Matt Healy, Charli XCX, Azealia Banks.
Getty Images (2)Matty Healy came to his senses Charli XCXprotection after Azealia Banks had some not so nice words for Bro appearance of the singer.
“Azealia, you seem to have a blind spot when it comes to your ‘reads’. All the women you attack seem to be culturally appropriate, attractive, divisive and NICE people,” the 35-year-old 1975 frontman wrote through X on Tuesday, December 3. “I think it makes you jealous because you’re so talented, but everything else about you is a failure. Just rap bro.”
Healy was responding to a comment by Banks, 33, about how Charli XCX’s look has changed since her breakout year in 2014.
“Charlie was so beautiful. Ugh,” the rapper wrote Tuesday alongside a clip from Charli XCX’s “Break the Rules” music video. “Boaah, I swear our gays are making the girls question each other while they’re all scraping k off the cookie sheet, eating cold bossanova, and sharing panties. Here.
Charli XCX considers Matty Healy a brother, and as anyone who has siblings can tell you, that means their relationship is filled with love and sometimes frustration. Healy’s band, The 1975, are set to appear on Brat’s remix album, a star-studded version of Charli XCX’s 2024 album, whose moniker and aesthetic have (…)
Healy wasn’t the only one to come to Charli XCX’s aid, as many fans hit back at Banks.
“She is still very, very beautiful, Miss Banks. And you too,” one user replied, while another replied: “Yeah she was pretty but now she’s even more gorgeous.”
Charli XCX did not respond to Banks’ remarks. Us Weekly reached out for comment.
Healy and Charli XCX, 32, have forged a unique friendship over the years. The “360” singer is engaged to Healy’s co-star, George Danielwho plays drums for The 1975. Daniel, 34, proposed to Charli XCX in November 2023. after year of dating.
Earlier this year, Charli XCX revealed how she sees Healy as a ‘brother now’.
“I hope you don’t mind me saying that,” the pop star said in an October interview with Apple Music 1 Zane Lowe. “I have the utmost respect for him as a songwriter and for him as a person.”
While Charli XCX has a lot of love for Healy, she joked that she “sometimes” wants to “strangle him”.
Charli XCX addressed her fiance and Healy’s band to cooperate with her on a remix of her song “I Might Say Something Stupid”. She explained that she wanted to work with the group not only because of her personal connection with them, but also because she respects them as artists.
Without holding back. Azealia Banks shared her unfiltered opinion on Taylor Swift’s romance with Matty Healy. “Taylor, this guy is going to give you scabies. He’s not on the level of a powerful p—su that HELLA worked hard to build,” the 31-year-old “212” rapper wrote in a Tuesday, May 30 Instagram Story video. Banks added that there are (…)
“I really wanted him to do the song,” she reflects. “Even before I was with George — years and years ago — I’ve always been such a fan of (The 1975’s) work … I just really enjoy people who take risks in terms of what they present artistically.”
In addition to their relationship since 1975, Healy and Charli XCX also have a history with Taylor Swift. Charli XCX previously opened for Swift, 34, in 2018 Reputation tour. Meanwhile, Healy dated the pop star in the spring of 2023. after her breakup Joe Alwyn.
included BroCharli XCX dropped the song ‘Sympathy Is a Knife’, which was rumored to be about Swift, after the pair crossed paths backstage at concerts in 1975. However, Charli XCX has denied that the song is about the dynamic of the couple.
“People are going to think what they want,” she told New York magazine in August. “This song is about me and my feelings and my anxiety and the way my brain creates narratives and stories in my head when I’m feeling insecure and how I don’t want to physically be in those situations when I’m doubting myself.”
Swift, for her part, praised the artistry of Charli XCX.
“I’ve been blown away by Charlie’s melodic sensibilities since I first heard ‘Stay Away’ in 2011,” Swift told Vulture in August. “Her writing is always surreal and inventive. She just takes a song to places you wouldn’t expect it to go, and she’s been doing it consistently for over a decade.”
