Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff was born in Bergenfield, New Jersey, United States on March 31st, 1984 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 40, Jack Antonoff biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jack Michael Antonoff (born March 31, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer.
Antonoff is the lead singer of indie pop band Bleachers, and a guitarist and drummer in the indie rock band Fun.
He was previously the lead singer of the indie rock band Steel Train.
Aside from his work with Bleachers and Fun, Antonoff has worked as a songwriter and record producer with various artists, including Taylor Swift, Lorde, St. Vincent, Lana Del Rey, Kevin Abstract, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Troye Sivan.
Antonoff has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won four Grammy Awards: two for his work with Fun, one for production on Taylor Swift's album 1989, and one with St. Vincent for writing the title track on Masseduction.
He also started his own music festival, Shadow of The City, which takes place annually in New Jersey.
Early life
Antonoff was born on March 31, 1984, in Bergenfield, New Jersey. He is the second of three children of Shira (Wall) and Rick Antonoff. He is the younger brother of fashion designer Rachel Antonoff. His younger sister, Sarah, died of brain cancer at the age of 13 when Antonoff was a senior in high school. The event had a profound effect on Jack who has said "... my whole career has been revisiting that through a different lens."
Antonoff is Jewish. He grew up in New Milford, New Jersey, and Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, and attended elementary school at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County. For high school, he and his sister commuted to Manhattan to attend the Professional Children's School.
During his sophomore year of high school, in November 1998, he and several friends from elementary school formed a punk rock band called Outline. They released a self-titled EP through Lifetime Records, a friend's record label, in January 2000. Antonoff initially sang in the group until early 2000 when Eddie Wright took over on vocals. With the addition of Wright, they recorded six songs which were later released as 6 Song Demo in the summer. They released an album, A Boy Can Dream, in July 2001 through Triple Crown Records. When they were 15, Antonoff and his Outline bandmate used a DIY guide to book shows in numerous states, including Florida and Texas, and borrowed Antonoff's parents' minivan to travel in. During the tour, Outline played in venues such as anarchist bookstores, while the oldest member of the band drove because he was 18 years old. Antonoff explained in 2014: "Half the time no one would show up or the equipment would be too fucked up to play ... but that's when I fell in love with touring." The band lasted until 2002.
Personal life
When Antonoff first moved out of the family home near the end of 2012, he lived with his sister, Rachel, on the Upper West Side of New York City. Afterward, he relocated to Brooklyn Heights to live with Lena Dunham, whom he was dating at the time. The couple separated in January 2018. As of December 2019, he resides in the Brooklyn Heights apartment he shared with Dunham, containing his home music studio. Antonoff is engaged to actress Margaret Qualley.
In June 2014, Antonoff said he was "desperate" for kids, explaining:
Antonoff has spoken publicly about his struggles with depression, anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorder. He claims that hearing of others' battles with depression made him feel "not better, but not alone" and "way less scared." As of June 2014, Antonoff was seeing both a therapist and a psychopharmacologist, while also taking anti-anxiety medications. He has germophobia which was exacerbated by a bout of pneumonia that he suffered in 2011 while recording a studio album for his band Fun. His pulmonologist prescribed a daily run, but he explained that he hates it "more than anything" because it is "one of the most truly boring experiences on Earth."
Music is central to Antonoff's life and he explained in June 2014:
Music career
Antonoff and a friend, Scott Irby-Ranniar, formed the band Steel Train, but Antonoff was the lead singer, and they recruited drummer Matthias Gruber. Evan Winiker and Matthew Goldman, two of the band's Random Task, pleaded with the band to drop out of college to join the new band. Drive-Thru Records has signed Steel Train to a recording contract. Antonoff has said he has brought the grassroots spirit to his forthcoming ventures.
Nate Ruess (formerly the frontman of the Format) urged Antonoff and Andrew Dost (formerly of Anathallo) to form a new band in 2008. It was a lot of fun. Antonoff's former bands, Ruess and Dost, were already familiar with the area as a unit was touring together. In 2009, the new band's debut album, Aim and Ignite, was released. "We Are Young" was Fun's second album, the band's first number-one hit single, and it was fetched out of place by Janelle Monae. Antonoff, Dost, and Jeff Bhasker co-wrote the song. In September 2013, Fun then performed with their musical heroes Queen at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the rehearsal, Antonoff performed Brian May's guitar, which he described as the "most surreal experience ever." In December 2013, the band called Before Shane Went to Bangkok: Fun Live in the United States, a free six-song EP.
