Taylor Swiftmade a surprise appearance atThe 1975’s latest concert to perform “Anti-Hero” in front of a live audience for the very first time.
Taylor Swift.Jordan Curtis Hughes
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Fresh off the release of the critically acclaimed 2022 albumBeing Funny in a Foreign Language, The 1975 is currently on a tour of the UK and Ireland following a run of North American dates last year.
The 1975.Jordan Curtis Hughes
In November, the band’s frontmanMatty Healyrevealed that he and his bandmates worked with Swift on material for her latest albumMidnights, but that whatever they created didn’t make the cut.
“We actually worked a bit on that but then the version of it never came out,” the musician, 33, said in an interview withKROQ’s Klein/Ally Show for Audacy’s DTS Sound Space.
The 1975’s Matty Healy.Jordan Curtis Hughes
After the crowd booed Healy’s revelation, the “About You” singer was quick to defend Swift, telling them “that’s not how it works.”
The O2 crowd.Jordan Curtis Hughes
The pair share producerJack Antonoffin common, and Healy said that Swift got an early listen of their latest albumBeing Funny in a Foreign Language"through Jack." She was quoted in aPitchforkprofile of Healy published in August describing the record as “so funny.”
Swift’s appearance onstage for The 1975 marks her latest surprise performance at another act’s concert in London. Last year, she joined HAIM to sing amashup of their 2021 single “Gasoline” with Swift’s “Love Story"at the trio’s O2 Arena concert in July and performedFolkloretrack “Exile” withBon Iverfrontman Justin Vernon at the group’s OVO Arena show in October.
source: people.com
