A Taylor Swift fan unwrapped her vinyl edition of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) recently and found a surprising detail among the vault tracks. Apparently, Swift collaborated with The 1975’s Matty Healy on the track “Slut!,” which was then unreleased. The vinyl credited the band in the title, and there was an additional verse added to the song.
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“Just casually unwrapping my vinyl and seeing THIS,” wrote TikTok user Emma (@emmahanobrien) in a video. She showed a close-up of the record’s liner notes, where The 1975 is clearly credited. Additionally, Matty Healy is singularly credited with co-writing the track.
Swifties Inconsolable After Alleged Collab Between Taylor Swift and Matty Healy Uncovered
Swifties were incensed in the comments of the video, with one exclaiming, “WHAT IF HE TOOK [the song] BACK BECAUSE WE DIDN’T LIKE HIM.” When Healy and Swift were allegedly dating, Swifties were notoriously venomous towards The 1975 frontman because of his past behavior. Healy has documented instances of negative comments toward Swift, saying that dating her would be “emasculating.” However, they dated for about a month and seem to be friends now. The duo appears to have formed a close-knit collaborative circle with Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff.
Other fans were upset that this version of “Slut!” was kept from them. “Honestly it did feel like a 1975 song so this makes total sense,” one wrote, with another writing, “I feel personally robbed.” Others were glad the version wasn’t released, with fans adamantly expressing their distaste for Matty Healy.
“I’m glad we didn’t get this,” one person wrote, while another wrote succinctly, “This is the worst day of my life,” allegedly referring to the collab. While the collab is still unconfirmed, according to a report from Newsweek, Emma purchased the record from Target. The retailer has allegedly removed the item from their website.
The TikTok did not play the vinyl version of the song, so there is currently no confirmation that the collaboration is real. While some fans claimed it was fake, they provided no evidence of that fact.
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A collaboration between Taylor Swift x The 1975 sounds incredible. Taylor and Matty Healy are two of the most talented song writers and music creators. I hope they release this!!
Matty took a lot of heat from Swifties, some of it justified but a good amount of it being incorrect information or information that needed more context. That being said – I’d like to provide some additional context to a point made in this article about Matty calling dating Taylor “emasculating.”
Matty almost immediately issues a 2 page apology letter in which he clarified how that statement was made in a longer discussion specifically about his own personal fears and “the dinosaur thinking of all men” around being known as someone’s partner before being known for his music. He goes on say that Taylor is “one of the most gracious, hard, working, creatively gifted and beautiful women I have ever met.”
See full apology here: https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/tidbits/matty-healy-addresses-taylor-swift-comments
In addition, the editor of the original article put out a statement to say: “Matty Healy’s comments about Taylor Swift were not the words of a misogynist. The 1975 singer attracted controversy by saying that dating Taylor Swift would be emasculating. It was me he was speaking to, and I saw an intelligent and liberal man wrestling with our culture’s gender roles”
See full statement here: https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/mar/18/matt-healy-taylor-swift-misogyny-gender
Matty can certainly be criticized for many things he has said but in regards to speaking about Taylor, I have only ever seen him speaking about her in the highest regard and with unwavering respect + admiration.
I hope their collaboration makes it to the ears of fans one day! I know many who are very excited about the potential to hear it!