Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff execute onstage throughout “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at MetLife Stadium on May 26, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Jack Antonoff understands precisely where he stands. In a Wednesday (Feb. 28) meeting with the Los Angeles Times, the 39-year-old manufacturer reviewed the minutes he’s called out musicians such as Damon Albarn – that in 2022 came under attack for wondering about Taylor Swift’s songwriting qualifications – and Kanye West.
“I’m a little b—h sometimes,” he informed the magazine. “But you come after my friend Taylor, you’re toast to me.”
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The meeting comes greater than 2 years after Albarn shook up plumes by claiming Swift “doesn’t write her own songs” in a meeting. The “Anti-Hero” vocalist – that’s a constant partner of Antonoff’s — rapidly closed down the insurance claims with a warmed article on X, composing, “I was such a big fan of yours until I saw this … Your hot take is completely false and SO damaging.”
Albarn later on said sorry and stated that his comments had actually been “reduced to clickbait,” yet not prior to Antonoff knocked the Blur frontman in a tweet of his very own. “i’ve never met damon albarn and he’s never been to my studio but apparently he knows more than the rest of us about all those songs taylor writes and brings in. Herb,” the previous Fun band participant composed at the time.
In the brand-new meeting, Antonoff stated that examining Swift’s songwriting expertise “is like challenging someone’s faith in God,” including, “You just don’t go there.”
The Bleachers owner is fresh off his 3rd manufacturer of the year Grammy win straight. He and Swift likewise won cd of the year at the 2024 honors many thanks to their deal with the “Karma” artist’s Midnights LP.
And while approving the reward for finest pop vocal previously in the event, Swift revealed the duo’s newest task with each other: The Tortured Poets Department, which shows up April 19.
As for West – that’s significantly a foe of Swift’s — Antonoff has actually long been crucial. In 2022, he called the “Donda” rap artist a “little b—h” in action to Ye’s several antisemitic remarks that year, and in late January, he tweeted, “kanye on bleachers release date is hilarious little cry baby b-tch.” (The rap artist’s Vultures 2 and Bleachers’ self-titled cd are both set up to show up March 8.)
To the L.A. Times, Antonoff repeated that West “just needs his diaper changed so badly.”
“It’s been a long time since I would’ve taken Kanye’s call,” he included when inquired about whether he’d wish to collaborate with Ye in the future. “I’m so incredibly bored when someone doesn’t have the sauce anymore, so they go elsewhere to shock. It’s just a remarkable waste of space.”
