Who is Taylor Swift’s protective collaborator and pal, Jack Antonoff? The Bleachers frontman works with Lana Del Rey, Lorde and Sia, and said Kanye West ‘needs his diaper changed so badly’

Taylor Swift accepts the award for album of the year for “Midnights” at the Grammy Awards on February 4 in LA alongside her pal Jack Antonoff. Photo: AP

In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, Antonoff called out Ye, aka Kanye West, for his persistent unprovoked attacks against the “Anti-Hero” singer.

“I’m a little b**ch sometimes,” the 39-year-old told the publication, “But you come after my friend Taylor, you’re toast to me.” Referring to the rapper, he said, “[Kanye West] just needs his diaper changed so badly.”

“You come after my friend Taylor, you’re toast to me” Jack Antonoff said in a recent interview. Photo: @jackantonoff/Instagram

Some think West has been trying to reignite his one-sided feud with Swift after mentioning her in his new album, Vultures 1, though the rapper denies any ill will towards the Eras Tour star.

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Here’s everything we know about Swift’s good pal and the man we partly have to thank for some of her greatest songs.

Jack Antonoff is regarded as a musical genius

“Musician’s musician” Jack Antonoff at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2017. Photo: Invision/AP

Described by The New Yorker as a “musician’s musician”, Antonoff is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. According to the Grammys, he has won 10 of the prestigious gongs, and launched his band Bleachers in 2014. He’s produced hundreds of songs, from Lana Del Rey’s “Venice B*tch” and Lorde’s “Green Light” to Taylor Swift’s “Lover” and “Cruel Summer”.

How does Taylor Swift know Jack Antonoff?

Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff have been friends for over 10 years. Photo: @jackantonoff/Instagram

According to People, the record producer has known Tay Tay for over a decade, having met for the first time back in 2012.

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Besides Swift, he’s worked with numerous talented singers

Boygenius singers Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus with Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff at the 66th annual Grammy Awards last month. Photo: Invision/AP

With over a dozen Billboard No 1 albums to his name as a producer, songwriter and singer, Antonoff has worked with numerous artists, including Taylor Swift, Lorde, The Chicks, St. Vincent, Lana Del Rey, Kevin Abstract, Sia, Carly Rae Jepsen, FKA Twigs, Sara Bareilles, Tegan & Sara, Troye Sivan and Grimes, per his profile on the NYU website.

He’s married to Margaret Qualley

Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley at the 2022 Grammy Awards. Photo: Getty Images for The Recording Academy/TNS

Antonoff tied the knot with Poor Things actress Margaret Qualley in an intimate New Jersey wedding in 2023, with an A-list guest list that included Swift, Lana Del Rey, Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz.

It was love at first sight for Qualley. “I’d met Jack probably two weeks before, but I was head-over-heels in love right away,” she told Elle UK. “I had a sure, knowing feeling that he was my husband.”

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