Jack Antonoff Says Questioning Taylor Swift’s Songwriting Ability ‘Is Like Challenging Someone’s Faith in God. You Don’t Go There’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Jack Antonoff has no time for anyone interested in slandering Taylor Swift‘s abilities as a songwriter.
The Grammy-winning producer and longtime Swift collaborator recently told the Los Angeles Times that questioning Swift’s songwriting “is like challenging someone’s faith in God.
You just don’t go there.” “I’m a little bitch sometimes,” he added. “But you come after my friend Taylor, you’re toast to me.” Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn ignited outrage among Swift fans in 2022 after he told the LA Times that Swift “doesn’t write her own songs.” “A really interesting songwriter is Billie Eilish and her brother,” he added at the time. “I’m more attracted to that than to Taylor Swift.
It’s just darker — less endlessly upbeat. Way more minor and odd. I think she’s exceptional.” Albarn’s diss prompted Antonoff to take to Twitter at the time to post: “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.
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