A Deep Dive Into The LORE Of Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Album & Matty Healy

let's dive deep and decode Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology and the Matty Healy Taylor Swift 10 year long LORE. From 2013 to now. Every interaction and mention that has led us to TTPD lyric parallels and interviews. yay!!!
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Slideshow: drive.google.com/file/d/1y9XE...
Tumblr timeline: spicysighs.tumblr.com/post/71...
Time stamps
0:00 - intro and thoughts on album
10:31 - MATTY X TAYLOR (MAYLOR) LORE
34:15 - LYRIC PARALLELS THE 1975 X TAYLOR SWIFT
44:00 - LYRIC DEEP DIVE
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[@olivebouseman1823]

as a non-swiftie who lives for chronically online drama i appreciate this one 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@insideoutwithjamieandjordan]

YAYYYY!!!!!!! so glad hehe thank you for watching !!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@afroallura3791]

I love that yall are also longtime 1975 fans…I feel like it brings even more depth to the album and discussion. It’s been hard to find people who have literally been into both artists since they started and are into the lore…the reason May 2023 was so exhilarating and devastating in equal measure is bc I was so heavily invested in both of them and hoping they’d work!! Anyway let’s get into this 2 hour deep dive ayyyyy

[@insideoutwithjamieandjordan]

1000% i totally agree!!! we're so glad we aren't alone in feeling that way too about last May!! it still feels like a fever dream hahaha. YAYYY! thank you for watching ❤️❤️❤️

[@cb533]

Glad to see fans of both analyze the songs. All these swifty experts with no 75 knowledge are so sure in their analysis but everything is going right over their heads! It's so frustrating!

[@Popnerding]

Been looking for a perspective like this. I am glad I came across this video. Matty’s lyrics and Taylor’s have so many parallels. It was mad. Thanks for this! I love both of them. They’re different and they were so in love. Looking forward to the 1975’s next album and hoping he will definitely respond to TTPD.

[@hayleysmith3113]

Were they so in love? Or did they just have romantic delusions for parts of the last 10 years and when they were actually both single at the same time they realized within a couple months that it was just a fantasy?

[@Popnerding]

@@hayleysmith3113 Hi, what you say makes perfect sense to me. I think what I wrote is simply me being a little bit of a romantic and hoping that it was love and they didn’t work out because of outside pressures. Fandom wars , death threats, villainising of one person and threatening to quit following the other person for things they believe the partner did. But that’s just a strain of thought. It could very well be delusional and perhaps they did have highly romanticised notions of each other from afar.

[@jenniferhipsky3847]

Rusted summer -- Rusted phone lines in “Maroon”

[@candimccann]

Rose' wine in both The 1 and Maroon (ducks flying objects in case I ruined someone's day)

[@zoefenstermacher6935]

I always wondered who maroon was about. Since it seemed forbidden. I really believe it's Matty

[@breezybumbles17]

Taylor also mentions The Starting Line in Fresh Out The Slammer.

[@sulathenewfie4277]

Okay we need to talk about Harry in this early time frame too. We know she was off and on with him for at least 18 months. And in the song ‘is it over yet’- she clearly talks about having romantic dalliances with other guys while they were on and off and I think Matty could have been one of the guys she was maybe having heavy romantic flirtations and maybe more at that time. So Matty and Taylor could say they didn’t date each other - ‘that never happened’ because it was in both their interests to say that.

[@tangozmangoo]

I heavily suspect that the titled “he” in Harry’s unrealised song “Him” is Matty Healy.

[@yorkshiregirl992]

The Harry thing was so icky - he was just a kid. I keep hoping it actually wasn't anything, otherwise it's just grooming

[@Tsukiakari-qb3tk]

@@yorkshiregirl992 he was 18, she was 22 when they met. Harry had already dated a woman in her thirties by this point which is far worse and Taylor had just had John and Jake happen. Also they are famous and that stunts you a little bit. I cut her some slack.

