We may be almost half way through the year (how, please?), but 2023 still has a lot in store on the new music front.
31.05.2023 - 17:53 / etonline.com
Matty Healy is shrugging off the backlash he received following his appearance on a podcast whose hosts made disparaging comments about Ice Spice. In a recent profile, The 1975 frontman addressed the controversy and said the criticism he received is essentially virtue signaling.Healy found himself embroiled in controversy over his February appearance on podcast, in which the 34-year-old singer revealed he had actually slid into Ice Spice's DMs. The 23-year-old rapper — who recently collaborated with Healy's rumored girlfriend, Taylor Swift, and performed onstage with her over the weekend at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey — never responded to Healy's DMs.The hosts, Friedland and Nick Mullen, then proceeded to crack jokes at Spice's expense (the rapper is of Nigerian and Dominican decent) by exaggerating Inuit accents.
The hosts also made impressions of hypothetical Japanese guards at German concentrations camps. Though he did not take part in talking with an accent, Healy did laugh along with the hosts. In the profile, Healy, who is a self-proclaimed «bit of a joker,» was asked if he baited his fans on purpose, which elicited an answer that downplayed the strong reaction.«A little bit,» he said.
«But it doesn't actually matter. Nobody is sitting there at night slumped at their computer, and their boyfriend comes over and goes, 'What's wrong, darling?' and they go, 'It's just this thing with Matt Healy.' That doesn't happen.»When the writer, Jia Tolentino, said «maybe it does,» Healy doubled down.«If it does,» he said, «you're either deluded or you are, sorry, a liar.
You're either lying that you are hurt, or you're a bit mental for being hurt. It's just people going, 'Oh, there's a bad thing over there,
.We may be almost half way through the year (how, please?), but 2023 still has a lot in store on the new music front.
Sending a message? Matty Healy got emotional on stage following his split from Taylor Swift.
The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has continued the unconventional tradition of consensually kissing someone on the lips during the band’s song ‘Robbers’ – this time, turning his attention to a security guard.The kiss took place during the band’s appearance at NorthSide Festival in Denmark, where fan footage captured Healy mouthing to the guard “Wanna kiss me?” The grinning security guard accepted, raising his hands in celebration as Healy continued singing the song.Matty Healy shared a kiss with the security guard at The 1975 concert tonight. pic.twitter.com/fla59kgtey— Pop Base (@PopBase) June 3, 2023The so-called ‘Robbers kiss’ has seemingly been a part of the band’s sets on and off from as early as 2014, when the song itself was released as part of The 1975’s eponymous debut album.While it largely takes place during ‘Robbers’, it also took place during ‘Loving Someone’ at a performance in Dubai circa 2019.
Taylor Swift is readying her passport! The pop star announced her first round of international tour dates for on Friday morning.Following the completion of her U.S. circuit, Swift will travel first to Mexico, and then to Argentina and Brazil, continuing the tour through November 2023. Per Friday's press release, additional international tour dates will be announced soon. Swift, 33, most recently performed three nights of at MetLife stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and will now head to Soldier Field in Chicago this weekend.
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Matty Healy is shrugging off the backlash he received following his appearance on a podcast whose hosts made disparaging comments about Ice Spice. In a recent profile, The 1975 frontman addressed the controversy and said the criticism he received is essentially virtue signaling.Healy found himself embroiled in controversy over his February appearance on podcast, in which the 34-year-old singer revealed he had actually slid into Ice Spice's DMs. The 23-year-old rapper — who recently collaborated with Healy's rumored girlfriend, Taylor Swift, and performed onstage with her over the weekend at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey — never responded to Healy's DMs.The hosts, Friedland and Nick Mullen, then proceeded to crack jokes at Spice's expense (the rapper is of Nigerian and Dominican decent) by exaggerating Inuit accents.
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello enjoyed a night out together.The duo stepped out over the weekend to attend the latest stop on Taylor Swift's , and weren't shy about displaying PDA as they took in the show.Video shows the pair swaying back and forth in the VIP tent, with Mendes' arms wrapped around Cabello, as they watched Swift perform «Lover» at MetLife Stadium.Mendes, 24, even planted a kiss on 26-yera-old Cabello's cheek at one point, before the pair departed the venue two thirds of the way through the show.Mendes and Cabello weren't the only A-listers to attend Swift's New Jersey concerts. Stars including Cara Delevingne, Hoda Kotb, Aaron Rodgers, Miles Teller, Maren Morris, Jack Antonoff, and Katie Holmes were also spotted at Swift's weekend concerts.As for Mendes and Cabello, they previously dated for two years, but mutually announced their split in November 2021.
By now you're most likely either completely uninterested or full-blown Charlie meme about Matty Healy's podcast controversy but here it is in short. In April The 1975 frontman appeared on The Adam Friedland podcast with the host making a series of racially charged comments, including some about rapper Ice Spice's looks. Healy didn't say much himself but laughed along with the jokes.
Although not defined by Merriam's Webster Dictionary, the term "Swiftie" is used to describe any and all people who identify as Taylor Swift fans. This weekend, a bevy of stars embraced their inner Swiftie, flocking to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to catch a glimpse of the celebrated and adored popstar. Musicians including Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes, actors including Paul Rudd and Miles Teller and even athlete Aaron Rodgers all went viral for their appearances at the show, sending fans into a tizzy.
