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The 1975‘s Matty Healy has deleted his X/Twitter account after Lucy Dacus hit back at the singer’s use of an ableist slur.

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Posting on his account @mattyfrnglomg, the singer shared a post about Boygenius – Dacus’ band with frequent 1975 collaborator Phoebe Bridgers.

“I told Lucy Dacus that ‘Boygenius’ had inspired me and [The 1975 drummer] George [Daniel] to start a new band called ‘Girlretard’. I don’t really hear from her that often,” wrote Healy.

Dacus replied: “You don’t hear from me at all.”

Healy then referenced the incident by writing ‘yeah this never goes well does it’, before de-activating his account.

The latest controversy to hit the singer comes months after he kissed bassist Ross McDonald on stage at a Malaysian music festival and criticised the country’s LGBTQ+ laws – leading to the event’s entire cancellation.

At the gig, Healy apologized to fans for accepting Good Vibes’ invitation to play, saying he was unaware of Malaysia’s hardline stance toward the LGBTQ community; same-sex relationships are outlawed in the country and punishable by prison time and caning.

“I made a mistake. When we were booking shows, I wasn’t looking into it,” Healy said. “I don’t see the fucking point, right, I do not see the point of inviting the 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with.”

Healy continued, “I am sorry if that offends you and you’re religious and it’s part of your fucking government, but your government are a bunch of fucking retards and I don’t care anymore. If you push, I am going to push back. I am not in the fucking mood.”

He is now facing a lawsuit from local Malaysian musicians and traders who say the group’s

Matty 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.

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, anti-LGBT+ laws.

Malaysia’s government called the band “extremely rude”, adding that they would not be permitted to perform in the country again. Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said that the government had “called the organisers” of the festival, which was then cancelled outright.

The Malaysian Ministry of Communications and Digital also said The 1975 had been blacklisted under a body that oversees foreign artists playing in Malaysia.

The organisers of the festival, Future Sound Asia (FSA), alleged that the band had given “a pre-show written assurance” that they would adhere to “all local guidelines and regulations” and should “acknowledge their liability and compensate FSA for damages incurred”.

Matty Healy, frontman of U.K. band The 1975, has deactivated his Twitter after facing backlash for a tweet about the Black Lives Matter movement following the recent death of George Floyd.

In the now-deleted tweet posted on Thursday, the singer wrote, “If you truly believe that ‘ALL LIVES MATTER’ you need to stop facilitating the end of black ones.” Healy included a link to the band’s song “Love It if We Made It,” which features lyrics about racism and police brutality.

After many users online accused the artist of using the Black Lives Matter movement to promote his own music, Healy deleted the message and defended himself in another tweet, writing, “Sorry I did not link my song in that tweet to make it about me it’s just that the song is literally about this disgusting situation and speaks more eloquently than I can on Twitter.” He then posted his original message and a link to the video again, each separately — infuriating critics more — before finally deactivating his account entirely.

Floyd was an unarmed black man who died in police custody on Monday after a Minneapolis cop kneeled on his neck. On Tuesday, four police officers were fired for their involvement in the 46-year-old’s death after a video circulated online of the incident. Floyd was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead there.

Floyd’s death is currently being investigated by the FBI and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. During a press conference on Thursday, Hennepin County attorney Mike Freeman said there is “other evidence” that does not support a criminal charge, although he added that he does not want to rush the investigation.