Jack Antonoff

**Jack Antonoff** is a Jewish Grammy-award winning producer, songwriter, musician, and performer. He had been part of the bands Outline, Steel Train, Red Hearse, and fun. before focusing onto his current project, Bleachers. He has also started his own music festival in his home state of New Jersey entitled *Shadow of the City*.

## Personal Life

Born in Bergenfield, New Jersey, Jack Antonoff was the middle child and only son of Rick and Shira Antonoff. Antonoff has described his upbringing as "very liberal." He began writing music when he was 10 years old . He has also said that his life goal when he was 10 was to go pro as a skateboarder . He attended Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County and later commuted to Manhattan to attend the Professional Children's School**.**

Jack's younger sister Sarah was born with brain cancer and died at the young age of 13. He has said that his entire life's work is re-examining this great loss that happened when he was only 18 himself. His older sister Rachel Antonoff is now a fashion designer.

Jack Antonoff dated actress Scarlett Johansson for a year when they were both in high school. He also dated filmmaker Lena Dunham for more than five years, and they had a dog named Lamby together. Dunham got rid of the dog after their relationship ended. He then dated model Carlotta Kohl, who appeared on the cover of St. Vincent's MASSEDUCTION. Antonoff worked closely with Annie Clark on the 2017 album. Although he has been rumored to have dated Ella Yelich-O'Connor -- better known as Lorde -- neither have ever confirmed this. As of 2021, he was dating actress Margaret Qualley. In 2022, Margaret and Jack got engaged.

## Outline

Jack got into the local punk scene his sophomore year of high school and formed the band Outline.

## fun.

Jack was the bassist for fun., with Nate Ruess as the frontman and Andrew Dost on drums.

## Bleachers

Jack Antonoff has released three albums under the name Bleachers: *Strange Desire* (2014); *Gone Now* (2017); and *Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night* (2021).

## Collaborations

### Taylor Swift

Antonoff has produced and co-wrote on Swift's albums for several years, including working on *1989* (2014), *reputation* (2017), *Lover* (2019), *folklore* (2020), *evermore* (2020), and *Fearless (Taylor's Version)* (2021), and *Midnights* (2022).

### Lorde

Antonoff produced and co-wrote for Lorde's albums *Melodrama* (2017) and *Solar Power* (2021).

### Lana Del Rey

Jack Antonoff has worked with Lana Del Rey since 2018, producing her sixth and seventh studio albums, *Norman Fucking Rockwell!* and *Chemtrails Over the Country Club.*

### St. Vincent

Antonoff has production, writing, and several instrument credits on St. Vincent's 2017 album *MASSEDUCTION* and her 2021 album *Daddy's Home*.

### Troye Sivan

Jack Antonoff has production, backing vocals, and writing credits on *Blue Neighborhood*'s HEAVEN. Sivan also sang Strawberries and Cigarettes on the Love, Simon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) that Antonoff produced.

## Awards

* Grammy Awards 2013 - Best New Artist - fun.
* Grammy Awards 2013 - Song of the Year - We Are Young
* Grammy Awards 2016 - Album of the Year - 1989
* Grammy Awards 2019 - Best Rock Song - Masseduction
* Grammy Awards 2021 - Album of the Year - folklore
* Grammy Awards 2022 - Best Alternative Album - Daddy's Home
* Grammy Awards 2022 - Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

## Trivia

* His favorite place in the world is "Asbury Park, New Jersey. It’s halfway between the two places in New Jersey where [he] grew up. It’s also the birthplace of the music that has inspired [him] to make [his] own work.".
* When asked in 2017, he said that the song or album that would be the soundtrack to his life was "*Foreign Affairs* by Tom Waits. I have no idea why. It’s truly just the feeling that it elicits. Something happens to me when I listen to it. I’m home.".
* When asked in 2017, he said that his favorite quote of all time was "I'm going to make it through this year if it kills me" from The Mountain Goats' song, "This Year."
* When asked in a 2017 interview with *Vogue*, Antonoff said that if he could raid anyone's wardrobe, it would be Kevin Michael "GG" Allin or Tank Girl .
* Three films he could watch over and over again include *The Departed*, *Noises Off* and *Hamlet 2* .
* When *Vogue* asked about the most treasured item in his wardrobe, he replied, "I have my cousin’s jacket from when he was at war in Iraq. He never came home. It’s incredible to have something that is so personal but that I also feel relatively comfortable wearing" .
* He said that the person that would play him in the film biopic of his life would be "Rick Moranis, obviously" . He also thinks that he dresses like Moranis in "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" .
* In 2017, he told *Vogue* that his guiltiest pleasures are "[t]een dramas that are connected to the sort of experiences that I never got to have in school" .
* One thing that he would tell his 16 year old self is "Don’t try acid. It spins wheels that are already spinning" .
* He eats a bowl of oats and raisins for breakfast every morning. “I like to eat the kind of food you get in a musical orphanage,” he told *DIY**.*
* In August 2021, he said that his favorite band is Wolf Alice.
* He appreciates Easter egg culture. “I’ve always been hiding little things here and there. I remember when I first listened to [Green Day’s] ‘Dookie’ and realised there was a secret song, that was the coolest thing. Playing ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ backwards, [the conspiracy of] Paul [McCartney] being dead… this is my stuff. I look for this stuff. So I appreciate it" .

## Gallery

11/2017 Brooklyn Steel07/2021 NMESaturday Night LiveJack for NME
## References

1. ↑ https://www.nme.com/big-reads/bleachers-jack-antonoff-cover-interview-2021-take-the-sadness-out-of-saturday-night-3006942
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/jack-antonoff-interview
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Jersey Boy https://diymag.com/2021/08/06/jack-antonoff-bleachers-take-the-sadness-out-of-saturday-night-august-2021-interview