Taylor seemingly opened up about this romance on her album The Tortured Poets Department, which was released in April.Through her music, Taylor suggests that she and Matty enjoyed a nine-year on-again, off-again situationship of sorts, which was rekindled toward the end of her six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn.Taylor sings about being love-bombed after splitting from Joe as she seemingly accuses Matty of preying on her vulnerabilities by promising her marriage and children.Taylor was heavily criticized for dating Matty at the time due to his long history of alleged racism, which included him admitting that he masturbates to Black women being “brutalized,” and doing an alleged Nazi salute on stage just months earlier. Then, after just a few weeks of officially dating, Taylor’s songs suggests that Matty abruptly ghosted her — leaving her absolutely devastated. She started dating NFL star Travis Kelce the following month, and Matty moved on with Gabbriette two months after that.  After The Tortured Poets Department was released, Denise was caught liking an Instagram post shading Taylor’s music.