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Who is The 1975’s Matty Healy? Meet Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend who recently got engaged to model Gabbriette Bechtel
Plus how long he has been with his fiancée
MATTY Healy is known for his music career and being the son of famous television panelist Denise Welsh.
He has dated fellow celebs such as Taylor Swift before they called it quits in 2023 but now he has announced his engagement.
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Who is Matt Healy?
Matt Healy is known for his career in the music industry.
He is an English singer, actor, and composer, born on April 8, 1989, in London.
Healy is best known for his role as the sin
ger and guitarist of the British award-winning band, The 1975.
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The band won Best British Group at the Brits in 2017 and 2019, and nabbed the British Album of the Year in 2019.
In 2022, the group released their latest album, Being Funny In A Foreign Language.
The band formed when Healy and his bandmates - Adam Hann, Ross MacDonald, and George Daniel - attended Wilmslow High School in Cheshire.
Healy credits the likes of Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, and My Bloody Valentine as some of the band's musical influences, but has been known to dabble in multiple music genres.
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When were Taylor Swift and Matty Healy together?
It was first revealed by The Sun that Swift and Healy were together in May 2023.
A source told The Sun: "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."
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The news dropped just weeks after Taylor and Joe Alwyn officially announced their break up. But the source stated that Swift and Joe Alwyn split in February 2023 - so there was no overlap between the breakup and her romance with Healy.
Matty was spotted beneath a private tent at Taylor Swift's Nashville concert on May 5, 2023, standing alongside American artists Julien Baker and Gracie Abrams.
However, the pair split after about a month together.
Supposedly, Healy stopped kissing random members of the audience at his gigs when he was dating Taylor.
That trend continued at The 1975’s gig in Denmark after the pair split.
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Who are Matt Healy's parents?
While Healy achieved fame in his own right, his parents are familiar faces on our TV screens.
His mum Denise Welch, who was a panelist on Loose Women, is known for her acting roles in Coronation Street, Waterloo Road, and Soldier Soldier.
She previously opened up about the band's ballad, She Lays Down, which she says was written about her battle with postnatal depression and drug use.
Healy's dad Tim is also a TV legend, having starred in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and Benidorm.
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Who is Matt Healy dating now?
Healy's fans are eager to uncover who he's dating these days after his brief relationship with Taylor Swift launched him into the public eye.
The pop star, who has been linked to artists Halsey in 2015 and FKA Twigs in 2020, is now engaged to model Gabbriette Bechtel.
She took to Instagram to show off a huge black ring and wrote: "Marrying the 1975 is very Brat."
Healy re-shared her ring post, seemingly confirming the happy news.
It's believed the two have been together since September 2023 when the two were seen getting cozy in New York City.
Healy sometimes appears in videos on Gabbriette's TikTok account, and she's been spotted on his Instagram Stories.
Gabbriette served as the lead vocalist for the punk band Nasty Cherry.
The group, was formed by artist Charli XCX.
Charli, who is also friends with Healy, is engaged to The 1975 drummer, George Daniel.
The California-born model has worked with notable brands including Skims, Marc Jacobs, and Bottega Veneta.
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