[@Karensmusic292]

Taylor & Harry weren't on and off after their breakup. That's an assumption created by Haylors based soley on song lyrics, mainly "Style." One Direction had world tours EVERY YEAR, plus promo, recording new albums, etc. Harry was in the UK in Jan/Feb 2013 for tour rehearsals after their breakup. 1D's 2013 world tour was from Feb 23 - Nov 3. Harry dated Kendall Jenner from Nov 2013 - early 2014. Taylor was on her own Red world tour in 2013 and into 2014. Taylor said she wrote "Style" in Feb 2014. Harry & Taylor were in the same cities at the same time for maybe a dozen days at this point, mostly because of award shows. After 1D's 2014 world tour, Harry dated Nadine Leopold from Nov 2014 until 1D's 2015 tour started in Feb. How could Taylor & Harry have an on/off relationship when they were rarely in the same cities at the same time? If they did, they were off 98% of the time. The on/off was in 2012. (They met March 31 at the KCAs and liked each other. 1D flew to Australia a little over a week later to resume their UP All Night Tour. That summer, Taylor dated Conor Kennedy, then Taylor & Harry were on/off dating from Oct 2012 - first week of Jan 2013). Taylor dated Conor between two times with Harry in 2012. Harry dated other woman during that time also. It's the 2012 timeline referenced in her songs, not after. The few songs Taylor wrote about Conor could be the "I don't want to hear about him" lyric.

[@jackielehman8945]

The lore is a layer, but the personal experience of heart ache is the core. 💔

[@Dcong16]

It’s interesting to me that people are so surprised that the majority of this album is actually not about Joe like that makes perfect sense to me. Whatever actually happened between the two of them what we know for sure is he wanted to remain private throughout their relationship and I can’t see her MAJORLY exposing him after five to six years together unless he did something truly awful and unforgivable.

[@sacredsunflower8930]

TTPD is her taking accountability for their issues and folklore/evermore/midnights is her telling us about what Joe did to lose her… we already had the pieces of the puzzle. How did it end, loml and so long London was really all we need. I think my boy only breaks his favorite toys is about joe as well but it’s playful?? If that makes sense. She’s so clever “the sickest army doll purchased at the mall” is a depressed GI Joe 😳 “bad bad boy shiny toy with a price, you know that I BOUGHT it”

[@parisrichardson2699]

@@sacredsunflower8930 loml reads so matty to me icl, there's so many overlaps

[@chelseygarrett4221]

Oh my God I found my people you guys love all the same songs that I do. All your favorites are my favorites I haven't seen anybody say Peter. Peter makes me sob.

[@aliyan879]

Ohmygod, I absolutely looved this break down❤️🤭 So many info, so many emotions. Now that I watched your video, the album makes sense 200%!! Loved it! Thanks for your work💕💕

[@highperformer5532]

To me there's only one absolute all-timer on ttpd which cracks my top-13, and which is as poetic as ivy, way sadder than coney island (and very close to Last kiss), almost as quicksandy as right where you left me and as multy-layered, wise and revealing as Dear John... and this is... Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus.

[@sashamitchell6336]

He calls her queen!!!

[@lunarcappy]

This is helping me get through my work day hahaha thank you for the education, I had absolutely no idea whats been going on! This was informative and also entertaining haha I just found your pod!!! Love you guys' energy :)

[@caraleesirois2426]

Seeing that clip of Matty going into his fort looks like the Willow video with the kids in the tent.

[@Cyn8201]

He walked away because swifties sent death threats to Matty and his entire family. Everything awful said to Matty on twitter is disgusting behavior and speaknow letter is just beyond me. On top of that, he had his own world tour that just ended a month ago.

[@bmukwindidza978]

i’ve been tuned in to matty and taylor since i was 14. im almost 24 now and still obsessed with them 😭

[@bmukwindidza978]

also - the fortnight video is very the 1975 coded. part of the band, professor matty, matty and his body double lying across from eachother. post malone even wears the exact outfit matty wore in his zane lowe interview 😂

[@sacredsunflower8930]

I’m just a year and a half younger than Taylor, was in my early 20s when I saw the pics of her on tumblr in that ICONIC plaid skater skirt and 1975 tee and those wayfarers 😎

[@westie7ify]

I’m so happy that there is at least one other I Look in People’s Windows Stan! 😆

[@TTTTania]

Also, the intro of imgonnagetyouback and the intro of Looking For Somebody (To Love) are VERY similar 👀 Aaand Matty has compared himself to Peter Pan multiple times → the song Peter talks about how she waited for him to grow up (mature) and that did not happen, so she's not waiting for him to grow up anymore

[@LanaJulie33]

See "lost boys" by Drive Like I Do 🙃

[@SandraGrauschopf]

A couple of other parallels I noticed... In that clip where he says he isn't going to kiss anyone in front of Taylor Swift, he says to show some respect, because he isn't going to kiss anyone else "In front of the queen" In TTPD, Taylor writes: "Cause once your queen had come, You treat her like an also-ran" In Falling For You, the lyrics say, "You said some day we might When I'm closer to your height, Till then we'll knock around and see If you're all I need" Which reminds me of TTPD: A message to the smallest man who ever lived And not a parallel, but as many times as Taylor referred to her love with Joe as "gold", I wonder if the "tattoed golden retriever" line was talking about Matty bringing back that sense of a love that was fated to be, retrieving the golden love she had lost.

