#TheLivingEnd

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Tailgunner- Iron Maiden

Plastic Bag- X-ray Spex

(Five Years And) My Family- Soul Glo

Exhibit: Closed- Gouge Away

The Great Debt-Strike I: A Pillar of Smoke- Trespasser

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[afterlifeoftheparty]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIEEEEEEE🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

THANK YOU CAMRYNNNNN I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

[ohimtherebabey]

a very special and personal scrapbook commemorating the shows i went to on MCR's return tour

to the best of my ability, picture credits are below the cut

mk1: (gerard in the metaman mask) @/allltherage on twitter, (gerard with no mask) abbie shipperly for alt press, (frank) @/maryamtbh on twitter, (gerard holding the flag) me

mk2: (gerard top left) anieck, (gerard bottom right) yas cowan

mk3: (gerard) sarah louise bennett for dork, (piss & vinegar) frank iero, pride flag @/desolationhoe on twitter

dublin 1: (bass drum) mikey way from his instagram story, (frank and gerard, mikey) me, (ray) @/katieshox on twitter

dublin 2: (mikey) @headfirstforheadshots on tumblr, (gerard) tony burke, (frank) from MCR's twitter

warrington: (both) me

cardiff: via @mcrbois on tumblr

glasgow: (frank) calum buchan for the modern record, (mikey) me, (gerard) jack geddes

paris: (crowd, mikey) nicko guihal, (gerard) chloé bunel for above the noise

rotterdam: (all) eva van den bosch

budapest: (gerard) @/allltherage on twitter, (mikey) alex toor

warsaw: (gerard) @/ze.omer.mizrahi on instagram, (mikey, frank) @/photos4masses on instagram

prague: (crowd) me, (gerard) jan nožička

berlin: (drumkit) @/__Youtai on twitter, (ray) @abcdefjay on tumblr, (gerard, bottom left) andrea friedrich for metal, (mikey) @/fihhlipi on instagram, (gerard, bottom right) cengiz aglamaz for loud live

raleigh: (gerard, top left) alexia blue, (drumkit) @sewerjewel on tumblr, (gerard, middle) scott sharpe for news observer, (ray) @/1eesa on twitter, (frank) @caintooth on tumblr, (gerard, bottom right) beemer for That

toronto: (gerard, top left; gerard bottom right, ray) @thelivingend on tumblr, (gerard, bottom left) angélica rincón, (mikey) @holdingonforever on tumblr

atlanta: (gerard, top right) @jacksmannequin on tumblr, (gerard, bottom left; frank; ray) alex toor

sunrise: (gerard, top left) @/MWhiteShelley on twitter, (mikey, frank) @kybercait on tumblr for ascribe, (gerard, middle) from MCR's instagram by mikey way, (gerard, bottom left) hannah howells, (gerard, bottom right) beemer

[gotasenseivebeenbetrayed]

I know some of us, me included, have some-what struggled heavily with all the Matty talk/speculation.

While I love just listening to Taylor and appreciating the songs for what they are and how I can relate to them. I also love the idea of trying to guess who each song is about and as I'm open-minded I've done my fair share of digging into Gaylor/Kaylor/Swiftgron as well as now, Maylor. And honestly up until Maylor, I thought it was always pretty easy to see how many holes were in the Gaylor theories and while there are holes still in Maylor, there are also - unfortunately, a lot of things that do add up to Matty being the "big muse" over Harry.

And yet, while I do see those things and sometimes have a hard time being 100% that Harry is still the big muse - I'm still here trying to convince myself. Lol

So if you also need it - buckle up & follow along, this will be long

Just to get it out of the way, it is impossible for anything from Red or 1989 to be about Matty. I know I've seen a lot of people trying to connect him into it and it's just not possible as both came out before the two ever met.

The first public interaction of either of this was on Nov 8th 2014 when Taylor liked this tumblr post of Matty wearing a 1989 shirt.

For reference 1989 originally came out Oct 27 2018 and Red Oct 22 2012. Both of those are before Nov 2018. And while Matty did say they met some time in October of 2018 (British Matt, 25, who wore a Taylor Swift 1989 shirt on stage earlier this month, told how he and the Grammy award winner had met in October - This was in this article by DailyMail posted on Nov 2018), she did not meet him and write songs about him for 1989 the same month it was being released. So according to Matty's own word, they met Oct 2018 and exchanged numbers.