In February 2014, Antonoff announced Bleachers as a solo venture. Antonoff said in June 2014 that the scheme had been in existence for ten years, and that it had been inspired by the "disconnected, darker side" of suburban youth and John Hughes films, which had been "tied to a time when big songs were great songs." During a Fun, Antonoff's laptop computer mainly wrote songs for his debut Bleachers album. It's a world tour.
"I Want A Better", Bleachers' first single, was released on February 18 — claiming it to be the "catchiest song of 2014" in the Huffington Post's opinion. "Bleachers] is more enjoyable than Fun." In a Rolling Stone interview, Antonoff revealed the intention behind the debut single:
Antonoff told Rolling Stone that although the song may be joyful, "it's very sad" and that, like many of the album's other songs, it's about loss. Antonoff collaborated with producers John Hill and Vince Clarke on the Bleachers' studio album, attempting to produce "massive, beautiful pop songs that sound fuckin' cool." Strange Desire, a compilation album, was released in July 2014, and "I Wanta Get Well" peaked at number one on the US charts. During the same week, there were alternate charts. Antonoff wrote about Strange Desire: Unlikely Desire explains:
"I Wanta Get Better" was eventually ranked number 18 in Rolling Stone's Top Songs of 2014, with the publication naming the album as "therapy rock" that is "as amusing as it is cathartic." On June 2, 2017, Antonoff debuted Bleachers' second album, Gone Now. Alternative Radio's lead song, "Don't Take the Money," debuted at number two on Alternative Radio.
Antonoff wrote and produced "Sweeter than Fiction" for the 2013 film One Chance, a Scottish singer-songwriter. After Antonoff and Swift revealed a mutual admiration of a particular snare drum sound from a Fine Young Cannibals album, the song was written in Antonoff's New York City apartment. Before starting the songwriting process, they brainstormed ideas by email.
Swift and Antonoff recorded and recorded three songs on Swift's fifth studio album, 1989, including "Out of the Woods," "I Wish You Would" and "You Are In Love." 1989 was released in October 2014 and became the country's most popular album in 2014. Swift claims in a voice memo that the album's deluxe version of "I Wish You Would" came from a guitar track that Antonoff had created on his cellphone. After Swift first heard the song, she begged Antonoff if she could develop the idea further, and it eventually became an album track after both songwriters were content with Swift's work. In 2016, Antonoff was named Best of the Year by the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Swift and Zayn's "I Don't Want A Live Forever," Antonoff and Sam Dew's song "I Don't Want A Live Forever" was released in 2016. The song appears on the Fifty Shades Darker Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The pair co-authored and produced the number one single "Look What You Made Me Do" as well, which was released on August 25, 2017. He was a key contributor to Reputation's sixth album. Swift and Antonoff co-wrote and co-produced five other songs in Reputation, including "Look What You Made Me Do" and "New Year's Day."
Swift and Antonoff recorded eight songs and performed eleven songs on Swift's seventh studio album Lover in 2019, including the promotional single "The Archer" and the album's third single.
Swift and Antonoff appeared on Swift's eighth studio album, Folklore, in 2020. Antonoff appears on the album as one of the album's writers and producers, as well as Aaron Dessner and Swift. He continued to collaborate with her on Folklore's "sister record" and Swift's ninth studio album, Evermore, on which he co-wrote "Gold Rush" and "Ivy," as well as co-producing the former.
Antonoff continued to work on Swift's re-recordings. Swift and Antonoff released four tracks of Fearless in 2021 (Taylor's Version): "Mr. f. "Mr. "That's When," "Don't You," and "Bye Bye Baby," are all fine. "Babe (Taylor's Version)", "Forever Winter" and "All Too Well (Taylor's Version) Swift and Antonoff recorded three tracks of Red (Taylor's Version)" and "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" on Swift and Antonoff's "Babe" is the "Taylor's Version)" in their version.
Antonoff co-wrote 11 of Swift's 2022 album Midnights and co-wrote 11 of the 13 songs. He appeared in the music video for his ninth track, "Bejeweled."
