Denise Welch recently said she was “not aware”. Department of Tormented Poetsits release — which now makes two people in Matty Healy's family who haven't heard Taylor Swift's new album.
The British talk show star — mom to The 1975 frontman — opened up about the pop star's latest project with her co-hosts on Thursday's (April 25) episode Relaxed womenjoking, “I didn't know he had an album out at all.”
“I haven't heard anything about it,” he added with a smile. “Anyway, I wish her the best.”
Wells' response comes just a day after Healy's approach Tormented Poets, which was released on April 19 and features several songs rumored to be about the “Somebody Else” singer. “I haven't heard that much, but I'm sure it's good,” he said at the time.
But while two generations of Welches may not have heard the 31-track double album, they certainly seem to be in the minority. Tormented Poets broke records left and right within six days of dropping, recently becoming the fastest album to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify, as well as breaking Swift's first-week vinyl sales record, selling more than 800,000 copies so far .
Fans believe the 14-time Grammy winner and Healy dated briefly after Swift split from actor Joe Alwyn in 2023. Last spring, the pair attended each other's concerts and left Electric together Lady Studios in New York. Since then, the “Anti-Hero” singer began dating Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce, another rumored muse for some songs on Tormented Poets. (Kelce's mom, by the way, loves the new album.)
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