[@juliebloom]

thank you! it was very educational

[@teresagormley903]

Did anyone think maybe the whole time they were together they were only together 14 days between his tour and hers.

[@spiritranger9202]

Potentially. They were both heavily touring. World tours, so probably spent a few days here, a few days there. So, you could be on to something 🎯!

[@missymariebee]

6/7/23. Matty's SORRY set after breakup, he opens for the 1975 - plays all love songs including a cover by Colin Hay "I just dont think Ill ever get over you" (14:30), spray paints the word SORRY on white sheet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/goaaeKRmmNSXipYsi=QWy_amv774R5TtO

[@cjdippo]

He says “not in front of the queen” … “but once your queen had come….”

[@danamaria80]

Awww I see my girl Kacey back there ❤

[@insideoutwithjamieandjordan]

Our queen 🩷

[@missymariebee]

Watch the music Video for "Me & You Together Song"...am I only one who sees the similarities to the music video for "You belong with me" ??? Am I crazy lol.

[@insideoutwithjamieandjordan]

totally forgot to mention this!!!! it's literally sooo similar!!!!!

[@missymariebee]

Also, 6/7/23. Matty's SORRY set after breakup, he opens for the 1975 - plays all love songs including a cover by Colin Hay "I just dont think Ill ever get over you" (14:30), spray paints the word SORRY on white sheet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/goaaeKRmmNSXipYsi=QWy_amv774R5TtO

[@ChessieChess]

I’m surprised y’all didn’t make the connection that Down Bad is about an alien abduction, he beamed her up, left her safe on earth but stranded without him, encounters closer and closer is a nod to the 70s alien film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, he left her naked in a field, everyone doubts the existence of him, now she’s waving to the ship (spaceship) 😮

[@korkinalina]

I hope they're in a better place now and can't wait for the next The 1975 album

[@insideoutwithjamieandjordan]

i do too and me too!!!!

[@Mimibcg]

1:10:48 that second part of FotS is about Matty. Camera flashes, welcome bashes?

[@saparamita]

girl, where's the power point link

[@insideoutwithjamieandjordan]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ drive.google.com/file/d/1y9XEJOksaYWMRbW6rox1HQuEzWwbuN3c/view

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

16:28 some Taylor swift fans got offended by what he said but I don’t think he was trying to shade her- just throw people off the scent (red herring)… sounds like they dated but wanted to keep it on the DL which is actually on brand for her, she tends to keep it under the radar as long as possible. We learned later that Travis and Taylor had been going out for a while before she started showing up to his games and we saw them leave together. I think he was quoted as saying “come on would we really let you all in on our first date” (kinda reminds me of ‘no you’re not coming to the wedding)… she moves in stealth. And he wasn’t ready for that kind of fame so they… moved fast and kept quiet. (So to speak) It’s not really offensive what he said it wasn’t because he was ashamed of her but just cuz they were trying to throw off suspicion. (I had a thing going with a coworker once and when they asked him about me he told them I was annoying. Lol. I was offended but he was like… that’s just what I said to make them think nothing was going on… and I was like, oh duhhh.

[@ccampbellmusic]

At 1.06.40 - when you were saying “not us” - you missed the chance to sing “Not you guys. Not you guys I didn’t mean you guys” 😂

[@nalabrown7765]

Shitstorm in texas i think is that surprise song crying video when ppl knew they were over

[@user-jb9iy4ur7k]

Have you guys yet fathomed all the reputation album references to Matty? And the fact that gold/golden is likely about HIM and not Joe? All those songs we couldn’t place that people thought were about Karli…. Like ‘Dress’ is SO Matty coded especially “you left your mark on me, a golden tattoo” and then in TTPD hes a “tattooed golden retriever”?!!! Also in Dancing with Our Hands Tied (OBVI about Matty and fame) “my love had been frozen deep blue but you painted me golden”. And in Don’t Blame Me all the references to drugs, falling from grace to be with him, doing bad things with me… as if that song could be about Joe? PLEASE. HELP. I am dying!!

