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Taylor Swift Fans Think ‘Tattooed Golden Retriever’ Line on ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Is Definitely About This Shaggy Rocker Ex
Taylor Swift fans think the pointed lyrics in the title track of 'The Tortured Poets Department' are about The 1975's Matty Healy.
In fact, a number of Swifties speculated that on the title track she references a fellow musician who Taylor allegedly dated for a brief period in early 2023, The 1975’s shambolic singer Matty Healy. The lines in question refer to an ex as a “tattooed golden retriever,” which many Swifties thought seemed to poetically sum up the hedonistic, cigarette-puffing, inked-up rock rabble rouser who seamlessly swings from eager-to-please to gratingly off-putting. “TTPD – Thank you Taylor for my new favorite description of Matty Healy, ‘Tattooed golden retriever.’ The Lucy & Jack name drop & wedding ring thing here triggered some kind of sleeper agent in me.
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