The 1975’s Matty Healy on the Azealia Banks row: “I really let myself down”

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Matty Healy has spoken out about his public row with Azealia Banks, telling fans: “I really let myself down”.The 1975 frontman entered into an X spat with Banks yesterday (December 4), after she criticised his friend and collaborator Charli XCX.Re-sharing a clip of the video for Charli’s 2014 song ‘Break The Rules’, Banks wrote: “Charli used to be soooo pretty.

Ugh.”Healy quickly came to the ‘365’ singer’s defence, writing: “Azealia you seem to have a blind spot when it comes to your ‘reads’.

All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive and NICE people.” He then added that Banks is “jealous”, saying: “You’re so talented but everything else about you is a failure.

Just rap bro.”The feud then escalated quickly, with Banks saying: “The bitch look[s] like Frankenstein to me. You both look like you share needles.