Jack Antonoff has Swifties swirling after sharing a previously unseen photo Taylor Swift in the studio last year.
Antonoff, 40, posted the photo in a slideshow of behind-the-scenes moments from New York City’s Electric Lady Studios. “My upstairs room at ELS,” he wrote on Instagram on Wednesday, September 18. “Everything happens here and I miss you when I’m gone. I spend day and night in this small room dreaming about how this music will fit on stage – I spent my time on stage honoring what happened there while saving a piece of the plan to bring me back to this room.”
The first image in the carousel shows Antonoff standing with a guitar and other gear. Other photos revealed some of the Bleachers frontman’s collaborators, incl Sabrina Carpenterwho worked with Antonoff on his latest album, It’s short and sweet.
What caught fans’ attention, however, was a black-and-white photo of Swift, 34, and the producer. Sounwave of December 21, 2023. Social media experts were quick to point out that Sounwave — which often works with Kendrick Lamar – is credited as a producer on several songs from Swift’s 2022 album, At midnightbut he is not listed in his latest record, Ministry of Victimized Poets.
Swift has fallen TTPD in April, two months after announcing his 11th album on stage at the 2024 Grammy Awards. At the time, he revealed that he had been keeping the project a secret “for the past two years.”
While Antonoff’s new portrait of Swift fits within the timeline of when TTPD recorded, some fans are convinced that a different project was in the works. In December 2023, Swift was spotted leaving Electric Lady Studios after a late night recording session wearing a black jacket with white stripes paired with a mini skirt and tie. She wore her hair down with her bangs swept to the side – the same style that’s featured in Antonoff’s new photo. Lamar, 37, and Antonoff were reportedly seen leaving the studio shortly before Swift at the time.
Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift
Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesAntonoff has been known to fuel Swiftie rumors in the past — and this instance is no different.
“Taylor had something to hide from jack in the corner,” one fan wrote in the comments section, while another asked, “Well without being hidden what exactly are you up to…”
A third user went the all-caps route, writing, “JACK WHAT ARE YOU TELLING US ON THE 7TH SLIDE???? TS12?? REPTV Hi???????????????
“Pop music collector” Jack Antonoff has just added a new artist to his star-studded list of collaborators. Sabrina Carpenter revealed in a June 2024 interview with Rolling Stone that most of her sixth album, Short n’ Sweet, was produced by Antonoff. The Bleachers frontman’s production style has received mixed reviews over the years, especially when […]
Swift’s working relationship with Antonoff began in 2013 when they wrote and produced the film “Sweeter Than Fiction”. One chance. They later collaborated on Swift’s album 1989which won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards. Swift continued to collaborate with Antonoff on subsequent albums Reputation, She loves him, A legend, Evermore, At midnight again TTPDeven tapping Antonoff to produce several “From the Vault” tracks on his re-recorded albums.
Antonoff previously stirred the pot when he revealed details about the recording of Swift’s breakup song “You’re Losing Me,” which was released following his breakup with Swift. Joe Alwyn last year. While celebrating its first broadcast on social media in November 2023, Antonoff noted that the song was “written and recorded at home on 12/5/21” – more than a year before the former couple’s split made headlines.