Question for long time fans: Was Matty’s addiction public knowledge before ABIIOR?
I’m relatively new to the fandom and have been watching a lot of interviews of Matty from ABIIOR era where he was discussing his rehab journey. I can’t remember the specific interview but he was talking about how he was worried about people finding out before he was ready and how he wanted to own the narrative himself. This lead me to believe that his addiction was unknown to the general public/ fandom but then I see memes or discourse within the fandom from around the time he was using talking or lightheartedly joking about drug use. There’s also lines in earlier songs that point to it blatantly like “I’ve been romanticizing heroin.” From Paris. I’m just curious if any people in this sub who were fans during the era he was in active addiction remember wether or not it was known within the fandom or was it shocking when he came out with it. I hope this is an alright and respectful question to ask :).