Antonoff co-wrote and produced Lorde's Melodrama, which was published in June. "The best pop album of 2017 so far," USAToday described it as "the best pop album of 2017 so far." Rolling Stone's praises Jack's film, noting that "empty space" is a key feature. [as] the arrangements change from crisp clarity to delirium," Rolling Stone's remarks. Antonoff appeared in the music video for the album's lead single, "Green Light," in support of the project. On Saturday Night Live, he then performed "Liability" alongside Lorde. The album was also nominated for the 2018 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Antonoff co-wrote, produced, and performed on Lorde's third album Solar Power, beginning in 2018.
Antonoff produced the soundtrack for Love, Simon, the twentieth century Fox romantic comedy-drama film. Bleachers also performed four songs. Antonoff, who directed the first major studio film to put a gay man into action, said "I think Love, Simon is pivotal, a major leap for a new generation" and expressed surprise when he was asked to work on the soundtrack. After being "beyond blown away" by the film and soundtrack, he said he was "very fortunate to be a part of [Love, Simon] and "loved every moment of making this film."
Antonoff and Sam Dew and Sounwave performed Red Hearse, a new musical project. "Red Hearse" and "Honey" were two singles that were a preview of the project, and it was revealed in two separate singles, "Red Hearse" and "Honey." Red Hearse made their television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in "Half Love" on July 22, 2019. RCA Records issued their debut self-titled studio album on August 16, 2019.
Norman Fucking Rockwell, Lana Del Rey's sixth studio album, was released on August 30, 2019. He also co-wrote the majority of the songs on the album, including "Mariners Apartment Complex" and "Venice Bitch." With NME's Rhian Daly noting that the record's "bohemian folk" sound was a departure from Antonoff's "brand of crystalline euphoria," the album received critical praise. The album's 60s were praised by some commentators, who also referred to the album's psychedelic rock sound. In 2020, the album was nominated for Grammy Album of the Year and received NME Album of the Year. Chemtrails Over the Country Club, her seventh studio album, was also released on March 19, 2021.
Antonoff founded Shadow of the City, the city's first music festival in 2015. Every year at The Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Shadow of the City is a one-day festival with just one stage, making it different from other music festivals. Each ticket sold is donated to The Ally Alliance, an initiative founded by Antonoff and his sister Rachel. Antonoff and his band Bleachers, Hayley Kiyoko, Julien Baker, Turnover, Beach Slang, Clams Casino, and Ex Reyes were among the 2018 and New Reyes' most popular lineups. Charli XCX, Khalid, Carly Rae Jepsen, Bishop Briggs, BARNS, and others have performed in the past. The festival hosts dunk tank and Mario Kart tournaments in addition to musical performances to benefit The Ally Coalition.
After Sara Quin of the band Tegan and Sara introduced Antonoff's "Brave" with Sara Bareilles, the two were co-wrote the 2013 song "Brave." "We met for breakfast one day, and I was just so enamored with him and his personality," Bareilles told Billboard. The day we talked about together was the first day we met together.' Antonoff wrote the song about a friend's inability to openly about his sexuality. "Brave" was released on April 23, and by the time of June, it had sold 160,000 digital copies and peaked at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Within a month of its debut on YouTube in May 2013, the song's music video had been watched over 1.1 million times, and by the beginning of 2015, it had earned nearly 39 million views. Microsoft's "brave" was used to advertise its Windows tablet technology device, according to the company's "brave" tag.
He created Thank You and Sorry, a Google Play docuseries that combined scripted scenes and a video from Bleachers shows. It was released in six 15-minute episodes and featured cameos from Lena Dunham, Rosie Perez, Olivia Wilde, Colin Quinn, and Jason Mantzoukas. In 2015, Antonoff portrayed Baby Goya in the comedy-drama film Hello, My Name Is Doris.
He contributed to the creation of Pink's seventh studio album, Beautiful Trauma, in 2017 and supervised Masseduction in St. Vincent.
He was in charge of recording on Brockhampton frontman Kevin Abstract's solo album, Arizona Baby, in early 2019.
Antonoff appeared in The Sparks Brothers, a 2021 Edgar Wright-directed film, recounting his love for the band sparks. He contributed to Daddy's Home, St. Vincent's sixth studio album, and Clairo's sophomore album, Sling.