[@user-jb9iy4ur7k]

And don’t even get me started on the parallels in folklore, evermore, and Midnights it’s INSANE

[@user-jb9iy4ur7k]

ALSO they both have songs called Paris which are interesting - both with 18 second intros before the singing starts.

[@carokistner3399]

​​@@user-jb9iy4ur7k Yes, all of this!! And they both have songs called "Mine". "Written "mine" on my upper thigh only in my mind". Sorry if this was mentioned in the video, I haven't watched it in full yet!

[@Alizardlovesyou]

I get the idea that he just left because of the heat and that would make sense if all the songs were apologizing to him and feeling sad but The Smallest Man That Ever Lived is so much more about it being intentionally hurting her to see what would happen or with the plan to hurt her out of revenge even at the behest of someone else who hates her.

[@yorkshiregirl992]

right, but this is her viewpoint and she isn't always right. She's angry and hurt and this is her viewpoint. I wish we could hear his but he's too classy for that

[@ningyding]

You both look like Taylor!

[@insideoutwithjamieandjordan]

omg we will take that!!! thank you 🥹🥹🥹

[@bobbydiggs9680]

from everything i gathered from this album, she felt coaxed out of her dying relationship, with promises of forever, just for him to use her for selfish reasons. sex and exposure. when he caught heat, he left. despite her saying she was willing to endure the shitstorm from his actions. as a swiftie and a 1975 stan i cant condone his actions. im disappointed in him and how ppl have tried to twist his actions into some sort of sob story. I never cared about his "incidents" of dumbassery over the years... but how he handled her, the backlash, and the responsibility for everything.... when listening to these songs, i see a woman who is willing to take on the world 1vs8billion, and then i see a "man" who would rather take the easy route and join the 8billion than stand by her side. count me out of this ship. he cant handle a woman of her caliber.

[@lem2373]

What crap ! The fact you think He used her for publicity shows you know nothing about Matty ! And if you were a 1975 fan you would know that in his live performances last june it was clear he was very sad

[@stevekaspar1396]

EASTER EGG!!! June 5th 2023 IS the day Whistle-blower David Grusch came out officially stating the U.S. Govt HAS UAP retrieval craft and have been attempting back engineering PLUS admissions of having Non Human lifeforms as well. June 5th!! Hence 'DOWN BAD???????' MAKES SENSE TO ME!!!!!@

[@westie7ify]

🤯 OMG, her mind!

[@awahl22]

Sorry but no. Minnesota is known for their lakes, not Michigan. MN has 10,000+ lakes. Minneapolis should have received The Lakes as a surprise song.

[@insideoutwithjamieandjordan]

michigan is the great lake state and i've always heard we have more lakes than MN tho 😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣

[@GalaxiesUniverse]

Get ya girl a better microphone! She's so quiet in comparison to the girl with glasses. Good content needs to be heard!

[@insideoutwithjamieandjordan]

i agree!!!!!! her volume was turned down for some reason but we have it fixed for upcoming eps!! thank you ❤️❤️❤️

[@jenniferhipsky3847]

Army doll = The Great War is about Matty not Joe!

[@missymariebee]

I see where your going with that, however in this case I do think the sickest army doll really is just referring to a toy beloved by boys. The great War lyrics dont really fit to Matty in my opinion. But who knows

[@LarissaMonteiro-vm5zo]

Kind of a reach

[@steffi1833]

I think u missed the interview where he said it would be emasculating to date Taylor swift

[@insideoutwithjamieandjordan]

we did go over that somewhere in the middle of this ep! also went over how he wrote an article on it after apologizing for coming across that way as well! ❤️ here's the letter if you're interested spicysighs.tumblr.com/post/716859137485602816/httpswwwcoupdemainmagazinecomtidbitsmatty-he

[@parisrichardson2699]

tbf that is a very honest open comment, she's one of the most famous people in the world and the people who date her find her fame difficult.

[@Thebigsigh1975]

Matty is better off

[@stevekaspar1396]

I know Taylor. I own several Midwest radio stations. I first met her at age 16 in Nashville before famous and no one knew who she was. Feb 2006. She had a thing for my good looking son. Love your analysis. I don't like her choice of 1st single Fortnight and to also kick off the album. On any other TS album it would be a mid track. Truth. But I love the whole 31 tracks here except for a couple I'll skip. Down Bad.. Florida.. Fresh Out.. Never liked Matty. I still think he's beneath her and kind of sketchy. Young female attracted to "bad boy"??? Fatal.