Topline
The 1975 frontman Matty Healy announced his engagement to singer and model Gabbriette Bechtel on Wednesday, about nine months after the pair began dating and just two months after fans speculated that several songs on Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” were about her brief relationship with Healy.
Timeline
Healy and Bechtel were spotted kissing and walking around New York City together.
Healy and Bechtel attended a New York Fashion Week party hosted by SSENSE, who uploaded a video of the pair to TikTok and called them the “best dressed couple” in the caption.
Bechtel posted photobooth pictures of herself and Healy on Instagram, in which they embrace and he kisses her neck.
Healy’s mother, British television presenter Denise Welch, posted a selfie with Healy, his brother and Bechtel to Instagram, captioned: “Lovely to have the family in to see mum at work!!!”
Taylor Swift fans immediately took to social media to speculate several songs on her latest release, “The Tortured Poets Department,” were about Healy, whom she reportedly had a brief relationship with last summer.
Healy told paparazzi he hasn’t “really listened to that much of” Swift’s latest album, but he’s “sure it’s good.”
Bechtel told E! News at a DeLéon Tequila event she and Healy bonded over their love of food and their similar music taste.
Bechtel and Healy both shared photos of Bechtel wearing an engagement ring to their Instagram stories.
News Peg
Healy reportedly attended British singer Charli XCX’s Tuesday night concert in Brooklyn with Bechtel, and announced their engagement through an Instagram story post hours later. Healy reposted a photo Bechtel shared of her engagement ring, captioned: “Marrying the 1975 is very brat,” a reference to Charli XCX’s latest album, “Brat.” Healy’s mother Welch confirmed the engagement on talk show “Loose Women” Wednesday morning, stating she has known about the engagement for several weeks and praised Bechtel as “absolutely gorgeous” and “everything I would want in a daughter-in-law.”
Tangent
Bechtel started her career dancing in music videos for English singer Blood Orange and modeling for brands including Skims, Marc Jacobs and Diesel. Bechtel is also a singer and was scouted by Charli XCX to form the punk girl group Nasty Cherry, a process documented in the Netflix reality series “I'm with the Band: Nasty Cherry.”
Key Background
Healy has led The 1975 for more than two decades, though they primarily played covers until they released their self-titled debut album in 2013, and they have since achieved hits like “Somebody Else,” “Love It If We Made It” and “Chocolate.” Healy came under renewed media attention last summer when he was rumored to be dating Swift shortly after her breakup with English actor Joe Alwyn. Healy and Swift were initially thought to be romantically linked in 2014, though he denied those rumors at the time. Swift publicly reconnected with Healy in January 2023, joining The 1975 onstage to perform her hit “Anti-Hero,” and was photographed holding hands with the singer in May. People Magazine reported the couple split in early June. The rumored relationship was scrutinized as some of Healy’s past comments resurfaced, including disparaging remarks he made about the ethnicity of rapper Ice Spice (who is a friend of Swift), Irish people and his claim in 2016 that dating Swift would be “emasculating.”
Surprising Fact
Fans immediately dissected the lyrics to Swift’s “Tortured Poets Department” upon release and theorized several songs may be about her reported fling with Healy. Fans suggested “But Daddy I Love Him,” a song that references a relationship the public disapproves of, could be about Healy, as well as “Fresh Out The Slammer,” a song fans believe is about a rebound after ending a relationship.
Further Reading
Matty Healy’s mum Denise Welch share thoughts on his fiance: ‘She does have a rat’ (The Independent)
Who Is Matty Healy’s Fiancé, Gabbriette Bechtel? (Harper’s Bazaar)
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