Matty Healy fueled rumors that he was the inspiration for the song “Guilty as Sin” from his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
The 1975 frontman took to his Instagram Story on Monday to share Annie Lennox’s rendition of The Blue Nile’s 1989 song “The Downtown Lights.”
“If you don’t know this cover, you are welcome,” he wrote.
Swift refers to the ’80s track in the intro of “Guilty as Sin” as she sings, “Drowning in the Blue Nile, he sent me ‘Downtown Lights.’”
Healy’s mention of the song sent fans into a frenzy, with one person writing on X, “matty posted downtown lights on his insta story … never beating the guilty as sin allegations.”
“matty posting downtown lights on his instagram story, this is not a drill,” another added, while a third chimed in, “matty posting downtown lights on his ig story, okay choosing violence this morning i see.”
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“not the Matty Healy (re) confirming that Guilty as Sin? is about him on his IG story,” a fourth person wrote.
On the track, Swift, 34, refers to “fatal fantasies” with an unnamed person and “recalling things [they] never did.”
“My bedsheets are ablaze / I’ve screamed his name / Building up like waves / Crashing over my grave / Without ever touching his skin / How can I be guilty as sin?” the 14-time Grammy winner sings.
The pop songstress is also rumored to have written several other “TTPD” songs about Healy, including title track “The Tortured Poets Department,” “Down Bad,” “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,” “Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus” and “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can).”
In May 2023, Swift and the rocker, 35, were spotted kissing at Casa Cipriani in New York City, an eyewitness told Page Six.
At the time, the “Cruel Summer” hitmaker was newly single after her breakup from Joe Alwyn following six years of dating.
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Swift and Healy’s romance, however, was short-lived. The duo called it quits one month later in June.
The 1975 frontman moved on with his now-fiancée, Gabbriette Bechtel, whom he went public with September 2023.
As for Swift, she started dating Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce in summer 2023.