Then their first official meeting in public was Nov 19 2018 when Taylor, Selena and co went to a 1975 concert. This is the concert where Harry was rumored to also be at according to US Weekly & earlier that day US Weekly posted another article claiming Taylor & Harry were talking again/friends. And I'd also like to note that I'd wager a guess that Harry introduced Taylor to The 1975 because back in 2013, Harry tweeted quite a few times about The 1975. Then back in March 2014 Harry was prank called by Matty so Matty had Harry's number.

Taylor was apparently super excited about her & Harry talking again, they apparently went to the concert together. So it'd be super unlikely after just having exchanged numbers with Matty & meeting him two or three times she'd already be obsessed with him to write songs about.

On Dec 2nd 2014 Taylor & Harry were both in London during the VS Fashion Show. So they were still friendly at that point & DailyMail posted an article saying they had drinks at a bar after.

Our third official meeting between the two was another The 1975 concert Dec. 4th 2014 in NY - yes this the same concert Kissgate happened. From there articles were being posted about them rumored to be dating. But during that same time on Dec 8th 2014, there was a blind item that Ali Lohan and Matty were hooking up. Then officially started circulating Dec 24th 2014. And both of them were supposedly at that Dec 4th show in the VIP Section.

Now if we're going to add into the fact because of Taylor stupidly mouthing the whole "This song is for you, you know who you are. I love you." last year before Cardigan and Matty having done that same thing a few days earlier at one of his concerts. People believe Cardigan and therefor August and Betty are all about Matty & Taylor and I'm assuming Ali but, I don't know for sure. If we're going based on the lyrics and idea of it being Matty & Taylor, this was the only time they would've been "dating" back then and Ali was the only one he was accused of cheating with so August would have to be Ali. And based on the lyrics, if they're to be believed. August did NOT know about Betty, Ali would've known about Taylor because not only was there rumors circulating then about T&M dating, Ali was supposedly at the same show as T, in the same section as her. August also implies the affair happened in summer but, once again T&M didn't even meet until late fall and A&M rumors and T&M rumors didn't start til Dec which is winter. Also want to add there was a blind item that said Ali & Matty sent Taylor a photo of them in bed together which is wild, obviously doesn't mean it's true but, if it were true it would indicate that Ali most def. did know about Taylor.

So based on what we know they knew each other from an unknown date in Oct and exchanged numbers then Taylor appeared at 2 of his shows between Nov and Dec. Dec. 4th is when rumors started they were dating and by Dec. 8th Matty was hooking up with Ali Lohan and him and Taylor were apparently already over. Then around Feb 24th 2015 Ellie Goulding introduced Tay & Calvin and they started dating very quickly after.

Now Maylors are trying to say that this night below which is from Feb 25th 2015 is probably the night that Taylor wrote "Exile" about saying that Matty seeing Taylor with Calvin was the whole "I can see you standing honey with his arms around your body". And Matty being jealous over Calvin. Firstly, T&C weren't even fully dating yet, they had just met and were flirting. And if they (M&T) were truly dating in Dec. 2014 and then Matty cheated on her with Ali and Taylor was "head over heels" for Matty enough to write all these songs about him - why would they be within the same area as the other? Taylor is generally not nice to her exes, especially if they screw her over and Matty would've screwed her over heavily if everything was true.

However, funnily enough there were also blind items around Dec that came out before the rumors did that suggested Taylor was going to be in a PR Relationship with Matty as a way of "roughing" up her image a bit. Normally, I do not take too much stock in blind items as anyone can submit one but, sometimes there are real ones and this one seems to be legit as they called out what would happen (T&M wouldn't ever be seen holding hands, kissing etc. but they'd be spotted supporting each other at shows and event photos of them near each other would be taken just to get people talking and as long as Matty didn't screw it up, they'd write a contract for 2015 then a week later articles were being published of them "dating" & Taylor was shown at his 2nd concert, then Matty did end up screwing things up by sleeping with Ali & that ended their possible contract).

