Matty Healy has decided to call it quits after a heated back and forth on social media with Azealia Banks.
He wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday (December 4): “Guys I don’t have the right intellectual/emotional maturity etc. on social media and I literally just said something that I immediately regretted. ” “I’m actually just going to stick to music because I’m good at it. It’s kind of sad to be 35 and still going crazy on Twitter.
The post appeared to be a reference to his feud with Banks, which began when the “Liquorice” rapper took aim at Charli XCX, who was engaged to Healy’s 1975 bandmate George Daniel. Banks complimented the “360” singer’s looks, saying she “used to be so beautiful. Ugh.
In response, Healy wrote: “Azealia, you seem to have a blind spot when it comes to ‘reading.’ All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive, and nice people. I think it makes you jealous because you’re so talented but everything else about you is a failure as a rap dude.
The response sparked a flurry of offensive words between the pair, and while Healy deleted some of his posts from the feud, at one point he threatened to “slap Buck” after Banks began attacking his fiancée Gabrielette Si”. “This guy looks like Frankenstein to me. It looks like you guys are sharing a needle.” When Healy claimed he would “use my mental illness to fully influence” and “human flesh” anyone who would attack Gabby , writes Banks.
Healy later wrote to Banks, “I now think of your life as some segment of a library opening, but I’m not that. Talk to me like this and I won’t side-eye you at an awards ceremony? Rat?” Have flown.
However, the “So American” singer quickly walked back her words and deleted the post, then asked Banks to “fix it on the remix,” adding, “No, I can’t say I’m going to fight A crazy girl sorry. You can’t keep being so mean to my friends and my lady, it really hurts and makes me very defensive.
“She’s gonna fucking hit me,” he continued.
Banks later threatened to sue Healy and leaked a private message in which he apologized to her. She ended by attacking the 1975 frontman “for kissing a man on stage in Malaysia, giving the Nazi salute, watching violent porn, becoming a heroin addict, writing pornographic songs, randomly attacking black women, and for trashing white people.” Fined $4 million.” b——es. I question the women he associates with. I’m ending today because my anger is really, really, really boiling over.
Some of Banks’ posts referenced the controversy Healy sparked in 2023, when he made racist and sexist remarks about rapper Ice Spice on the show. Adam Friedland ShowDuring the session, he joked with the host that the rapper sounded like an “Inuit hottie” and looked like a “chubby Chinese lady” before performing a racist accent. One of the men suggested Healy should ask the host about her ethnic background and drop her racial slurs against Inuit people, with Healy calling Ice Spice “stupid.” He later apologized for his remarks.
Healy also kissed his bandmate Ross MacDonald for a long time on stage at Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival in July 2023, but after he spoke out against the country’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights, The show ends abruptly.