Matty Healy and Azealia Banks kept the tension going on X with another fierce exchange on Tuesday, proving they’ve truly mastered the art of unhinged social media warfare.
Drama unfolded when Banks criticized Charli XCX, commenting, “Charli used to be so pretty.” Yuck.’
Healy, whose bandmate George Daniel is engaged to Charli, responded with a scathing response: “All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive, NICE people.” I think this makes you jealous because you have a lot of talent but everything else about you is a failure. Just rap bro.’
After Banks compared Healy to Frankenstein, things quickly escalated.
Taylor Swift’s ex initially bragged about wanting to ‘slap’ Banks, issuing a wildly dramatic threat: ‘I’ll slap you so hard I’ll get a Guiness World Record for the tallest rat you call a bitch.’ A wig has never flown.
Recognizing the inappropriate nature of his outburst, Healy quickly backtracked and apologized: “No, I can’t say I’m going to hit a girl who’s crazy, I’m sorry.” You can’t continue being so bad to my colleagues and my wife. It’s very painful and makes me defensive.
Matty Healy and Azealia Banks kept the drama on X with another fierce exchange on Tuesday, proving they’ve truly mastered the art of unhinged social media warfare.
Drama unfolded when Banks criticized Charli XCX, commenting, “Charli used to be so pretty.” Yuck’; (Charli XCX in March)
He later deleted the threatening tweet, acknowledging that it was “not okay even if I was angry.”
This latest confrontation follows their previous confrontation when Healy initially responded to Banks’ criticism of Charli XCX’s performance on SNL earlier this month.
When Banks accused Charli of giving a “lazy” rendition of Ciara’s Step 1, 2, Healy responded: “Shut up, you fucking moron.” Being more annoying than me is really impressive.’
Fans will no doubt remember Azealia’s fiery tirade against Swift’s ex-boyfriend in May 2023.
This was around the same time Swift and Healy were romantically linked, shortly after Swift’s split from Joe Alwyn.
Taylor and Matty were seen holding hands and kissing in New York City.
Despite their initial chemistry and public appearances, their relationship was brief, lasting only about a month before separating in June 2023.
Azeala’s attack on Healy appeared to be inspired by apparently racist comments Healy made about rapper Ice Spice during an appearance on The Adam Friedland Podcast.
Banks shared a photo of Healy on stage with his arms outstretched and a headline referencing his onstage apology for his comments about Ice Spice while she berated him in her text message.
“Does Matt Healy know that no one really thinks 1975 makes good music,” he wrote, despite the band’s last four albums being in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album charts, “and that he’s a jerk with a cliché trash band? name that doesn’t really mean anything and he’s clearly so pushed that a black girl who doesn’t know anything about him or his music is making more moves and money than him,” he wrote, apparently referencing Ice Spice. . 23.
She went on to boast that “black women are the most coveted industry today because there is BIG BUSINESS in female rap (sic).”
Healy, whose bandmate George Daniel is engaged to Charli, responded with a scathing response: “All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive, NICE people.” I think this makes you jealous because you have a lot of talent but everything else about you is a failure. Just rap bro
Initially, Healy bragged about wanting to “slap” Banks, issuing a wildly dramatic threat: “I’ll slap you so hard I’ll get a Guiness World Record for the tallest height a rat a bitch calls a wig.” has it ever flown
Recognizing the inappropriate nature of his outburst, Healy quickly backtracked and apologized: “No, I can’t say I’m going to hit a girl who’s crazy, I’m sorry.” You can’t continue being so bad to my colleagues and my wife. It’s very painful and makes me defensive.
“He’s so obviously weak-kneed, thin-jawed and addicted to drugs that it’s easy to tell he’s missing an ass,” she added.
He suggested Healy was doing the ‘stubborn little white musician’ thing, but claimed that only musician Ariel Pink, who attended a pro-Trump rally in Washington, DC, before the January 6 insurrection, could get away with it. .
He also stated that The 1975 is a spin-off of 2000s band The Academy Is… and Death From Above 1979.
However, he said that Healy’s band will “never” achieve the artistic success of that band because he is “not a star” nor “good at that mid-2000s indie fantasy shit you’re trying to sell.”
He concluded the post by praising Ice Spice for having “MILLIONS more originality than ever before.”
“1975 isn’t on anyone’s radar, darling,” he added witheringly, before claiming that only “fat emo teenagers” would listen to Healy’s music.
In a second text post, he simply wrote: “Matt Healy is one shared needle away from tetanus.”
Banks then included a blank screen on her Insta Stories with an audio post in which she called herself a “huge music connoisseur.”
He later deleted the threatening tweet, acknowledging that it was “not okay even if I was angry.”
She recounted the first time she heard The 1975 and thought the band’s name was “cliché” and “cheesy,” and assumed the music was “manufactured nonsense” that fit her feelings about various late-life “boy bands.” of the year. 2000s and 2010s.
He concluded by saying that his lack of knowledge of the band’s music indicated that it was neither good nor popular.
Banks included a series of insults about Healy and his appearance, and she urged him to eat some vegetables and wash his hair, ending by calling him ‘fake Pete Doherty.’
The same audio post also included a text post unrelated to its narration.
The 212 rapper referred to Taylor Swift and her nether regions in sexually offensive terms while calling Healy a ‘complete incel’ and writing that he was not worthy of her.
He then suggested that Swift should date James Mercer, the frontman and songwriter for the popular indie rock band The Shins, who appears to have been included only because Banks is a fan of their music and because The Shins and The 1975 are both largely independent. rock bands.
Banks’ comments echo those of many of Swift’s fans, who have focused on offensive statements Healy has made in recent years.
This latest confrontation follows their previous confrontation when Healy initially responded to Banks’ criticism of Charli XCX’s performance on SNL earlier this month.
Although he received backlash at the time, Healy’s comments on The Adam Friedland Show in February received new attention after he began dating Swift and appearing at her Era Tour concerts.
During his appearance, Healy claimed he tried to message rapper Ice Spice on Instagram.
Along with Friedland and her co-host, comedian Nick Mullen, Healy appeared to confuse her heritage by referring to it as Inuit and Chinese, imitating and mocking the stereotypical accents of each ethnicity.
The podcast episode was subsequently removed from both Spotify and Apple Music due to its offensive content.