Blind 1 & Blind 2

On her birthday in 2014 she tweeted about how she'd like the media to stop claiming she was dating her friends which was obviously a hint at both Matty and Karlie since rumors were going on about both.

By late Feb Taylor was with Calvin which lasted a year (until June 2016) and we can conclude from Taylor's own lyrics (Getaway Car and High Infidelity) she probably cheated on him. There was also a blind item that suggested she was cheating on him and when she wrote This is What We Came For with him it was about the man she was cheating on him with and he had no idea at the time. After they broke up, he wrote Ole and the entire MV was taking jabs at Harry which why would he do unless Harry was the one she cheated with.

I couldn't find an exact date but, sometime in 2015 Matty started dating an 18 year old model named Gabriella Brooks and they dated until 2019. Obviously, cheating could happen so them both having partners doesn't mean they weren't together in secret but, yeah it's leaves very little room for Cardigan, August & Betty considering the "chase two girls, lose the one" if Matty was in a relationship after Taylor started dating another man and then she got with Joe before Matty & Gabriella even broke up.

Also on Jan 20th Matty did a radio interview with Australia's 2DayFM and said

"It's all bloody fake. It's a farce." "We met each other, we exchanged numbers in the same way that a lot of people in this kind of world do, and we spoke occasionally," he said. "She's the biggest pop star in the world and I'm in Australia. There's no relationship or anything happening. It's just funny how people really, really buy into that."

In an interview with Q magazine in March 2016 Matty said he never dated Taylor. He called it a flirtation, said she wasn't a big impact on his life, and this was also the interview where he said it would have been emasculating to only be known as Taylor Swift's boyfriend.

He also said this later on when he was correcting the narrative about that interview and how people said he was being misogynistic.

 I had fears of being 'somebody's boyfriend' (remember this is all speculation as we never dated!)

Feb 20 2020 they saw each other at the NME Awards and Matty said

"She was just stood behind me. I mean, I haven't seen Taylor in years so it was actually a really nice room."

So in 2020 he said they hadn't seen each other in years and he wanted to collab with her. And going off the other interviews he did, they never dated and only talked occasionally - so I'd bet money those blind items were correct and Matty fucked up any possibility of an official PR contract back in 2015 by sleeping with Ali and that they never actually hung out outside of her going to those few concert shows and then backstage at certain events. Even if they were wanting to keep their relationship secret, he did not talk about her in a light that even remotely hints at anything. And if she was writing all these songs about having a secret relationship with him why would he lie and say they hadn't even seen each other in years? He didn't need to mention that and why would he publicly talk about being nervous to talk to her again and ask her to collab if they had been having a secret affair?

Now another thing Maylors claim is that Taylor/Matty wrote songs about each other over the years and that there were songs from Midnights and Being Funny in a Foreign Language about one another but, Matty said in an interview in Nov 2022 that Taylor had only heard "bits and pieces" of their album thanks to Jack. So it does not sound like they wrote songs about each other.

Then Jan 2023 is when Taylor surprise performed for The 1975 in London which again, remember, originally Harry was who Matty wanted.

Also want to add that by Dec 2022 it seems like Taylor might've already had an idea in her mind for The Tortured Poet's Department because Matty posted this photo kissing Pheobe where he said "Gay Poets Society" referencing the 1989 classic film "Dead Poets Society." which Taylor also referenced in the Fortnight video. And they were on speaking terms at this point because Matty claims they worked together for Midnights but it was scrapped. She told us herself she started working on TTPD directly after Midnights and if Matty/Pheobe were possibly already hinting the name of it in Dec of 2022 then it's safe to say she probably already had the title track written at that point as well as Fortnight and already had the idea for the Fortnight video in her head and therefore it makes no sense for those to be about Matty when both are talking about a relationship that's already ended and this would've been before they "dated" last year.

Also, I don't think Matty and Pheobe would jokingly kiss if he was secretly with Taylor, especially since when Matty was "dating" Taylor last year he stopped kissing random fans/bandmates on stage as a show of respect to her.

Then we have Matty taking shots at Harry over the years.

In Jan 2019 he tweeted he wanted to produce Harry's new album but, that he needed Harry's new number because was "definitely blocked".

