Taylor Swift Fans Now Boycotting Her Music after Launching Campaign against Matty Healy

Ever since Taylor Swift broke up with her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn, her love life has been a subject of interest. 

While Swift has not confirmed her new boyfriend, she has been spotted with The 1975’s Matty Healy. Healy and Swift have been photographed hanging out together.

Moreover, Healy has been going to Swift’s Era tour concerts and her apartment as well. Many netizens have taken this as a confirmation of their relationship and are not happy with it.

This is mainly because Healy has been the subject of various controversies and scandals. He has made offensive and racist remarks and jokes that netizens have not taken well.

As a result, Swifties all over the world are ready to boycott their idol for dating a racist person. They have launched a campaign called Speak Up Now, using the hashtag #SpeakUpNow, urging Swift to talk about her alleged racist boyfriend.

Swifties are boycotting Taylor Swift with #SpeakUpNow

Users on social media are already circulating an open letter to Swift with the hashtag “#SpeakUpNow” in an attempt to urge her to refute the supposed relationship with Healy. The letter accuses Healy of “actions that contribute to the perpetuation of hatred, stereotypes, and objectification” and asks Swift to reply to Healy’s controversies publicly.

While people have the freedom to make their own decisions and develop partnerships, those who signed the letter are effectively saying that those in the public spotlight must take a stand against prejudice and hold themselves and their colleagues accountable.

They wrote, “Your voice holds tremendous power and right now your silence is palpable. This silence sends a message of indifference, particularly to the fans who have supported you.”

Swift is requested for “more than a mere apology” in the letter. She is asked to utilize her position responsibly and with meaning.

Similarly, Swifties have asked her to encourage empathy and comprehension while advocating for inclusivity and celebrating diversity while inspiring people to join you in making the world a more just and equitable place by opposing destructive concepts.

The news about boycotting Swift’s music was also addressed by DeuxMoi. They took to Instagram Stories to reveal that Swifties were serious about the boycott.

Taylor Swift’s fans are boycotting her with the #SpeakUpNow campaign. (Source: DeuxMoi’s IG Stories)

DeuxMoi reported that a source close to Swift defended the singer, claiming she was not reading anything online about her. She is simply focusing on her tour and enjoying it while shutting out news and reports surrounding her.

Swift has not addressed anything regarding her relationship after her break-up with Alwyn. Therefore, if what DeuxMoi said is true, she will not be responding about Healy and his racist behavior anytime soon.

Matty Healy’s racist past

Healy has a long history of controversy, including claims of racism and misogyny. Before 2023, some fans sought to defend the singer, claiming his outlandish conduct was satire.

Such justifications, however, were impossible to make after Healy’s appearance on The Adam Friedland Show in February 2023. Because the episode was extremely offensive, Apple and Spotify removed it from their services.

However, clips from the program continue to circulate on social media, including ones in which Healy can be heard insulting Ice Spice. Ice Spice’s singing career and inspirations were discussed in the podcast by Healy, Mike Mullen, and Adam Friedland.

They then embarked into a racist discussion in which they speculated about the singer’s origin, attempted to mimic her accent, and made other nasty remarks about her race and physique, including referring to her as “one of the Inuit Spice Girls” and a “chubby Chinese lady.” 

Healy was also heard giggling and encouraging the host to imitate Japanese accents. Healy apologized to Ice Spice during one of the 1975’s April gigs.

He denied any accountability, stating his statements were misconstrued and apologizing solely because he didn’t want Ice Spice to believe he was mean. Meanwhile, in another segment of the podcast, Healy’s statements got much more unsettling.

He casually mentioned that he was watching pornography from a hardcore site renowned for uploading images of white males sexually demeaning and shaming people of color while relating an event where a buddy walked in on him masturbating after a party.

The website is said to be a virulently racist, violent, and misogynistic website that despises women and minorities.

Mullen and Friedland, the other two guys on the show, acted as if nothing was amiss with Healy’s statements, laughing along with him as he narrated the story, which netizens found disturbing to watch.

In January 2023, Healy and 1975 performed at the First Direct Arena in Leeds as part of the At Their Very Best tour. Things took an unpleasant turn when Healy stole the podium and launched into a racist diatribe.

“I don’t think it’s a racist thing to say…,” Healy stated before his bandmates interrupted him by starting the following song. Many netizens assumed that the singer was about to say something offensive, so his bandmates did not let him speak.

Shortly after this event, Healy was recorded making the Nazi salute onstage at another concert. He performed the motion as he marched onto the stage, saying, “Thank you, Kanye, very cool.”

The lyrics are from the 1975 song ‘Love It If We Made It,’ and they are meant to ridicule Donald Trump, who once tweeted the same lines to Kanye West, who has made repeated anti-Semitic slurs. 

Fans supported Healy’s salute, saying it was part of his satire of Trump and Kanye. He did not, however, explain the gesture, making it impossible to grasp his motivations.

Racist charges initially came against Healy in 2020 when he sent an offensive tweet about Black Lives Matter. Just days after George Floyd’s murder, Healy turned to Twitter to express his thoughts, stating, “If you truly believe that ‘ALL LIVES MATTER’ you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones.”

His decision to add a link to The 1975 song ‘Love It if We Made It’ in the tweet received criticism. Twitter users soon pointed out how improper it was for him to utilize the Black Lives Matter movement to sell one of his songs.

After receiving criticism, Healy removed the tweet and replaced it with another, stating that he only included the song because the lyrics discuss racism and other issues in the world. There have been several other instances of Healy being offensive and racist.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Swifites are mad at their idol for hanging out with Healy and ignoring his behavior.