Who Is Matty Healy Dating?
A Brief Inquiry Into Matty Healy’s Past Relationships
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Healy was first linked to singer Halsey in 2015 after they were seen at one of The 1975's gigs. Speaking about how the pair first became acquainted, the "You Should Be Sad" singer said in a 2014 interview with All Things Go: "When I first started writing I was a huge fan of this band called The 1975. I went to see them in concert, bought tickets, met Matty, and in a weird way he's been influential to me just because of his lack of care."
The pair didn't officially confirm a relationship, but speculation was mounting that they were together. It was reported that Halsey's "Room 93" EP was titled after a hotel room they once shared. "If you think he's the first red-wine-drinking, pretty-boy rocker in skinny jeans I've been associated with, you're out of your f*cking mind," they told Billboard. Fans also speculated that one of the singer's biggest hits, "Colors" – which hails from their 2015 album "Badlands" – is also about The 1975 frontman.
Whilst the star never revealed who the song was referring to, she did explain on SiriusXM's show "HitBound" in 2016 that the song is about "being in a relationship with someone and watching the vibrancy slowly start to leak out of them…Whether they're falling victim to drugs or falling victim to work or any sort of negative behaviour that's kind of taking them away from the bright and lively person that they used to be."
Healy appeared to reference the impact his drug addiction had on his relationship in his 2016 track, "Paris". He sings: "I said 'I'm done, babe. I'm out of the scene'/But I was picking up on Bethnal Green/She said I've been romanticising heroin." He previously explained to Rock Ur Life that the song is about how he'd "love to go back to that place where we were" in his relationship. "Paris represents the place where it feels good and unfortunately, we've never got there." TikTokers have also speculated that another track, "She's American", from the same album, is also about his relationship with Halsey.