The Short-Lived, Very Controversial Healy-Swift Affair
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton dig deep into the ICYMI mailbag to answer questions about Taylor Swift’s short but controversial relationship with Matty Healy, the lead singer of the alt-rock band, The 1975. Later in the show, they discuss the politics of babies on planes. The two end on a positive note, explaining the heartwarming story of how a tweet from an anime fan account sent a four-year-old book up the Amazon sales charts.
This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Candice Lim, Rachelle Hampton and Daisy Rosario.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Candace Lim. |
| 0:14.6 | And I'm Rachel Anthon, and you're listening to I see why I'm mine. |
| 0:18.1 | In case you missed it. |
| 0:19.5 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:22.4 | And Rachel, I have something to confess tonight on the podcast. |
| 0:28.6 | Ooh, doing confessions already? |
| 0:31.2 | I'm ready. |
| 0:32.3 | Tell me. |
| 0:33.0 | What is it? |
| 0:44.8 | I... I used to be a really big chain smokers fan. |
| 0:47.4 | Oh my God. |
| 0:51.2 | I didn't know people were fans of them. |
| 0:52.9 | I thought, I'm not going to lie, |
| 0:54.6 | I kind of thought they were a sci-op. |
| 1:06.1 | And like, if you don't know who we're talking about, we are talking about the duo who made the song closer with Halsey. |
| 1:14.4 | So baby, pull me closer in the backseat of your rover that I know you can't afford. |
| 1:16.8 | Bite that tattoo on your shoulder. The only chain smoker song I could probably name. |
| 1:20.5 | Mm-hmm. |
| 1:21.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:21.7 | And it gets worse, Rachel, because I think I'm kind of still a fan. |
| 1:30.1 | Wait, they're still around? They're still making music? |
| 1:35.6 | To be fair, the last time they were kind of in the mainstream culture is because one half of the chain smokers is Drew Taggart. He was photographed the Selena Gomez walking down the street in New York |
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