The root of this particular discourse comes from Taylor Swift's song "Guilty as Sin?" from The Tortured Poets Department, which is widely believed to be about Matty. It opens with the lyrics "Drownin' in the Blue Nile / He sent me 'Downtown Lights,'" a reference to the song by The Blue Nile — a band Matty has previously said is his favorite.

Taylor Swift fans everywhere were shocked to discover The Tortured Poets Department wasn't exclusively about Joe Alwyn — it actually featured a ton of songs that seem to be about Matty Healy, from "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" to "loml" and "Guilty As Sin?

Matty Healy has consistently underplayed his romance with Taylor Swift, but he's once again making sure that the world knows her latest album was about him.

Matty Healy referenced the lyrics in Taylor Swift's "Guilty As Sin?" on X, and Swifties think it was a shady move. Here's why they aren't happy.

First up, “Guilty As Sin?” features the lyric “Drownin’ in the Blue Nile / He sent me ‘Downtown Lights.’” In case it’s not clear, “The Downtown Lights” is a song by The Blue Nile, a Scottish band from the ’80s.

Intentional or not, some fans are convinced Matty Healy dropped a clue connecting him to a song from Taylor Swift's album The Tortured Poets Department. While there was already plenty of evidence to suggest that Healy,