual friend of both of them who has collaborated with Taylor on songs like “Anti-Hero” and “Lover.”

“Taylor and Matty have been hanging out recently and Jack Antonoff reconnected them,” a source told the site. “Taylor and Matty like each other. Taylor has a crush on Matty and they are having a good time hanging out. Matty also thinks Taylor is awesome and incredibly talented, too. They dated briefly in the past.”

May 11, 2023: Matty & Taylor Spotted “Cuddling & Kissing” In New York City

On May 11, 2023, a source told Page Six that the two were having a romantic moment together. “They sat next to each other at a banquette in the lounge,” an eyewitness tells Page Six. They were also “cuddling and kissing.” Jack Antonoff was also spotted and “security was around them.”

May 14, 2023: Matty hangs out with Taylor’s dad at her concert

On May 14, 2023, Matty was seen at Taylor’s concert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was sitting and dancing with Taylor’s dad, Scott Swift and her brother in a VIP booth.

According to some Taylor sleuths online, the evermore singer revealed that “someone special” requested the song “Hey Stephen” A resurfaced tweet from April 2021 might redirect that answer to be Matty Healy. “Thinking about when I gave my friend my 1975 m&gs with the stipulation that she ask Matty Healy what his favorite Taylor Swift song is and he said Hey Stephen.”

May 15, 2023: Matty and Taylor leave the studio together in New York City

On May 15, 2023, Matty and Taylor were photographed together while leaving the iconic Electric Lady Studios in the West Village in New York City (where Jack Antonoff frequently works). In the pictures, Taylor was wearing a violet NYU sweater (a throwback to her commencement speech for the university last year) while Matty was in an all-black ensemble.

May 21, 2023: Taylor is “happy” in all aspects of her life

To introduce her first surprise song at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Taylor had a sweet monologue before her surprise songs “Question…?” and “Invisible” to her fans that could be hinting at her relationship with Matty.

“I kind of feel like telling you, I don’t know, I’ve just never been this happy in my life in all aspects of my life ever before,” Swift told the crowd in a video that was filmed and put on  Twitter. “And I just want to thank you for being a part of that. It’s not just the tour. I just sort of feel like my life finally feels like it makes sense, so I thought I’d play this song, which brings me a lot of happy memories.”

June 5, 2023: Taylor and Matty break up

News broke of Healy and Swift’s split on June 5, 2023, thanks to TMZ. A source told the tabloid that Swift was “single” again, and they hadn’t been seen in public since May 25 when they were out for dinner.

In an article published by People, an insider described their relationship as “always casual”, saying: “She had fun with him, but it was always casual. They are no longer romantically involved.” Another source echoed those sentiments to Us: “Taylor and Matt are no longer romantically involved,” they said.

“They had fun together, but it was never serious.” In another article published by Us Weekly, the tabloid quoted anonymous friends of Swift, saying: “Taylor’s friends aren’t surprised [she and Matty broke up],” the insider said. “She wasn’t ready for another serious relationship just yet.”

April 19, 2024: Taylor’s Tortured Poets Department makes several references to Healy

Questions about why Taylor Swift and Matty Healy broke up resurfaced in April 2024 when Swift released her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department, which fans believe to be about her relationship with Healy following her split from Joe Alwyn.

Fans believe that the ninth song from the album, “Guilty as Sin?”, was about Swift’s “fantasies” about Healy while she and Alwyn were still dating. “I keep these longings locked In lowercase inside a vault / Someone told me “There’s no such thing as bad thoughts, only your actions talk” / These fatal fantasies / Giving way to labored breath,” Swift sings in the song, confirming that were wasn’t any overlap between her relationships with Alwyn and Healy. She continued, “Taking all of me We’ve already done it in my head / If it’s make believe, Why does it feel like a vow / We’ll both uphold somehow?”

In “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,” the 14th song from The Tortured Poets Department, Swift hinted that she and Matty broke up after he ghosted her and she got over the “starry-eyed” feeling she felt at the beginning of their relationship. “Was any of it true / Gazing at me, starry-eyed / In your Jehovah’s Witness suit / Who the fuck was that guy / You tried to buy some pills / From a friend of friends of mine / They just ghosted you / Now you know what it feels like,” Swift sings.

Later in the song, Swift hinted that Healy’s reputation caught up to him and was the catalyst to end their relationship. “And I don’t even want you back I just want to know If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal /And I don’t miss what we had / But could someone give a message / To the smallest man who ever lived?” she sings.

April 19, 2024: Healy responds to TTPD

Sources close to The 1975 lead singer told Us Weekly about his true feelings for his ex. “Matty still thinks very highly of Taylor but we were all nervous about what she might have said on the album,” the source disclosed. Adding that he “couldn’t be happier” with how the record turned out.

“Matty’s family knew about the relationship,” the insider explains. “And they were worried that Taylor was going to rip him apart. Matty has struggled with life in the public eye, and he’s been doing really well, but the last thing that he needs is for every Swiftie in the world to think he’s a villain.”

It’s reported that “really appreciative” to receive a heads-up from Taylor’s team about the recent album. “He was worried that their story would be shed in a negative light,” the source explains, adding he had concerns “the public wouldn’t get the full story.”

Healy was “also very nervous about the Swifties.” However, knowing the background, he is “happy he can move on with less anxiety. … Their relationship was fast, but extremely passionate and real,” the source confirmed. They also “don’t speak anymore,” but they “had a strong bond” and he will “always hold a special place for her.”