Taylor Swift’s famous former Cornelia Street rental property in New York City is up for sale.
The 1975 frontman Matty Healy and Look What You Made Me Do singer Taylor Swift have been the centre of huge dating rumours in recent weeks. But as 34 year old Matty took to the stage with his band in Scotland for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend he seemed to allude to his new romance with Taylor, 33.
Aaron Rodgers and Miles Teller are certified Swifties! The NFL star and the Top Gun: Maverick actor were spotted at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in New Jersey on Saturday. During the second night of Swift's tour stop at MetLife Stadium, Rodgers took to his Instagram stories to share a video in the VIP section featuring Teller and his wife, Keleigh Teller.miles teller and aaron rodgers
Taylor Swift on Friday surprised Swifties by bringing out Ice Spice to perform her «Karma» remix at her Eras Tour at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.The crowd got quite the treat, as it was the first time the duo performed the track together on stage. What's more, fans in attendance also got a first-look at the remix's music video, which was released wide later that night.
Taylor Swift was joined by Ice Spice and Jack Antonoff last night (May 26) as the ‘Eras’ tour hit New Jersey – see what went down below.Friday also saw Swift drop a new deluxe version of her 10th album ‘Midnights‘, titled ‘Midnights (Til Dawn Edition)’, featuring an Ice Spice remix of ‘Karma’ among other tracks.To close out the first of multiple nights at East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium, Swift was joined by the New York rapper to give a live debut of the new version of the song.Earlier in the show, the ‘surprise’ segment of the set saw Antonoff join Swift for a tour debut of ‘Getaway Car’.See footage of both performances below.Fans attending the East Rutherford shows on Swift’s ‘Eras‘ tour will be able to purchase a special edition CD which includes a never before heard ‘Midnights’ vault track called ‘You’re Losing Me’.Elsewhere in recent days on the ‘Eras’ tour, Swift appeared to defend a fan from a security guard during her Philadelphia show last weekend.During Swift’s performance of her 2014 hit ‘Bad Blood’ the singer paused mid-song to address a security guard.“She’s fine! She wasn’t doing anything!” she said, before yelling “Hey, stop!” two more times while simultaneously continuing to sing the lyrics.Meanwhile at an earlier ‘Eras’ tour show in Nashville, a Taylor Swift fan who failed to get a ticket for her show has revealed he became a security guard to get into one of her concerts.
Taylor Swift concert at MetLife Stadium and confirming they were validated. “SeatGeek you are a f–kin a—hole because I emailed you to make sure my tickets were validated and you said they were validated and legitimate tickets and now we can’t get into MetLife Stadium,” Marisella LaFata, who goes by @marisellabella on TikTok, lamented yesterday to her nearly 900,000 TikTok followers.The scorned concertgoer flew to the New Jersey venue from her Florida home to see the pop star, and even brought her two young children, she said in the video.“I flew my 1-year-old and 2-year-old from Florida to New York … but I got scammed through SeatGeek,” she continued.
New Jersey concerts this weekend, the track has her fans absolutely convinced that she's singing about former flame Joe Alwyn, 32. Confessional as ever, the 12-time Grammy winner, 33 – who is currently being romanced by Matt Healey – chronicles the end of her relationship, lamenting about whether or not she should finally pull the plug and hinting at what brought the relationship to an end. Taylor brought on the waterworks with her bridge, singing: 'I wouldn't marry me either/ A pathological people pleaser/ Who only wanted you to see her.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift and Ice Spice fans in New Jersey were likely feeling they’d amassed some good karma of their own — at least the ones who had made it through the gauntlet to get tickets for Friday’s MetLife Stadium show — as the suddenly dynamic duo gave the audience two doses of “Karma” toward the end of Swift’s long set. One was in the form of a premiere of the video for the song, which went out to the world not very much later. The other was a live performance of the duet, as the new remix’s featured rapper came out on stage to join the headliner for “Karma,” which has ended Swift’s shows each night since the Eras Tour started in April.
Taylor Swift fans at the first night of her Eras Tour in New Jersey got a major treat!
Most fans still haven’t had a chance to listen to Taylor Swift‘s new song “You’re Losing Me” yet, but everyone is already analyzing the lyrics.
linked to Taylor Swift, 33, following her April split from Joe Alwyn. With that spotlight comes increased scrutiny, and an old podcast episode has surfaced in which the British musician has made controversial remarks that have sparked backlash. The podcast, released in February, was an episode of “The Adam Friedland Show.” It’s since been deleted from Apple and Spotify, but The Post obtained a copy via YouTube. Swift has not made any comment about it, even though many of her fans have expressed outrage and slammed her rumored relationship with Healy, saying things like “I’m about to vomit.” She’s also seemingly responded to it, in the form of a collaboration with Ice Spice, who was discussed in an unflattering way on the podcast. The Post reached out to reps for Swift and The 1975 for comment.So, what exactly did he say on this controversial podcast episode? Here’s a breakdown.While he was a guest on this podcast episode, Healy laughed as the hosts, Friedland and Nick Mullen, made fun of rapper Ice Spice, 23, using derogatory terms about her body and ethnicity.