{"id":458948,"date":"2026-04-29T03:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/458948\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T03:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:05:13","slug":"taylor-swift-sets-the-record-straight-on-jack-antonoff-friendship-amid-rumored-rift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/458948\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Sets the Record Straight on Jack Antonoff Friendship amid Rumored Rift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Taylor Swift addressed her friendship with Jack Antonoff amid feud rumors<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a Tuesday, April 28 interview with the New York Times, the pop megastar also said the pair have enjoyed doing something called a &#8220;rant bridge&#8221; in their songs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift and Antonoff met in 2012 and have been close friends and collaborators<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/taylor-swift\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Taylor Swift;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Taylor Swift<\/a> has addressed where her relationship with <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jack-antonoff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jack Antonoff;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Jack Antonoff<\/a> stands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 14-time Grammy winner spoke to <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-people-review-11823324\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:the New York Times Magazine;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">the New York Times Magazine<\/a> about making music with the Bleachers musician. Her comments come after the producer was not featured on her most recent album <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-people-review-11823324\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The Life of a Showgirl;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">The Life of a Showgirl<\/a>, which sparked rumors of a feud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJack Antonoff is a collaborator of mine and one of my best friends,\u201d Swift, 36, told the publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The &#8220;Fortnight&#8221; hitmaker then spoke about one of their songwriting tactics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe established this thing that we love to do, and we call it the rant bridge,&#8221; said Swift. \u201cIt&#8217;s basically like stream of consciousness, endless pouring-out of emotion, intrusive thoughts, blended with metaphor, with discussion, with shouting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She then spoke about the sentiment the duo aims for in a &#8220;rant bridge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou want this rant bridge to feel the most intense of what that feeling is that you&#8217;re trying to establish over the course of the song, and you want it to be kind of a crescendo,&#8221; said Swift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The &#8220;Cruel Summer&#8221; performer then gave examples of &#8220;rant bridges,&#8221; referring to her 2014 song \u201cOut of the Woods,\u201d 2019&#8217;s \u201cCruel Summer\u201d and 2023&#8217;s \u201cIs It Over Now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift and Antonoff initially met in 2012 and became close friends and collaborators. They first teamed up for the former&#8217;s 2013 track \u201cSweeter Than Fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Over the years, Antonoff has worked on Swift&#8217;s Grammy-winning albums 1989 and Folklore, as well as Reputation, Lover, Midnights, The Tortured Poets Department and her re-recorded versions of Fearless and Red.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They have both publicly praised one another, as well.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff in August 2024 in LondonCredit: TAS2024\/Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"650\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8bc435d0e67d8dd2464bdda44ea0450e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff in August 2024 in London<br \/>Credit: TAS2024\/Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When Swift took home song of the year for her\u00a0Midnights\u00a0song &#8220;Anti-Hero&#8221; at the MTV VMAs, she shared her love for Antonoff, calling him &#8220;one of my best friends in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He&#8217;s so talented it&#8217;s incomprehensible,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And I&#8217;m so lucky I&#8217;ve been making music with him since we worked on an album called 1989. We&#8217;ll continue working together til&#8217; 2089.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In April 2024, the Bleachers musician praised Swift&#8217;s 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department, which he co-wrote and co-produced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;love this album more than i can say &#8230;. love you all very much &#8230; more later very overwhelmed &#8230; love you taylor,&#8221; <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jack-antonoff-overwhelmed-after-the-tortured-poets-department-release-love-you-taylor-8635729\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:he posted on X at the time.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">he posted on X at the time.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-swift-addresses-jack-antonoff-friendship-amid-rumored-rift-11960708\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Taylor Swift addressed her friendship with Jack Antonoff amid feud rumors In a Tuesday, April&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,71836,337,973],"class_list":["post-458948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jack-antonoff","tag-music","tag-taylor-swift"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116485785346334471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}