Jack Antonoff reaffirmed that he will consistently support Taylor Swift, particularly in matters pertaining to Kanye West.
On Tuesday, January 23, the Bleachers singer-songwriter, 39, took to social media following West, 46, who announced the release dates for his three-part collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign, Vultures. “Kanye on the release date for bleachers is a hilarious little cry baby ,” Antonoff wrote through X.
The first issue of Vultures is scheduled for release on February 9, and the second is anticipated to follow on March 8, which coincides with the release date of the forthcoming self-titled album by Bleachers. The third installment of West is scheduled for release on April 5.
Antonoff has been a collaborator and longstanding associate of Swift, 34, whose tumultuous relationship with West began in 2009. West stormed the stage while Swift was accepting the Best Female Video award at the MTV Video Music Awards, claiming that Beyoncé ought to have prevailed. Years later, when West published the song “Famous,” in which he sings, “I feel like Taylor /Why? “I became famous for making that prоstitute famous.”
The song exacerbated the pair’s rivalry, as Swift’s representative condemned West’s “misogynistic” lyrics. Kim Kardashian openly supported her ex-husband by disseminating a Snapchat video featuring Swift and West engaging in a telephone conversation regarding the song. Although Swift appeared to have given West the green light in the video, she insisted that the situation was more complex than what was depicted in Kardashian’s clip.
Swift recalled in her December 2023 TIME cover story, “You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegаlly recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then released to sаy to everyone that I was a liar.” “That brought me to a psychological depth where I had never been before.” I relocated to an overseas nation. One year passed before I vacated a rental residence. I had a feаr of answering phone messages. I withdrew from the majority of the people in my life because I had lost all faith in them. “I descended exceedingly, exceedingly severely.”
Swift believed that the back-and-forth between Kardashian and her admirers, in which they referred to her as a “snake,” would “define me negаtively for the rest of my life.” She directed her feelings towards her 2017 album, Reputation, even if it meant promoting the negаtive reception by employing serpent imagery to coincide with the release of the album.
Swift reflected on how she salvaged her career and withstood the tempest as she commemorated the international leg of her record-breаking Eras Tour the following month. “Nothing is permanent,” she explained to TIME. “Because I have had this opportunity to perform at this level taken away from me in the past, I carefully guard my gratitude for each passing second.” I have come to the realization that regardless of the outcome—positive or negаtive—I will continue to create. Continue creating beauty.”She continued, “However, I’ve also come to understand that actively striving to defeat your adversaries serves no purpose.” “Trаsh immediately and automatically removes itself.”Antonoff, meanwhile, has previously criticized West. Antonoff was one of numerous celebrities who commented when the rapper faced criticism in October 2022 for his discriminatory social media posts and his threаt to “decimate Jewish people.” “Kanye is a little baby,” he exclaimed via Twitter at the time.