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Taylor Swift has put to rest any speculation about a rumored feud with music producer Jack Antonoff, following his absence from her latest album, “Life of a Showgirl.”
In an interview with the New York Times published on April 28, the pop icon emphasized, “Jack Antonoff is not only a collaborator but also one of my closest friends.”
Swift praised their creative partnership, stating, “We have this unique process we enjoy, which we fondly refer to as the ‘rant bridge’.”
She elaborated, “It’s like an endless stream of thoughts—an emotional outpouring filled with metaphors, discussions, and passionate exclamations,” the 36-year-old singer shared.
“The goal of this rant bridge is to capture the intensity of the emotion we’re trying to convey in the song, building up to a powerful crescendo,” Swift explained.
The hitmaker named her 2014 track “Out of the Woods,” 2019 song “Cruel Summer” and 2023 hit “Is It Over Now” as a few examples of songs with rant bridges.
Antonoff and Swift have been collaborating since the latter’s 2013 track “Sweeter Than Fiction.”
The duo also co-produced and wrote Swift’s Grammy-winning “1989” album, which she released in 2014.
They went on to work on Swift’s “Reputation” (2017), “Lover” (2019), “Folklore” (2020), “Evermore” (2020) and “Midnights” (2022).
Antonoff, 42, was also front and center to help Swift re-record her studio albums after former music executive Scooter Braun acquired her masters in 2019. Swift re-purchased her masters in May 2025.
Additionally, Antonoff joined Swift onstage as a surprise guest for her Eras Tour stop in New Jersey in 2023 and helped her produce her 2024 studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.
Swift, however, didn’t collaborate with him for her 2025 “Life of a Showgirl” album, which she previously hinted would be different from her past albums.
The “Opalite” singer turned to Max Martin and Shellback to help produce the album.
“The three of us have made some of my favorite songs that I’ve ever done before,” she shared on her fiancé Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast last year. “They were my main collaborators on my ‘Red’ album … we’ve made songs that I’m so proud of … [and doing this] felt like catching lightning in a bottle, honestly.”
Swift gave several nods to Kelce in her 11th studio album, including “The Fate of Ophelia,” “Opalite,” “Eldest Daughter” and “Wood.”