Are Lucy Dacus and Matty Healy friends? Boygenius member says Taylor Swift asked for her consent before using her name in TTPD song

While Lucy Dacus and Matt Healy used to be friends, their current status remains unknown after Healy made an ableist joke about her band, Boygenius, in September 2024. Healy took to X, saying,

"I told Lucy Dacus that 'Boygenius' had inspired me and (The 1975 members) George to start a new band called 'Girlr****d.' I don't really hear from her that often."

Dacus responded,

"You don't hear from he at all."

Shortly after their interaction, Healy deactivated his X account.

Boygenius band member, Lucy Dacus, while speaking to people in a recent article published on March 27, confirmed that the mention of the name Lucy in Taylor's The Tortured Poets Department track from her 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department, was about her. Taylor's track was about her ex-boyfriend, Matt Healy, who first sparked relationship rumors in 2014.

In the track, Taylor sings,

"Sometimes, I wonder / But you told Lucy you'd kill ypourself if I ever leave / And I had said that to Jack about you, so I felt seen/Everyone we know understands why it's meant to be/ 'Cause we're crazy."

While talking about whether the song mentions her, Lucy noted,

"I think it's fair game to say yes. She actually texted me and asked for my approval."

The singer looked back at the track and said that she felt odd hearing Taylor call out her name in the track,

"This is the first Taylor record to come out since meeting her, and listening to a friend's record feels so much different than a stranger's record. So I was like, 'This is really weird.' This voice that I've heard basically what feels like my whole waking life saying my name.:

However, Dacus mentions that Taylor's record is "super open hearted" and she does not know many people "at her level" who write from the heart "that openly."

More about Taylor Swift and Lucy Dacus' friendship

While not much is known about Taylor Swift's friendship with Boygenius member Lucy Dacus, the two are known to be friends and were pictured together at the 2024 Grammy's.

Boygenius band member Phoebe Bridgers opened for Swift's Eras Tour in her Nashville concert, days after Healy's relationship with the pop star went public. The two first sparked relationship rumors in 2014, with Healy denying it later. They then linked again in 2023 but reportedly split after about one month of dating.

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Dacus and another Boygenius member Julien Baker also joined Bridgers to open Swift's show.

In September 2024, Healy deactivated his X account after Dacus called him out for an ableist joke he made about her band, Boygenius.

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