Matty Healy Net Worth: How Rich is the English Singer Actually?

Matty Healy is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the English pop rock band, the 1975. As of 2023, Matty Healy has an estimated net worth of $15 million.

Early Life

Matty Healy was born on April 8, 1989, in Hendon, England. He was born to actor, Tim Healy and TV presenter/actress, Cheshire Welch. Healy grew up in Newcastle up Tyne and then moved to Cheshire at 9 years of age. He has a brother, Louis Healy who is an actor and has appeared in the British soap opera, Emmerdale.

Healy initially studied at a private school where he was kicked out for starting fights. Then, he attended Wilmslow High School. However, he left high school with only three GCSEs. Following that, he attended music college for three months before dropping out.

Matty Healy Net Worth and Career

Maty Healy worked at a Chinese restaurant after dropping out of a music college. He formed the pop rock band, The 1975 in 2002 along with Adam Hann, Ross MacDonald, and George Daniel. He met his band members at Wilmslow High School.

Healy was originally the drummer but was later promoted to frontman after Elliot Williams departed from the band. In August 2012, the band released four EPs, Facedown, Sex, Music for Cars, and IV.

Matty released their debut studio album, ‘The 1975’ in 2013. Then, they worked on other music albums and released them in 2016, 2020, and 2022. All of the albums topped the UK Albums Chart.

In August 2018, Matty and Georgia Daniel, his band member from the 1975, co-produced No Rome’s EP, RIP Indo Hisashi. Then, the duo produced Beabadoobe’s solo EP, Our Extended Play in 2021. Then, he opened for singer, Phoebe Bridgers at the Greek Theatre in October 2021.

Healy was accused of misogyny in March 2016 after describing the notion of dating Taylor Swift as a de-masculinating and emasculating thing. Later, he apologized in December 2018. Subsequently, in February 2023, he provoked a backlash after making an appearance on The Adam Friedland Show.

In the show, Healy stated that he would f*** Friedland’s sister as she is hot. Previous to that in October 2022, he drew criticism after telling a fan, Dervia that her name sounds like something you move gravel with.

In January 2023, he was surrounded by controversy due to his behavior on stage where he sucked a fan’s thump on stage. After a month, he attracted backlash online after a video of him performing a Nazi salute on stage came out on Twitter. He was then accused of antisemitism.

Later on January 29, the Dublin audience criticized him on social media for saying the Irish are simple people who are easily pleased. Healy is also known for his activism. He often prefaces the songs with comments on social issues.

In 2017, he and his rock band performed the song, Loving Someone, which has variously been dedicated to Orlando nightclub shooting victims. In February 2019, the rock hand, The 1975 won the Best British Group at the 2019 Brit Awards.

After winning the award, Matty went on to criticize misogyny in the music industry while giving an acceptance speech. In February 2020, he responded to a tweet by Snapes and stated that the rock band would not be signing new contracts to play at festivals.

Personal Life

Matty Healy is currently rumored to be dating an American singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift. The 34 years old singer was captured with Swift at her condo on Sunday morning, May 7, following her Eras concert in Nashville.

Matty was spotted sitting beside Swift in the back of their chauffeured vehicle. Swift is speculated to have begun a new romance less than a month following her split from actor, Joe Alwyn, with whom she dated for six years. Previously, Matthy dated model, Gabriella Brooks.

Matty was addicted to heroin and benzodiazepines. To get over that, he attended 6 weeks of intensive cognitive behavioral therapy in Barbados. He also has synaesthesia and described himself as addicted to ADHD in an interview with The-talks.com in October 2022.

Matty Healy Net Worth

As of 2023, Matty Healy has an estimated net worth of $15 million. He has accumulated a whopping sum by releasing songs, and albums being a lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band, The 1975. On the other hand, his rumored girlfriend, Taylor Swift holds a huge net worth of around $400 million.