Jack Antonoff Denies Bleachers’ Song ‘Hey Joe’ Is About Joe Alwyn

Jack Antonoff is sharing his musical muses for Bleachers’ new album — and Joe Alwyn will not be one in every of them.

“There’s a community of people that will be pretty disappointed when they find out,” Antonoff, 39, quipped in a Guardian profile, which was printed on Friday, November 24, when requested about writing the track “Hey Joe.”

Antonoff dropped the self-titled album’s tracklist earlier this month through X (previously Twitter). Immediately, followers started speculating that “Hey Joe” was about Alwyn, 32. (Alwyn is the newest ex-boyfriend of Taylor Swift, who continuously collaborates with Antonoff on her albums.)

Antonoff’s social media submit in regards to the LP, which drops in March 2024, occurred on the identical day he crossed paths with Alwyn. They each attended the 2023 GQ Men of the Year Awards, the place the Grammy-winning producer was being honored.

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In his Guardian interview, Antonoff shut down the rumors and revealed who really impressed the monitor. “It’s a meditation on my father and his friends walking the Ho Chi Minh trail in their 60s,” he added with a smile, referring to the town in Vietnam.

The new Bleachers document, in response to Antonoff, can also be impressed by his relationship with spouse Margaret Qualley. (The “Modern Girl” singer married Qualley, 29, in August throughout a star-studded ceremony in his native New Jersey.)

“When I was 20 years old, my brain was on fire. I was really messy, emotionally. What I know now is this: if something in your gut says no, then it’s no. But I didn’t see anyone that was giving me all yesses,” he advised the outlet about how Qualley modified his perspective on love. “I’ve been so hesitant about cleaning up certain parts of my life because it would affect the work.”

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He added: “The most inspiring thing is when you meet someone and you truly just want for them to be so happy. It’s not simple — it’s huge, it’s controversial and it’s wild — but it’s simple in how easy it is.”

Antonoff is bursting with delight over the brand new Bleachers document, sentiments he echoed when discussing his collaborations with Swift, 33. (They began working collectively on her 2014 album, 1989.)

“Some people didn’t get it and, at the time, I remember thinking: ‘If you don’t get this, then I don’t know how to help you because this is sick,’” Antonoff advised The Guardian, particularly referring to Swift’s 1989 and Reputation.

Alwyn joined their inventive circle after he began courting Swift in 2016. The Conversations With Friends alum — beneath the pen title William Bowery — cowrote a number of songs on her information Folklore, Evermore and Midnights. Swift and Alwyn break up in April and she or he has since moved on with NFL star Travis Kelce.