Overview

• During The 1975’s Glastonbury headline set on June 27, Matty Healy proclaimed himself “probably the best songwriter of my generation” before declaring “A poet, ladies and gentlemen, is what I am.”
• His stage remark closely echoed a line from Taylor Swift’s 2024 album The Tortured Poets Department in which she calls a former lover a poet.
• Healy sported a Peter Pan pin, an emblem he has used and one referenced in Swift’s song “Peter,” prompting fans to link the accessory to their April–June 2023 fling.
• Swifties have flooded social platforms with theories that the combination of his self-styled title and pin was a deliberate nod or playful jab at his ex.
• Healy has not publicly confirmed any intentional reference to Swift during the performance, leaving interpretation of his theatrics to online debate.