In Jan 2023 Matty said he asked Harry to be an opener for The 1975 and got told no. Apparently this was the concert that Taylor ended up doing instead. Which again, if they were having a secret affair all this time and pining for each other why the hell would invite her ex to perform as an opening instead of her?

Then in Feb 2023 he accused Harry of queerbaiting..by doing the same shit he himself does.

[jacksmannequin]

happy birthday

coloring 100% inspired by @thelivingend

[gerardpilled]

Sry if this is too much of a long shot but do you know of any of return tour photographers who are selling prints of their photos? Or of any good sources to buy photo prints of mcr? Tysm!

I know a few!! If you're looking for certain shows you can try google searching the date with this formatting and then filtering to only include results from the time period the show took place. Sometimes photographers offer prints via their websites that might be linked within articles.

Some offhand, if anyone knows others, feel free to add:

Bella @jacksmannequin - (darkroom)

Camryn @thelivingend - (darkroom)

Chelsea Cochrane

Erin Russell

Alex Toor I think sells prints sometimes?

[thesituationroom]

@basementg tagged me to shuffle my most listened to music .. i used the on repeat playlist too it seemed easiest. who up wanting to get better .

i will tag @swanvariation @astriiformes @thelivingend @alonewildbird @werewolfheart2009 @thereexists no pressure as always !

[pwelverum]

🛐tagged by the one&only harper @ophanic🛐 to share 5 songs that have been ruining me :3 most of these are not sad like at all but nevertheless this is where my head is at. here’s my this<3

^my friend kyle’s band. get with it

🫧soooo now i’m gonna tag @thesituationroom & @thelivingend ..if you want to >_<🫧

[thelivingend]

after enlisting in the muna concert camryn thelivingend has died in combat

[patronsaintofgirls]

tagged by @ladyofsorrowz thank youuuu for thinking of me :)

let's get to know each other better!

relationship status: single

favorite color: red

three favorite foods: pickles, hot wings, everything bagel

song stuck in my head: boygenius cover of cowboy take me away by the chicks <3

last song you listened to: ocean avenue by yellowcard lmao

dream trip: i REALLY want to do like a full across the US road trip one day!!

last thing i googled: megan ganz because i wanted to know what years she wrote for community

anything i want: well at the moment i want to stop putting off folding my laundry... but overall i think i want my plans to all work out. lame answer but wouldn't it be so nice

ummm ill tag @hesitantalien2014 @smeagles @thelivingend @bitethebullets @z0mbiefrank and anybody who wants to!!!

[hazardsoflove]

tagged by @desertmp3 to post 6 albums i’ve had on repeat recently 🤸🏼

i’ll tag @afterlifeoftheparty @jacksmannequin @jennaortegas @natalia-dyer @thelivingend @iero & anyone else who wants to do this <3

[afterlifeoftheparty]

discography tag! 💿 🎶 i was tagged by @carolannefreeling <3

rules: pick an artist or band and share your favorite song from each of their albums, then tag some mutuals!

artist: fall out boy

take this to your grave: saturday

from under the cork tree: 7 minutes in heaven (atavan halen)

infinity on high: the (after) life of the party

folie a deux: (coffees for closers)

save rock and roll: where did the party go

american beauty/american psycho: favorite record

mania: wilson (expensive mistakes)

i'm tagging ummm @psychokillermp4 @cauldronoflove @shambolicneutral @jacksmannequin @thelivingend @cobrostarship and whoever else wants to do this :-)

[angstics]

thank you for the tag @dishevelledghost 💕 you for sure recommended some of the ones i didnt check off so ill listen to them right NOW

tagging @bulletgerard @missilekids @mourningrays @lucyvsky @knock3 @desertmp3 @turnleftaticela @thelivingend @gotalottalegs if you wanna venn diagram with me !

[wonderstruck]

@thelivingend @cages-boxes-hunters-foxes thank you besties i am Dumb

[gothedrals]

tagged by @bitethebullets @lostintheparsec and @davidhole to make a moodboard searching my name + core hehe <3

tagging ummmmm @glamgil @flightoftheconnie @sveglioesenzapaura and @thelivingend if you want to :)