Taylor Swift seems to have found someone with whom to “Begin Again” following her breakup with Joe Alwyn. On Thursday, the singer was spotted holding hands with Matty Healy, lead vocalist of the pop-rock band The 1975.
As seen in photos circulating on social media, Swift, 33, and Healy, 34, held hands at a rooftop restaurant. According to TMZ, the duo were on a double date with Jack Antonoff, a record producer with whom they’ve both collaborated, and “Maid” star Margaret Qualley, Antonoff’s girlfriend, at New York City’s members-only Casa Cipriani hotel on Thursday.
Swift and Healy’s hand-holding seemingly confirms weeks-long speculation that they’re dating—or, perhaps, dating again. The two music stars were first linked in 2014, but Healy told the now-defunct Q magazine in 2016 (per NME) they had only had a “flirtation” at the time.
“She came to a show and we hung out,” he explained to The Guardian that same year. “We fancied each other, but then we couldn’t have it go any further, because it would be like going out with Barack Obama.”
Healy also caught flak at the time for telling Q that being known as Swift’s boyfriend would be “emasculating.” He later elaborated on those thoughts, saying his comment had been taken out of context. “I was for a very short time immersed in a celebrity world that I found confusing and scary,” he told fans, per Elle. “At that time, I had fears of being ‘somebody’s boyfriend’ (remember this is all speculation as we never dated!) before even being recognized for my music or presence as a person in my own right.”
Fast forwarding to this year, Swift gave a surprise performance during one of The 1975′s concerts in London in January, singing her hit “Anti-Hero” and covering the band’s song “The City.”
And earlier this month, Healy — whose exes include Halsey and FKA twigs — attended all three of Swift’s Eras Tour dates in Nashville. “Taylor and Matty have been hanging out recently and Jack Antonoff reconnected them,” one source told Entertainment Tonight this month. Another said: “Taylor and Matty like each other. Taylor has a crush on Matty and they are having a good time hanging out. Matty also thinks Taylor is awesome and incredibly talented, too.”