Should Taylor Swift speak up now on Matty Healy’s controversies? | Arwa Mahdawi

Healy has a history of making problematic statements, upsetting Swift's fans. She has the right to be silent on Healy - but her fans also have the right to judge her for it

Weird coincidence alert! Taylor Swift recently released a collaboration with rapper Ice Spice on a remix of her Midnights track Karma. That's a big deal for two reasons: 1) Ice Spice is going to be the first Black woman to feature on a Swift song; 2) Matty Healy, the frontman of the band the 1975 and the man that Swift is rumoured to be dating, laughed at some racist jokes about the Bronx rapper on a recent podcast. It's leading a lot of people to ask: is the Swift/Ice Spice collaboration a calculated attempt at damage control? Is this a cynical PR move? Or is the convenient timing just a fluke?