Matty Healy deactivates Twitter account after ableist joke about Boygenius

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things musicGet our Now Hear This email for freeMatty Healy has deactivated his X/Twitter account after making an ableist joke in connection to the indie supergroup, Boygenius.On Thursday (21 September), the 1975 frontman, 34, tweeted from his burner account under the username @Mattyfrnglomg.“I told Lucy Dacus that ‘Boygenius’ had inspired me and George [Daniel] to start a new band called ‘Girlr*****’. I don’t really hear from her that often,” wrote Healy, who is friends and a frequent collaborator with Dacus’s Boygenius bandmate Phoebe Bridgers.Responding to the British singer-songwriter’s message, the 28-year-old Dacus said: “You don’t hear from me at all.”“Yeah this never goes well does it,” Healy wrote before deactivating his account.The Independent has contacted Healy’s representative for comment. Matt Healy and Lucy Dacus X/Twitter exchange (Twitter )Last month, The 1975 were sued for £2m by the organisers of a Malaysian music festival for allegedly breaking the terms of their contract.In July, the British band were performing at the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur when their set was cut short after Healy kissed bassist Ross MacDonald onstage while criticising the country’s strict
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